Direct Tax Manager at CDW

You're a seasoned tax professional with a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of direct tax experience, including two years leading others, ideally within

Work type: hybrid

Location: Chicago / Adams - IL | Vernon Hills / 200 - IL

Salary: $114,000 – $158,800/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You're a seasoned tax professional with a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of direct tax experience, including two years leading others, ideally within a global corporate tax or public accounting setting. You have a strong understanding of ASC 740 and US GAAP. **What makes it worth a look...** This full-time, hybrid role at CDW in Chicago offers a competitive salary of $114,000 - $158,800 per year, with an annual bonus target of 10%. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have strong knowledge of accounting for income tax rules under ASC 740. * Are comfortable transforming provision and compliance cycles using tools like Power BI or Alteryx. * Have experience researching and communicating tax issues, including GILTI, FTC, FDII, and BEAT rules. * Possess strong project management skills, balancing multiple priorities effectively.

Job Description

At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It’s why we’re coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we’re headed. We’re proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW.

Job Summary
The Direct Tax Manager will play a critical role by supporting the annual and ongoing goals and objectives of the tax function. This individual will be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking Finance organization that values innovation and continuous growth. As Direct Tax Manager, you will play a critical role in driving income tax compliance, accounting and reporting, forecasting, strategy, and analysis, and managing a professional team to communicate complex tax insights effectively. This position partners closely with senior leadership within the Tax team and others throughout CDW and offers an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization's growth and success.
What you’ll do

• Lead a team of tax professionals in administering the US income tax compliance, audits, planning, forecasting, and accounting processes.


• Manage the global income tax compliance calendar to ensure timely and accurate filings. 


• Propose and enable strategies for reducing the corporate tax burden for direct taxes and its accounting impact.


• Provide performance management, training, and guidance to the Direct Tax team members and empower their professional development by building the bench for succession planning, growth, and scalability.


• Assist tax management in maintaining current relationships with external consultants as well as the relationships with other finance and business operations teams with whom we collaborate.


• Manage the preparation of and perform the initial review of income tax and franchise tax compliance. Compliance includes but is not limited to, the federal and state consolidated returns and workpapers, separate state tax returns and workpapers, the quarterly estimate calculations, and the annual extension calculations.


• Assist tax management in annual global transfer pricing computations and benchmarking, preparation of annual contemporaneous documentation and disclosures, and strategic modeling.


• Prepare/review quarterly and annual tax provision components, including book-tax differences and tax footnote disclosures.


• Review effective tax rate calculations and cash tax projections for financial planning and forecasting purposes.


• Coordinate federal and state income tax audits, prepare and review responses to audit inquiries, and communicate audit progression to management.


• Research tax issues and communicate conclusions and recommendations to management through written technical memos.


• Monitor new and pending US tax legislation and determine the potential impact to CDW.


• Adhere to internal controls and coordinate documentation evidencing internal controls have been followed.

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant direct tax experience, ideally demonstrating progressive growth in responsibility within a Global, Corporate Tax, and/or Public Accounting environment, including at least 2 years of experience leading others, directly or indirectly.


• Strong knowledge of the accounting for income tax rules under ASC 740 and a good working knowledge of US GAAP accounting.


• Apply a continuous improvement mindset to transform provision and compliance cycles or enhance data quality using AI enabled tools, Power BI, or Alteryx.


• Strong financial acumen and excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and research skills. 


• Interest in learning GILTI, FTC, FDII, and BEAT rules developed under the TCJA, as well as the demonstration of learning agility with unfamiliar topics and the ability to connect concepts across tax disciplines.


• Demonstrated experience in working in a fast-paced environment.


• Strategic mindset and the ability to think critically, attack obstacles, and drive change.


• Demonstrated ability to successfully coach coworkers and build high performing/highly engaged teams.


• Strong project management skills described as balancing multiple priorities simultaneously with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business while paying attention to detail and meeting deadlines.


• Build and maintain collaborative cross-functional working relationships.


• Working proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization

As a leader, you will champion and be accountable for our vision of becoming an AI-fluent organization. We expect leaders to model curiosity, encourage responsible AI adoption, and foster a culture of continuous learning. You don’t need deep technical expertise, but you should be comfortable exploring how AI can enhance strategy, decision-making, and team performance. Your role includes guiding others in building confidence and capability with AI tools and practices, while promoting openness to experimentation and shared learning.

Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that’s curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what’s possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.

We make technology work so people can do great things.    

CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive.

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