Indirect Tax Manager, U.S.

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Your role at Baxter

As the Indirect Tax Manager for the United States, you will play a key leadership role within Baxter’s Americas tax organization, partnering closely with the Senior Manager, Americas Indirect Tax to oversee US indirect tax compliance, audit defense, and process transformation initiatives. This role will serve as the dedicated leader for the US indirect tax function, supporting a complex environment that includes multiple legal entities, ERP platforms, and external service providers.

Beyond managing compliance obligations, this individual will help modernize and standardize indirect tax processes, driving automation, improving audit readiness, and enhancing operational efficiency. The role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future state of the US indirect tax function by evaluating third-party partnerships, improving technology utilization, and implementing scalable processes that support a large multinational organization.

You will work closely with Finance, Accounting, IT, Operations, Procurement, and external advisors while leading a team that includes both domestic and international resources. This position is ideal for a proactive tax professional who enjoys solving complex challenges, influencing change, and building more effective ways of working across a dynamic environment.

This is a hybrid role based in Deerfield, IL.

What you’ll be doing

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual US indirect tax compliance obligations across sales and use tax, B&O, gross receipts, Ohio CAT, property tax, and other jurisdictional requirements.
• Lead state and local indirect tax audits, including audit defense strategies, document requests, data gathering, and process improvement initiatives.
• Manage indirect tax accruals, account reconciliations, and related reporting activities in accordance with company policies and accounting standards.
• Maintain business licenses and registrations while ensuring ongoing compliance with state and local regulatory requirements.
• Drive process improvement and transformation initiatives focused on standardization, automation, and operational efficiency across multiple entities and ERP environments.
• Enhance and optimize indirect tax technology solutions, including Vertex O Series, ERP platforms, exemption certificate management, and compliance reporting tools.
• Monitor changes in tax laws and regulations, assess business impacts, and recommend appropriate actions.
• Identify tax recovery opportunities, including refunds, credits, and incentive programs, while partnering with internal stakeholders and external advisors.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field required; Master’s degree in Accounting or Tax preferred.
• CPA, CMI, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive US indirect tax experience with significant exposure to sales and use tax compliance, audit defense, and multi-jurisdictional tax requirements.
• Strong technical expertise in sales and use tax, with property tax experience considered a plus.
• Experience supporting multinational or multi-entity organizations with complex compliance and reporting requirements.
• Advanced experience with indirect tax technology solutions, including Vertex O Series and ERP systems such as JD Edwards, SAP, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement initiatives, implement automation strategies, and drive efficiencies across tax operations.
• Strong analytical, project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and influence change in a matrixed environment.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

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