Accounting and Tax Analyst

About the role

Kickstart your accounting and tax career with a role that offers broad exposure across financial reporting, compliance, and business operations.

Responsibilities

• Support tax compliance activities by monitoring, reviewing, and assisting with the resolution of tax and regulatory notices from federal, state, and local authorities.
• Gather, validate, and organize documentation required for tax return preparation and filing processes, including PBC (Provided by Client) requests.
• Maintain tax and compliance tracking tools to ensure filings, registrations, licenses, and reporting obligations are completed on time.
• Identify and escalate potential compliance risks or issues to the Director of Accounting & Tax.
• Prepare monthly sales and purchase transaction reports for external consultants to support sales and use tax filings.
• Cook up with external advisors and internal teams to support regulatory reporting requirements, including Drug Transparency Price Reporting.
• Aid business and commercial teams with regulatory reporting requirements related to product pricing changes.
• Affirm tax-related projects, including tax credits, incentives, emerging regulations, and compliance initiatives.
• Collect and provide information needed for assessments of tax incentives, credits, and compliance opportunities.
• Prepare and file business personal property tax returns and annual property tax declarations.
• Review accounts receivable balances and assist with clearing general ledger items.
• Compile monthly sales reports and provide reporting support to FP&A and Logistics teams.
• Manage invoicing activities for third-party and internal customers and reconcile invoiced sales to logistics shipment records.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes through the preparation and posting of journal entries.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations in accordance with company policies and internal control requirements.
• Execute monthly depreciation runs and support fixed asset accounting activities.
• Create and maintain fixed asset master data within SAP.
• Prepare prepaid expense schedules and process monthly amortization journal entries.
• Support accounting analysis, reporting requests, and ad hoc financial inquiries.
• Generate and analyze financial reports using SAP and SAP Fiori, including Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, and Balance Sheet reporting.
• Perform variance analysis and investigate significant changes in daily and monthly financial results.
• Aid intercompany accounting activities, including cost recharges and intercompany billing transactions.
• Process inventory and material ledger-related month-end entries and support inventory valuation reporting.
• Provide documentation and support for internal and external audit requests.

Qualifications and need-to-know

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 0–3 years of experience in accounting, tax, audit, finance, or a related area.
• Internship or co-op experience in accounting, tax, or finance is preferred.
• Progress toward a professional accounting designation such as CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent is preferred.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting concepts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including reconciliations, analysis, and reporting.
• Familiarity with SAP ERP and SAP Fiori reporting tools is preferred.
• Understanding of sales and use tax, property tax, and regulatory compliance requirements is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret and analyze financial information.
• Able to manage multiple priorities, handle a high volume of work, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Willingness to work additional hours as needed during month-end and year-end close periods.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.