Senior Manager - New Product Taxing

Verizon Communications - Basking Ridge, NJ

Full-time

Remote - Basking Ridge, NJ

Telecommunications

About the position

This position supports the Tax department at Verizon, ensuring accurate billing of transactional and regulatory taxes to customers. The role involves managing tax classification for new products and promotions, collaborating with various teams, and maintaining data integrity within tax documentation.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate & analyze the product & services to determine tax classifications.
• Evaluate & analyze promotions & discounts to determine tax classifications.
• Attend & participate in numerous project calls to review new projects & assess tax impact.
• Attend & participate in project team meetings to provide tax classification requirements.
• Research, analyze, and resolve production issues.
• Maintain ongoing data integrity and accuracy relating to reference and documentation databases.
• Field questions/inquiries from business partners and customer care on tax rules.
• Build support tools to improve processes & gain efficiencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Information Systems or six or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in Microsoft Word/Excel and/or Google Docs/Sheets.
• Ability to interface with Tax and Regulatory Legal, Tax Technology, Product Management and Marketing teams, and other business groups.
• Strong research and technical skills including knowledge of billing system requirements and development life cycles.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to partner effectively across the Tax/Regulatory organization, as well as presentation skills and the ability to present to senior management.

Nice-to-haves

• CPA or JD preferred.
• Experience with Taxation systems preferred.
• Strong leadership skills and a proven history of experience in successfully managing multiple teams and multiple projects.
• Working understanding of digital finance tools to drive automation and process efficiencies.
• Strong command of SOX 404 and internal controls.
• Advanced knowledge and experience using Alteryx, SQL, and relational databases.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with defined work location and work from home options.
• Minimum eight assigned office days per month set by the manager.