Income Tax Manager

Why this role: Clark is scaling its tax function, and this seat is a chance to build rather than just maintain. You'll own the full compliance execution layer for a growing group of affiliated businesses, develop new analytics and automation infrastructure from scratch, and step into a collaborative partnership with the Director of Income Tax while leading a team of two to three. This role reports to the Director of Income Tax.

Job Summary: You'll own the preparation and review of Clark and its affiliated businesses' US federal, state, and local tax compliance. This includes the full compliance execution layer: filing calendar, workpaper standards, and review process, along with fixed asset reviews, nexus and apportionment analysis, and incentives, BPT/PPT, and real estate reporting. You'll lead the quarterly tax forecasting process, ensuring forecasts reflect current-year business events and tax law changes, with resulting cash tax obligations reviewed and remitted accurately and on time. You'll also build the analytics and tracking infrastructure that gives the Director real-time visibility into compliance status: variance analysis, nexus and apportionment analytics, and a compliance tracker. You'll supervise two to three direct reports and collaborate closely with the broader tax and finance teams. 

Job Location: Preference is for candidate to live within reasonable driving distance to our Lancaster, PA campus (2205 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, PA 17602) for occasional travel.

Job Location

Remote: Legal residents of one of the following states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, or WY

We only accept W-2 candidates, H-1B sponsorship is not available.

1. Reporting and Compliance

• Own the compliance calendar, ensuring all federal, state, and local estimated tax payments, extensions, elections, and reporting are timely filed.
• Own accuracy and completeness of taxable income computations, including variance analysis and impacts of tax law or business environment changes.
• Lead nexus reviews and state tax research, evaluating the state tax footprint and developing nexus and apportionment analytics.
• Own tax fixed asset reviews, ensuring depreciation and basis positions are accurate and audit-ready.
• Identify available credits and incentives, and manage the team's execution of incentives, BPT/PPT, and other real estate and annual reporting requirements.
• Manage the team and external accounting firm in preparing federal, state, and local tax filings for partnerships, LLCs, and S-corporations.
• Serve as final reviewer prior to Director approval, escalating and communicating appropriately throughout the process.
• Lead timely, accurate, and complete responses to federal, state, and local tax notices, examinations, and audits, with a mindset to mitigate incremental tax exposure.

2. Quarterly Forecasting

• Partner with accounting and finance teams to ensure quarterly reporting supports accurate tax treatment and reliable cash flow planning.
• Lead the team in preparing and optimizing forecasts to reflect current-year business events and tax law changes.
• Own quarterly cash tax outflows and estimated tax payments across all business entities: preparing internal reporting documents and coordinating with accounting and treasury on required cash movement to ensure accurate, on-time remittance.
• Communicate quarterly tax summaries to shareholders and other stakeholders in a timely manner.

3. People Leadership & Process Improvement

• Establish and enforce high standards for tax documentation, workpapers, ownership records, calendars, and internal review processes.
• Build and maintain a compliance tracker and director-level review materials that make compliance status visible without requiring Director intervention.
• Leverage technology to improve data collection, validation, and reporting, with a continuous improvement mindset and a hands-on approach.
• Build effective relationships and improve workflows and communication with accounting, finance, legal, and business teams, serving as a strong, responsive business partner to non-tax teams and external advisors.
• Serve as a technical resource, providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff members.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed while sitting/standing and interfacing with a personal computer.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires the regular use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50lbs.

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