TEMPORARY P/T SR. TAX ACCOUNTANT

Responsibilities

• Calculates monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual sales tax returns and prepares related returns.
• Ensures all filings are timely and accurately prepared.
• Maintains the Company’s business and sales and use tax licenses.
• Assists with Sarbanes Oxley compliance within area of responsibility.
• Conducts tax research & planning assignments.
• Assists with maintenance of taxability matrix.
• Works closely with accounting and other groups to obtain and validate information for tax preparation.
• Assists in developing responses for requests related to State audits as well as gathering necessary information from facilities as needed.
• Accesses and retrieves reports from the data systems.
• Maintains general ledger balances of selected tax accounts, including performing related quarterly reconciliations.
• Aids in documentation and implementation of Fixed Assets policy and procedure for reporting liability to taxing jurisdictions.
• Aids in documentation and implementation of tax policies and procedures.
• Aids in due diligence on acquisitions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and five (5) years of experience in taxation.
• Master's degree in accounting, taxation or business administration is desirable.
• Extensive and proven independent experience in preparation and review of tax returns.
• Multi-state tax background.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and work-paper techniques.
• Confident decision-maker able to produce accurate results with minimal supervision.
• Strong Excel and other computer skills.
• OneSource Sales and Use Tax Compliance or Vertex Software application experience.
• Ability to read and analyze financial reports and legal documents.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and other departments.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.