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Title: Tax Manager, State Tax Operations & Strategy

Company: Fortive

Location: Everett

Department: Tax

Reports To: Senior Tax Manager, State Tax Operations & Strategy

The Role:

As a Tax Manager, State Tax Operations and Strategy, you will gain experience with a wide variety of state tax matters including income tax planning, compliance, controversy, accounting for income taxes, and indirect taxes. You will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative tax team, stay current with the latest state developments, take on new challenges that will help you develop your skills, and help advance our technology roadmap. To be successful in this role, you will need to be a problem solver with excellent analytical skills who can communicate complex tax issues to stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with the preparation and review of multi-state income, franchise, and gross receipts tax returns.

• Manage state tax audits, including responding to audit requests, negotiating with tax authorities, and ensuring timely resolution of audit issues.

• Ensure compliance with state income tax laws and regulations, including analyzing tax return positions and identifying tax planning opportunities.

• Prepare and review FIN 48 documentation related to state tax positions.

• Assist with the preparation of quarterly and year-end provision calculations, including analyzing deferred tax assets and liabilities related to state income tax.

• Support the preparation and payment of quarterly state tax estimates and extensions.

• Stay up to date with state tax laws and regulations and advise management on the potential impact of new laws and regulations.

• Consult with our operating companies on indirect tax matters including sales and use tax, property tax, and business license tax.

• Assist with indirect tax filings, including sales and use tax, property tax, and business license tax.

• Research notices and follow-up with written responses and/or compile necessary data.

• Provide support for tax planning strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and other special projects.

• Drive the process to automate and streamline recurring calculations and develop standard work for data collections.

• Support internal teams by providing subject matter expertise and informal training to the team.

We believe our tax team thrives in our environment where individuals can actively engage in projects to fully utilize our tax attributes and integrate new businesses into our processes and corporate structure. With that in mind – in addition to your contributions to our State Tax Operations team, you will:

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, including finance and legal teams.

• Grow your subject matter expertise through research and analysis to our ever-evolving business.

• Actively participate in projects to continue our investments in tax technology tools.

• Actively participate in projects to integrate acquisitions.

• Be supported in efforts to continue your training, stay current in tax developments, and establish yourself in the tax community.

• Be encouraged to develop your skills within the Fortive Business System.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Accounting/Finance

• 5+ years of progressive corporate or public accounting experience in state income and indirect tax

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s in Taxation and/or CPA preferred

• Results-oriented, technically-curious, and values effective collaboration

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Comprehensive understanding of US tax principles

• Experience with both Corporation and Partnership income tax

• Experience with Corptax

• Experience with Alteryx, PowerBI, and similar automation tools

• High level of demonstrated proficiency with MSFT Office Suite

• We are tax optimizers at heart, we hope you are too!

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions./p>

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

The salary range for this position (inclusive of sales incentives/commission) is $99,700.00 - $185,000.00. Base pay offered may vary depending on various factors, including, but not limited to: job-related knowledge; skills; experience; and other eligibility factors such as geographic location. The Total Rewards package includes competitive base pay and an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and several programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.