Job Description
If you are a Manager, State and Local Tax – Indirect Taxes professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to lead critical compliance activities while shaping Emerson’s state and local tax strategy. You will oversee sales/use and property tax administration for multiple businesses, guide process improvements, and partner across the organization to ensure accurate compliance, strong governance, and thoughtful risk management—all while contributing to a collaborative, innovative, and people‑focused tax environment. Come join our team in Eden Prairie, MN!
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Review and lead state and local sales/use tax return compliance for multiple businesses, ensuring timely and accurate filing.
- Plan and coordinate the filing of personal property tax returns for plant facilities and sales offices in assigned states. Ensure timely payment of both real and personal property tax payments.
- Handle and oversee sales/use and property tax audits, working closely with division personnel and taxing authorities to achieve lowest tax liability permissible. May include research, protest, and appeal of the Company’s position before administrative and judicial authorities.
- Provide legal research, consultation, and opinions regarding sales/use and property tax issues to the operating business units.
- Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, and best practices and assess the potential impact of these changes on organizational processes. Communicate these changes to leadership groups in the Company that may be impacted.
- Act as Tax Department Liaison to outside consultants engaged to identify savings opportunities in the sales/use and property tax areas.
- Provide direction and support to the tax team in transforming data and automating processes related to the sales/use and property tax compliance.
- Assist in due diligence of prospective acquisition targets or divestitures.
- Prepare and provide sales tax training presentations for operating personnel.
- Serve as a lead for coordinating system testing related to Oracle and Vertex patches, enhancements, and upgrades.
- Provide leadership and career guidance for the development and motivation of staff.
Who You Are:
You promote a sense of urgency while establishing and ensuring individual accountability within the team. You deal comfortably with the uncertainty of changes. You model collaboration across the organization. You deliver messages in a clear, compelling, and concise manner. You readily distinguish between what’s relevant and what’s important to make sense of complex situations.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- Bachelor of Science or Arts Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related
- 6-8 years’ experience in the state and local tax department of a multi-state company or a major accounting firm
Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
- Masters Degree in Tax
- CPA or CMI
Our Culture & Commitment to You:
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. The salary range for this role is $117,000 - $145,000 annually, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities, and experience each candidate brings to a role.
About Us
WHY EMERSON
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.
Work Authorization
Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
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About Emerson
Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.
With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.
We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!
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