Income Tax Manager

SunSource and its family of companies represent 270+ locations and 4,000+ employees making up one of North America's leading value-add industrial distribution companies. SunSource is seeking an Income Tax Manager to help strengthen and scale the Company's tax function during a period of continued growth and increasing complexity. This role will primarily focus on state and local income tax matters, while also supporting federal income tax, international tax, tax accounting, M&A activity, and other special projects as needed. The Income Tax Manager will work closely with the Senior Tax Manager in a lean, high-impact environment. This position requires partnering with many different businesses that use a variety of ERP systems and is well suited for a tax professional with deep multistate tax experience, sound judgment, and a hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

Lead the Company's state corporate income and franchise tax activities across a large multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction footprint; Maintain the Company's state tax filing profile, including nexus, filing positions, state tax attributes, and jurisdictional presence; Own and maintain state apportionment calculations across the enterprise; Coordinate outsourced income tax compliance processes with external tax service providers, including data gathering, issue resolution, deadline management, and review of deliverables; Manage state estimated payments, extensions, refund opportunities, and notice and audit responses; Review tax workpapers, returns, and supporting schedules for accuracy, completeness, and consistency with Company facts and positions; Support the quarterly and annual income tax provision process, including tax accounting and return-to-provision analysis; Build strong relationships with finance and accounting personnel across the organization to improve tax data gathering, communication, and execution; Develop a strong understanding of the Company's legal entity structure, operating model, intercompany activity, and jurisdictional footprint; Support tax matters related to acquisitions, legal entity integration, restructuring, intercompany arrangements, transfer pricing, and management fees; Contribute to tax process improvement, documentation, internal controls, and support for public-company readiness initiatives

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; 6+ years of relevant corporate income tax experience; Significant state income/franchise tax experience; Strong knowledge of multistate corporate income tax concepts, including apportionment, nexus, and combined/unitary reporting; Experience managing outsourced compliance processes and working with external tax service providers; Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; Ability to work effectively in a decentralized, fast-paced environment

Nice to have

CPA, MST, or similar credential; Familiarity with ASC 740 and the relationship between compliance and provision processes; Exposure to federal tax, M&A, intercompany matters, and transfer pricing; Public-company readiness experience; Deeper corporate income tax experience