Consultant, Sales and Use Tax

Overview

Consultant, Sales and Use Tax role at Phillips 66. Location : Bartlesville, OK or Houston, TX. The Consultant – Sales and Use Tax is a senior advisor role that supports indirect tax strategy, compliance, audit defense, planning, and legislative issues across multiple jurisdictions in the oil and gas and midstream industry. The ideal candidate has deep technical proficiency in sales and use tax, particularly in manufacturing and midstream oil and gas sectors, and can navigate complex transactions, manage audits, test system initiatives, and drive improvements in collaboration with IT and business units.

Responsibilities

• Jurisdictional audit defense, including sampling methodologies, audit processes, appeals, protests, and litigation support. Develop creative positions to assert and defend specific sample items and refunds.
• Assess and manage legacy audit liabilities and risks across jurisdictions and manage audit liability accruals.
• Advise on large transaction structure planning (M&A) and tax implications, including unusual or non-standard business activities, contract review, and integration planning.
• Partner with business units to evaluate the taxability of complex transactions and develop tax-efficient solutions for manufacturing and midstream operations.
• Provide technical guidance on the taxability of manufacturing operations, including both large and small transactions.
• Identify and implement tax savings strategies specific to manufacturing environments.
• Lead special projects and manage third-party consulting agreements as needed.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and advise governmental affairs on pending litigation and policy impacts.
• Advise on U.S. sales and use tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including responding to tax inquiries from jurisdictions.
• Oversee complex exemption certificate management and taxability determinations.
• Conduct tax research to interpret and apply current sales and use tax laws, regulations, and rulings across multiple jurisdictions.
• Review contracts, invoices, and sales transactions to ensure proper tax treatment and identify potential exposure.
• Seek continuous improvement of all work processes.
• Assist with nexus studies and registration requirements in new jurisdictions.
• Assist with evaluating tax software and ERP systems for accuracy and recommend enhancements or configuration changes.
• Consult on tax implications of changes in business transactions and new product / service launches.
• Assist with outsourcing or co-sourcing arrangements for compliance functions, including vendor coordination and quality review.
• Collaborate with IT to improve tax data integrity, automate reporting, and test system initiatives for enhanced processing.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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Benefits

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include :

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards. Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors : We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence. Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 10 / 14 / 2025. Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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