Senior Analyst, Indirect Tax

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and execute reverse audits to identify refund opportunities, tax overpayments, and areas of potential exposure.
• Conduct detailed sales and use tax exposure analyses to quantify potential liabilities when refund claims are filed.
• Partner with IT teams to design, test, and implement electronic extraction tools that automate data pulls and streamline audit workflows.
• Organize and execute predominant use studies, including data collection, documentation, and validation of exempt usage.
• Evaluate data integrity, reconcile variances, and prepare supporting documentation for refund claims and audit defense.
• Organize, track, and request waivers of rights from vendors and customers as required for refund claims or audit defense.
• Maintain communication logs and ensure timely follow-up to secure required documentation.
• Audit Management: Assist with or lead state and local tax audits, including data gathering, documentation preparation, issue resolution, and negotiation support. Serve as a primary point of contact with auditors and internal stakeholders.
• Complete recurring accounting activities, including: Monthly accruals for sales/use tax, Account reconciliations for indirect tax accounts, Property tax filings and reconciliations, Support multi-jurisdictional personal property tax filings.
• Identify, design, and implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and automation. Strengthen internal controls around indirect tax compliance, documentation, and reporting.
• Cross-functional Partnership: Collaborate with Finance, AP, AR, Legal, Operations, and Technology teams to ensure tax requirements are embedded in business processes. Deliver presentations and training on tax-related matters to internal stakeholders.
• Tax Research & Technical Support: Conduct tax research to support technical positions, business transactions, and audit defense. Draft memos, summaries, and documentation to support tax conclusions.
• Strategic & Ad Hoc Projects: Contribute to departmental and company-wide initiatives, including system enhancements, data governance, and automation projects. Assist with other ad hoc tax projects, compliance initiatives, and special analyses as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or related field.
• 3–6+ years of experience in indirect tax, preferably in a corporate tax department or public accounting.
• Strong knowledge of sales/use tax, property tax, and unclaimed property.
• Experience with multi-jurisdictional personal property tax filings.
• Demonstrated ability to manage audits and prepare technical documentation.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.