Full Job Description
As the Senior Tax Manager, you will be a strategic tax compliance expert within Snowflake's finance organization, owning and driving all aspects of U.S. federal and state income tax compliance. You will report to the Senior Director, U.S. Tax, and partner closely with a peer Senior Tax Manager who leads the Global & U.S. income tax provision process, providing critical inputs, analytics, and direct support for the quarterly and annual ASC 740 process. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-growth, world-class technology company and make an immediate impact.
This is a hybrid role that can be based in either Menlo Park, CA or Dublin, CA.
**RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Own the end-to-end U.S. federal and state income tax return compliance process, including preparation, review, timely filing, extensions, and estimated tax calculations and payments
- Coordinate and manage external service providers to ensure high-quality and efficient compliance deliverables
- Develop and apply state income tax planning strategies to optimize effective tax rate and cash taxes across all required income, business and gross receipts tax filings
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments in U.S. federal and state tax law; proactively assess and communicate compliance impact to leadership
- Respond to and manage federal and state tax notices, audits, and examinations, coordinating with external advisors and internal stakeholders
- Develop and maintain comprehensive compliance policies, procedures, and risk assessment frameworks
- Act as key partner to the Global Provision Senior Tax Manager, providing direct support for the quarterly and annual ASC 740 calculations
- Perform return-to-provision analysis, ensure accurate reconciliation of tax accounts, and support the global tax provision through coordination, data sharing, and review
- Ensure all compliance and provision processes are documented, sustainable, and aligned with corporate governance and audit requirements
- Research complex federal and state tax issues and prepare technical memoranda; support tax considerations related to corporate initiatives, business transactions, and M&A activity
- Identify, develop, and implement opportunities to improve, standardize, and automate compliance processes, including leveraging internal AI tools
- Build a trusted network of cross-functional business partners-including Accounting, Finance, Legal, Treasury, FP&A, and Human Resources-to ensure accurate and complete information flows for tax compliance and provision
- Mentor and develop a Senior Tax Analyst
**REQUIREMENTS:**
- BA/BS Degree in Accounting, Tax, and/or Finance; CPA or Master's in Taxation preferred
- Experience with Big 4 firm and/or in-house corporate tax department with a minimum of 7 years of progressive supervisory experience
- Minimum of 13 years of in-depth experience with U.S. federal and multi-state corporate income tax compliance, including hands-on expertise with complex multistate issues, tax controversy management, and ASC 740 for large multinational public companies
- Demonstrated ability to develop a strong network of internal and external business partners
- Proven ability to adapt to a complex, fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and highly demanding work environment
- Must be a self-starter who handles multiple projects and manages competing priorities with minimal supervision
- Positive attitude, eager to learn, and willing to take on new challenges
- Experience with Workday ERP a plus
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