Senior Analyst, Sales & Property Tax

About the role

The Sales/Use and Property Tax Analyst will be responsible for administering, reviewing, and analyzing sales, use and hotel related tax returns for owned and/or managed hotels. In addition, will assist with research, audits, and planning projects.

Responsibilities

• Analyze return transactions and notify hotels and business support of any tax variances.
• Maintain tax files for assigned hotels following state and local tax law.
• Respond to requests for tax information by internal customers and taxing authorities to resolve tax issues.
• Communicate with corporate accounting groups and hotel team members on account reconciliations.
• Review the tax calendar for accurate due dates, registration numbers and filing requirements.
• Assist with the maintenance of tax compliance tools, making corrections and updates on monthly basis to stay current with all law changes, rate changes, etc.
• Complete tax registrations, business licenses and liquor license registrations.
• Provide data to third party preparer and review returns for accuracy.
• Perform technical tax research and analysis on various complex sales/use tax implications.
• Conduct state and local sales/use and other hotel related tax audits, minimizing audit assessments.
• Assist with real estate tax appeals and personal property tax audits and compliance.
• Provide verbal and written guidance to the business units regarding the audit results to implement procedures that will reduce future audit assessments.
• Provide consultation on improvements to the tax compliance/audit process.
• Review and make recommendations to implement new methodologies for process improvements.
• Ability to effectively communicate and prioritize multiple concurrent responsibilities.
• Ability to exercise judgment in evaluating situations and making sound decisions.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree or Bachelor's Degree or technical institute degree/certificate or an equivalent combination of education and work related experience.
• 2 to 4 years' progressive work related experience with demonstrated proficiency and understanding in one or more functions related to the position.
• Demonstrated knowledge of People Soft or other E.R.P. system's finance, accounting, and tax software.
• Demonstrates clear, concise, and succinct communication skills including adapting both verbal and written communication to the needs and level of the user.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Familiarity with sales/use tax, property tax, and business licenses in multiple jurisdictions.

Location

Atlanta, GA; hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.