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Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and 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 wide variety 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, government or military experience to a 3M career.

Manager of Tax Strategy

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Manager of Tax Strategy, you will work closely with the Tax Strategy and Tax Planning leaders to support tax planning and transactions undertaken by the company, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and a wide variety of people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Supporting and leading projects that include: M&A; structuring and integration activities; analyzing emerging and evolving tax laws (including FDII and GILTI), legislation and rulings; applying tax rules and regulations to 3M and quantifying the potential impact to the company; and participating on a cross-functional team focused on legal entity optimization.
• Serving as the key tax contact for your assigned business group(s) to identify and help mitigate tax risks and opportunities related to evolving business and go-to-market strategies.
• Possessing a strong ability and desire to network across functions within 3M.
• Being a team player with the ability to operate successfully in a matrix environment, with strong influencing and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of income tax concepts, including M&A and foreign issues impacting US taxpayers.
• Ability to work independently on tax research projects and document findings under the direction of senior tax team members.
• Working closely with the broader Tax organization (planning, operations, indirect, US tax and local tax), ensuring cohesive planning, strategic business advice, thoughtful and thorough M&A and integration that is aligned with compliance and transfer pricing functions.

Your Skills and Expertise

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

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher with a major in accounting, finance, economics or Tax (completed and verified prior to start)
• Minimum (7) seven years of relevant US income tax experience from an accounting firm practice, law firm, industry practice, national tax practice, or a combination thereof in a private, public, government, or military environment.

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

• Experience in international tax, M&A due diligence and/or tax structuring and planning with an ability to model scenarios.
• You should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a willingness to adapt to changing business environments.
• The ideal candidate will be a highly reliable self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills, be detail-oriented, and have the flexibility and ability to work on time-sensitive issues under strict deadlines.
• Exhibited sense of urgency to drive effective change.
• Strong knowledge and experience in use of tools such as MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint and MS-Teams to create and share analytics which facilitate decision-making.

Work location:

• Hybrid Eligible: Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to Maplewood, MN, and Houston, TX, Washington, DC at least 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Travel: May include up to 20% domestic/international travel

Location: Maplowood, MN OR Houston, TX OR Washington, DC

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 $141,150 - $172,517, 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/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 06/12/2025 To 07/12/2025 Or until filled

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

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

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