Tax Manager

Job Summary

The Tax Manager plays a leading global role in managing KEEN’s tax obligations and ensuring compliance with tax laws and regulations. This role requires close collaboration and engagement with leadership, internal departments (primarily Accounting, Finance and Legal) and external tax consultants in tax planning, compliance, and strategy development to optimize tax outcomes, support business operations and mitigate risks. This role reports directly to the Global Controller at KEEN and indirectly to the Group Tax Manager at the Fuerst Group parent company level.

This role is based in Portland, OR, and requires a regular presence at our global headquarters (minimum four days per week)

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with external tax consultants to ensure the accurate and timely preparation and filing of KEEN’s U.S. federal, state, local, and Canadian tax returns in compliance with applicable tax laws.
• Ensures accurate and timely payment of all tax obligations (U.S. federal, state, local and Canada) for KEEN.
• Manages U.S. indirect tax responsibilities for KEEN; including sales and use tax filings and amendments, real and business property filings, unclaimed property and business tax registrations, renewals, and other compliance filings.
• Works with Group Tax Manager to manage any tax audits by governmental authorities globally for KEEN to mitigate risk and penalties, including the preparation of responses to any tax audit correspondence.
• Assists with KEEN inter-company accounting and preparation of inter-company agreements.
• Collaborates with Group Tax Manager and external tax consultants on the preparation of annual transfer pricing documentation for KEEN entities and annual U.S. R&D tax credit studies for the Group.
• Works with Group Tax Manager and external tax consultants to identify and implement of tax-saving opportunities and strategies to help the overall Group maintain compliance, optimize tax efficiency, maximize deductions and avoid penalties.
• Monitors and updates the tax policies, controls and procedures for KEEN's specific needs to comply with evolving tax laws, regulations and industry trends.
• Conducts tax research with Group Tax Manager and external tax consultants to address specific tax issues and communicate the financial implications of complex tax concepts to KEEN and Group leadership, management and colleagues.
• Collaborates with KEEN and Group leadership, management and internal departments at KEEN to ensure alignment with organizational goals and strategies.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without cause.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• Certification CPA or MST preferred.
• Minimum six (6) years of relevant tax experience, with a mix of public accounting and corporate tax preferred. 
• Any equivalent combination of experience and education which clearly indicates the ability to perform the essential functions of the position may substitute on a year for year basis. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience with U.S indirect taxes, including sales taxes
• Experience with transfer pricing at a multinational corporation
• Knowledge of Canada tax accounting, tax compliance and relevant laws a plus
• Familiarity with ERP systems, preferably SAP
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills with the ability to collaborate across departments and geographies
• Excel at managing multiple deadlines and can adapt quickly to evolving needs
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining big-picture awareness

Travel - No

Base Salary: $130,000.00 - $145,000.00 yearly
This range represents the low and high ends of this position's anticipated base salary range. The actual base salary will depend on numerous factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and location. Our base salary is just one component of our competitive total rewards strategy, which includes numerous benefits and perks as well as specific health and welfare benefits.

Why Work at KEEN:  Driven by a passion for life outside, KEEN is a values-led, independently owned brand from Portland, Oregon, that’s on a mission to create original and versatile products, improve lives, and inspire outside adventure. Founded in 2003, KEEN launched a revolution in the footwear industry with the introduction of the Newport adventure sandal and has donated more than $18 million to non-profit organizations and causes around the world to promote responsible outdoor recreation, including conservation efforts to protect open spaces. KEEN strives to show the world through its products and its actions that a business for good can actually be good for business. By giving back, reducing impact, and activating communities and individuals to protect the places where we work and play, KEEN puts its values in motion and takes action to leave the world a better place.  

Fuerst Group, KEEN, and Chrome are equal opportunity employers.  We value an inclusive and diverse community. Qualified candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.