Tax Compliance Manager (Hybrid)

Join a team where your expertise, ideas, and collaboration help drive our success. At CSC, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact by supporting key initiatives, improving processes, and partnering with teams across the organization.

This full-time opportunity includes competitive pay, eligibility for additional incentives such as a company and personal performance bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your career and overall well-being.

This position follows a hybrid work model, with the expectation to be onsite at our Point of Rocks, MD location up to three (3) days per week, or as determined by your manager based on team and business needs. The remaining days may be worked remotely. Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of our Point of Rocks, MD location. Flexibility in the hybrid schedule may vary depending on departmental needs.

JOB SUMMARY
The Tax Compliance Manager is responsible for managing CSC’s day-to-day tax compliance function and ensuring accurate, timely compliance with federal, state, and local tax requirements. The role has primary responsibility for income and franchise tax compliance, sales and use tax, property tax, business licenses and registrations, tax-related account reconciliations, tax notices, and regulatory filings. The Tax Compliance Manager supports ASC 740 reporting, coordinates with external advisors and taxing authorities, maintains audit-ready documentation, and strengthens the processes, controls, systems, and data supporting the tax function

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Tax Compliance & Reporting

• Manage the preparation, review, and timely filing of federal, state, and local income and franchise tax returns, working with external tax advisors as appropriate.
• Manage indirect tax compliance, including sales and use tax, personal property tax, gross receipts or revenue-based taxes, and other applicable transactional taxes.
• Maintain a comprehensive tax compliance calendar covering filing requirements, estimated payments, extensions, registrations, renewals, and statutory deadlines.
• Coordinate the collection, validation, and reconciliation of financial and operational data required for tax filings.
• Monitor multi-state filing obligations, nexus considerations, and changes in tax laws and regulations; communicate material impacts to the Controller.
• Coordinate tax payments and cash requirements with Treasury and reconcile filed returns and payments to the general ledger.
  support, and alignment with financial reporting, and adherence to month-end close timelines.

Business Licenses & Registration

• Own the end-to-end process for obtaining, renewing, and maintaining business licenses, permits, tax registrations, and related regulatory filings across applicable jurisdictions.
• Maintain a centralized inventory of licenses and registrations, including jurisdiction, account number, renewal frequency, due date, responsible party, and status.
• Partner with Operations, Legal, and Accounting to identify licensing and registration requirements associated with new locations or business activities.
• Research and resolve delinquent, missing, duplicated, or inaccurate registrations and maintain supporting correspondence.

Month-End Close and Account Reconciliations

• Prepare and review tax-related journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations during the monthly, quarterly, and annual close.
• Ensure reconciliations are completed for income tax payable or receivable, deferred taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, and other tax-related accounts.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items on a timely basis and maintain complete supporting documentation.
• Partner with the Accounting team to ensure tax activity is accurately recorded, classified, and supported.

Income Tax Provision and Financial Reporting

• Support the preparation and review of quarterly and annual income tax provisions in accordance with US GAAP and ASC 740.
• Assist with current and deferred tax calculations, effective tax rate analysis, uncertain tax positions, tax account reconciliations, and related disclosures.
• Coordinate provision information with external advisors and financial statement auditors and support estimated cash tax forecasts.
  

Tax Audits, Notices, and Controversy

• Serve as a primary point of contact for routine correspondence with federal, state, and local taxing authorities.
• Manage tax notices from receipt through resolution, including tracking status, responsible parties, responses, payments, and final disposition.
• Coordinate tax audits and examinations, including preparation of supporting documentation and responses to information requests.
• Proactively identify compliance exposures and escalate significant matters to the Controller.

Internal Controls, Systems, and Process Improvement

• Develop, maintain, and execute tax compliance procedures, internal controls, review documentation, and audit-ready workpapers.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and automate recurring tax processes and reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets.
• Use CSC’s ERP environment, tax applications, Microsoft Excel, and reporting tools to extract, reconcile, and analyze tax data.
• Partner with Accounting and IT to improve tax-related data integrity and participate in system implementations or upgrades affecting tax processes.
• Support internal and external audit requests related to tax processes, balances, filings, and controls.
  

Collaboration and Leadership

• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Legal, HR, Operations, and other teams on tax compliance and business initiatives.
• Coordinate effectively with external tax consultants, financial statement auditors, and governmental authorities.
• Provide technical guidance and review for tax staff; establish clear expectations, monitor workloads, and ensure deadlines are met.
• Maintain a professional work environment and communicate tax requirements clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field required.
• CPA or Master’s in Taxation preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive corporate tax, public accounting, or comparable tax compliance experience.
• Strong working knowledge of federal and multi-state income and franchise taxation, sales and use tax, and other state and local tax requirements.
• Experience with ASC 740, tax-related account reconciliations, month-end close, and external tax service providers.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with ERP systems and tax technology; Dynamics 365 and Alavara experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, project-management, written communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple filings and statutory deadlines, independently research issues, identify risks, and recommend practical solutions.
• Experience managing or developing staff preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Frequent communication with others to exchange information.
• Constant use of a computer and prolonged sitting or standing.
• Frequent repetition of motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Occasional adjusting or moving objects up to 20 pounds in all directions.
• Constant focus and concentration required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• General office environment.
• Occasional exposure to production areas requiring personal protection equipment.
• Occasional travel to other locations.