Sr Accountant - Indirect Tax

Support Center - Irving

The Senior Accountant - Indirect Tax will play a key role in sales and use tax compliance for sales and purchases, tax rules and rates verifications, research, analysis, and special projects for both the US and Canada.

Major Activities

• Assign tax group to new sales products in applicable systems.
• Administer the Vertex system, including custom tax rules and transaction testing.
• Maintain department reference files for tax rates and rules.
• Monitor changes in taxability, tax rates, and tax area ID coding.
• Maintain store POS tax rate tables and monitor related activity reports.
• Maintain financial systems for sales and use tax, including Vertex and Oracle.
• Research tax regulations for items purchased by the company and sold in stores or purchased for company use and ensure company compliance.
• Special projects, including system implementations, compliance research, and customer support.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders on sales & use tax audits, including information gathering, research, preparing/reviewing work papers, determining reserve, and closing of the audit.
• Assist staff with exemption certificate inquiries as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Minimum Special Certifications or technical skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Advanced Vertex O series, Vertex Cloud, and Vertex Returns software knowledge and skills
• Knowledge of Oracle Finance System

Minimum Type of experience the job requires

• 5+ years of experience in U.S. multistate sales and use tax.

Other

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-project, deadline-driven environment and working with minimal supervision
• Excellent organizational, time management, and analytical skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills and enthused by working as part of a team

Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Preferred Special Certifications or technical skills

• Certified Public Accountant Certification
• Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (CMI) designation

Preferred Type of experience the job requires

• Sales and Use Tax Compliance experience for multiple states and Canada
• Experience with Big 4 accounting firms

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.

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