Tax Accountant

About the Role

You will leverage industry-leading technology and digital tools to guide the company in innovative tax management and compliance best practices at the international, federal, state, and local levels. Using your data mining and data literacy capabilities, you will spearhead efforts to identify and introduce innovative approaches that deliver meaningful process improvements, efficiency gains, and solid support documentation practices. Successful candidates in this role have been quickly promoted to positions with increasing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Join the Penske Corporate Tax Team to provide global tax compliance strategies, innovative tax planning approaches, and expertise in tax risk management, including:
• Federal, state, and local tax compliance and planning
• Tax forecasting and other tax savings projects
• ASC740 projects and other financial reporting responsibilities
• Identify process improvement initiatives to streamline projects and increase efficiencies

Requirements

• Recent accounting or finance graduate with 1+ years of income tax experience
• A learning mindset
• Skills to analyze and manipulate complex data sets
• Ability to use digital workflows and tools to accomplish team objectives
• Process improvement skills to increase efficiency, simplicity, and process clarity
• Problem-solving skills to analyze issues, identify solutions, and implement process changes
• Communication skills to build relationships and influence process change across the organization
• CPA certification or candidate preferred (this position qualifies toward the experience requirement in PA)
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary and work at the required location

Benefits

• Learning and development opportunities from day one, including tuition reimbursement for advanced degrees
• Access to the latest technology, including leading tax compliance and research platforms, CPE training, and CPA test preparation services
• Competitive benefits, including a defined benefit retirement plan
• Flexible work environment
• Onsite amenities: café, wellness center, and nutrition services
• Community service opportunities

Physical Requirements

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Required to read, communicate verbally and/or in written form, remember and analyze information, and follow instructions or guidelines
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and reach with hands and arms
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs/12 kg
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Primary location: Reading, PA (100 Gundy Drive).