Tax Senior Manager - Global Launch

If you are an experienced tax professional who is ready to work directly withthe businessand engineering to enable innovation, solve problems and drive change, Microsoft has an immediate opportunity to join the Worldwide Tax & Customs department.

The Launch team is a global team that centrally partners with stakeholders across Microsoft to provide tax guidance to the business and positively impact Microsoft's regulatory compliance and reputation.This cross-functional Tax Senior Manager - Global Launch role is primarily responsible for providing clear, consistent and comprehensive tax guidance to enable strategic business, improve customer/partner experience and optimize internal systems. The Tax Senior Manager - Global Launch will ensure a coordinated Tax voice, provide requirements that mitigate risk, frame and simplify multi-dimensional tax issues in a clear, concise manner and facilitate creative solutions to complex issues.Serving as a key partner and valued tax advisor, this Tax Senior Manager - Global Launch role offers an opportunity to partner dynamically across Microsoft, developing and managing relationships with the business, engineering, finance and legal.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture.

• Offer tax advice to enable our business to develop key strategies and find creative solutions to complex issues grounded in an understanding of how existing and evolving tax law and regulation may impact the business.

• Exercise sound judgment that incorporates legal analysis, a pragmatic approach and consideration of business goals and risk tolerance.

• Proactively partner across tax experts within Worldwide Tax & Customs to provide clarity on business objectives and drive scalable, global and actionable tax advice.

• Deliver tax requirements to, and collaborate with, engineering in connection with designing, implementing, deploying and testing requirements.

• Advanced Degree (e.g., Master's in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Taxation or related field; J.D.; LL.M. in Taxation) AND 5+ years tax compliance, tax accounting, tax audit management or tax advisory experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Tax, Law, or related field AND 6+ years tax compliance, tax accounting, tax audit management or tax advisory experience OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications