Student Assistant

To support the day-to-day operations of the tax team including, U.S. Federal, International, State and Local tax compliance, internal reporting requirements, tax notices, tax audits, research and planning, transfer pricing, and tax technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

Tax Operations:

• Prepare U.S. Federal, State and Local tax returns and supporting schedules (computation of permanent differences, timing differences, apportionment data, etc.)
• Assist with internal reporting requirements including tax account reconciliations
• Assist with process improvement initiatives by utilizing excel formulas and other tax technology available to gain efficiencies
• Prepare check requests and mailings as needed for ongoing tax payments related to corporate estimates, sales & use, and other remittances
• Gather and organize information by running reports from SAP and various other software

Tax Planning:

• Support in maximizing Federal, State and Local tax incentive initiatives such as R&D tax credits
• Support in updating tax models, refreshing queries within SAP, and initial research on tax planning ideas

Tax Audits & Tax Notices:

• Maintain a catalogue of Federal, State and local tax inquires, notices and audits relating to income, franchise and sales/use tax filings
• Draft responses to Federal, State and local audit information requests and notices
• Reduce paper inventory files by scanning and saving documents electronically

Transfer Pricing:

• Support in maintaining the transfer pricing models for the US legal entities including: 1) performing frequent checks of COGS and service fees and 2) refreshing the transfer pricing models when needed.
• Support other ad hoc transfer pricing work as needed for the Tax Strategy team.

Other Responsibilities:

• Gain a working knowledge of the company’s third-party software tools (SAP, OneSource Income Tax, OneSource Tax Provision, etc.)
• Assist in specific functional areas in ad-hoc projects

Qualifications

• Must be a current student enrolled at an accredited college or university pursuing at least a bachelor’s degree.
• An in progress undergraduate degree in Accounting or a related discipline preferred.
• 1-2 years of accounting or related experience preferred.
• Intermediate Excel skills preferred (including, but not limited to pivot tables, sumifs, vlookups, etc.).
• Strong academic record with a preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Conscientious self-starter with good organizational skills, project management skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities, must be able to multi-task.
• Strong interpersonal communication and ability to collaborate with teams; must effectively operate independently, across functional lines, and with internal