Senior Sales Tax Accountant

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Job Summary

Responsible for ensuring compliance with state and local sales and use tax laws

and regulations and other indirect taxes. Implement controls to reduce company

tax exposure. Resolve issues that arise as a result of operations and various

taxing jurisdictions. Prepare, calculate, project, and perform other related

assignments.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

• Handles one or more of the following sub functions: preparing and reviewing

multi-state sales and use tax returns; reviewing business licenses and

unclaimed property returns; coordinating and managing sales/use tax and

business licenses audits, including sample selection and projections;

reviewing, testing and updating point of sales systems (production and

development environments) to ensure accuracy of tax calculations including

rates and taxability determination; and/or reviewing reconciliations and

journal entries.

• Ensures compliance with state and local sales and use tax laws and

regulations and other indirect taxes.

• Assists Sales Tax Manager and provides leadership, training and direction to

other staff members.

• Implements controls to reduce company tax exposure.
• Reviews, researches and responds to government notices.
• Identifies and communicates solutions to complex, time-critical or recurring

business issues.

• Manages exemption certificate issuance and management.
• Researches complex tax issues, laws and pending legislation to determine its

application to operations, including regulations, statutes and case law.

Assists with special projects as needed.

Nature and Scope

• Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem solving skills in

order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoots and resolves

complex problems. Makes decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes

with incomplete information, that produce effective end results.

• Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to the expected

results. Determines and develops an approach to solutions. Receives technical

guidance only on unusual or complex problems or issues.

• May oversee the completion of projects and assignments, including planning,

assigning, monitoring and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, evaluating

results, etc. Contributes to employees' professional development but does not

have hiring or firing authority.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be

infrequent and not objectionable.

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is

frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to

move or lift light articles.

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 5-8 years of

experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience

in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with tax automation software (e.g., Vertex, Avalara, OneSource).
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite).
• Experience with third-party compliance providers

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