Indirect Tax Consultant

About the role

Long-term temporary/contract position for an Indirect Tax Consultant. The role focuses on multi-state tax compliance with operations primarily in Texas and brokered services across the lower 48 states, with heavy emphasis on Sales & Use Tax and Fuel Excise Tax. You will review and ensure proper state tax filings, assess current tax processes for discrepancies, and support the Avalara implementation — validating accuracy of setup and configuration following a recent migration to Business Central (Avalara is a plugin). The position requires working independently with support from the accounting team.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-state Sales & Use Tax and Fuel Excise Tax compliance
• Review and ensure accurate state tax filings across jurisdictions
• Assess existing tax processes and identify discrepancies
• Support Avalara implementation and validate setup/configuration within Business Central
• Collaborate with the accounting team while operating with minimal supervision

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 10+ years of indirect tax compliance experience, including at the management level
• Multi-state Sales & Use Tax expertise
• Excise/Fuel Tax knowledge
• Hands-on Avalara experience
• Strong background in compliance and process improvement
• Ability to hit the ground running with minimal supervision

Preferred qualifications

• Transportation, fuel, energy, logistics, or fuel distribution industry experience

Pay

$70–85 per hour, depending on experience.

Schedule & location

100% in-office role based in Cypress/Northwest Houston. Houston-area candidates only.