Kering Senior Manager, Indirect Tax

About Kering

Kering is a global, family-led luxury group that develops and manages a portfolio of high-end Houses across fashion, leather goods, jewelry, eyewear and beauty. Known for nurturing creative maisons such as Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, Kering emphasizes craftsmanship, sustainability and cultural stewardship while supporting cross‑house operational and financial excellence.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a best‑in‑class indirect tax function covering sales & use, property tax, unclaimed property, business licenses and registrations for the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
• Design, implement and continuously improve processes and controls related to SAP and other tax systems following recent ERP implementation.
• Manage a direct team of seven to eight professionals; ensure timely filing, accurate workpaper documentation and audit readiness.
• Oversee registration, maintenance and review of tax exemption and resale certificates.
• Coordinate and prepare responses to tax authorities, manage audits and notices, and drive remediation plans.
• Maintain the Tax Calendar and track electronic payments and checks to ensure compliance with filing and payment deadlines.
• Provide technical research and analysis on indirect tax issues, including marketplace facilitator rules and economic nexus.
• Partner with brand finance, legal and business stakeholders to support new business initiatives, contract reviews, M&A due diligence and legislative impact analyses.
• Promote indirect tax awareness across the organisation through training and stakeholder engagement.
• Recommend policy, procedural and system changes to strengthen internal controls, tax minimisation and departmental efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• 10+ years of indirect tax experience in a public accounting firm or corporate tax department with responsibility for managing direct reports.
• Deep technical knowledge of U.S. and Canadian indirect tax regimes, including marketplace facilitator laws and economic nexus.
• Proven experience supporting tax compliance and audits across multiple U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex tax concepts to non‑tax stakeholders.
• Hands‑on management style with strong analytical and creative problem‑solving capabilities and the ability to prioritise under changing demands.

Skills

Experience

At least 10 years of tax experience in an accounting firm or corporate tax department, including management of multiple direct reports and substantive experience with U.S. and Canadian indirect taxation, marketplace facilitator rules and economic nexus; experience supporting SAP or other tax technology implementations is highly desirable.

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Workplace

Compensation

The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 150,000 to USD 165,000 per annum.

Benefits

Medical and prescription drug insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance; critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity insurance; personalised healthcare support and wellbeing programmes; Health Savings Account (HSA); Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs); 401(k) plan; basic life and AD&D insurance; short‑term disability insurance.

Culture

Kering fosters a collaborative, creative and sustainability-minded culture that supports the autonomy of its individual Houses while benefiting from group-level resources. The organisation values craftsmanship, high standards and cross-functional partnership, offering opportunities to influence processes at scale within a fast-evolving luxury environment.

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