Sr. Manager Tax Planning at 3M in Maplewood, Minnesota

Job Description:

Job Description:

Job Title
Senior Manager – Tax Planning

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Choosing where to grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, or government experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Senior Manager in the 3M Tax Planning group, you will report to the head of tax planning, and provide critical insight and support to the US and cross-border planning of the company, including:

• Supporting the development and implementation of planning strategies to reduce tax expense and cash taxes, reduce/eliminate tax exposures, minimize audit deficiencies, and maintain a competitive effective tax rate.


• Preparation of documentation of planned and implemented transactions including tax research and tax modeling


• Managing and assisting with evaluating the international tax consequences of business projects, operating strategies, and cash management


• Working closely with the broader tax organization to ensure cohesive planning and compliance


• Developing and maintaining relationships across the finance, supply chain, and the business groups to ensure timely collaboration on cross functional projects with tax impacts


• Assisting with tax controversy by providing requested information to support and defend 3M’s tax positions

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) with a major in accounting, finance or tax from an accredited institution, or, JD with LLM in taxation


• Nine (9) years of tax experience that includes accounting firm practice, industry practice, national tax practice or a combination thereof


• Experience with multinational corporation legal entity structures and related tax considerations for choice of structure


• Significant U.S. tax technical and practical experience including GILTI, Subpart F, FDII, Foreign Tax Credits, and Reorganizations.  Pillar 2 experience is a plus.


• Experience with foreign tax issues in common holding and operating jurisdictions for multinational companies


• Demonstrated critical thinking capabilities to identify and support resolution of tax issues and cross-functional impacts of such issues in a broad range of projects, including internal and external cross-border and domestic reorganizations and changes in business circumstance


• Experience researching/analyzing/working through complex foreign, federal, state, and local tax issues


• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills coupled with strong interpersonal and team-building capabilities across different functional areas and cultures.  This includes experience with documenting transaction steps and technical tax analysis in memorandums and other media (PowerPoint presentations, Excel files, etc).


• Demonstrated ability to manage tax projects, including effective collaboration with other tax and non-tax stakeholders


• Strong desire to collaborate across both the tax function and broader organization

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience with managing the tax impacts of supply chain decisions and cross-collaboration with transfer pricing

Work location: Work Your Way Eligible (Employee choice to work remote, on-site, or hybrid)

Travel: May include up to 25% domestic/international

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $207,348 - $253,425, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. You have flexibility in where and when work gets done. It all depends on where and when you can do your best work.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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