Manager, Accounting & Tax

Toyota Corporate Tax Department

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world's most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.

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Who We're Looking For

Toyota's Corporate Tax Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Tax Compliance & Projects Manager. The primary responsibility of this role is to manage all aspects of tax compliance including federal, state and international as well as to drive and lead tax planning projects that reduce ETR and / or cash tax savings. As such, this is both a structured and unstructured role. Reporting to the National Manager Income Tax, the person in this role will support the Corporate Tax department's objective to deliver organization and shareholder value by managing risk and providing strategic value through tax planning.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage preparation and ensure timely and accurate filing of income tax returns, estimates and extensions
• Communicate tax compliance matters impacting financial statements to Tax / Accounting / Finance management and coordinate all issues in real time with Tax Accounting Manager
• Work closely with business leaders to coordinate implementation of operations procedures to support tax strategies
• Ensure tax depreciation and gain / loss issues related to lease portfolio are appropriately reflected in tax returns
• Manage tax compliance issues related to lease, treasury function and insurance business, including, but not limited to depreciation and gain / loss, debt issuance and hedging transactions, and new insurance products
• Maintain SOX 404 control of tax compliance processes
• Drive tax planning ideas, particularly in the state tax space, to reduce ETR and / or cash tax to mitigate the income / franchise tax liability and exposure for Toyota Financial Services
• Manage state tax audits as necessary to defend tax positions taken and ensure audit exposures are appropriately addressed for financial statement purposes
• Act as liaison / SME on information technology projects leading and driving the effort to produce tax specific reports, including testing, data verification, and reconciliation
• Set goals and coordinate efforts to improve and streamline compliance processes to gain efficiency and enhance accuracy
• Work with external tax advisers to seek new ideas to reduce ETR and / or cash taxes
• Other duties as assigned

What You Bring

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What We'll Bring

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Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.