WS - Senior Indirect Tax Analyst
WillScot · Scottsdale, AZ · 1 mo ago
AccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "About The Job" and then description. We need to use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro about WillScot (company description) maybe part of About the role? The "About The Job" heading is present. So we can have
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro about WillScot (company description) maybe part of About the role? The "About The Job" heading is present. So we can have About the role
with paragraph summarizing the role description: "The Senior Indirect Tax Analyst role is a key role within WillScot responsible for overseeing all aspects of business license tax compliance and participating in day-to-day indirect tax matters. This position will lead US business license tax compliance — while assisting with sales and use tax, personal property tax, real estate tax, VAT, excise, and other transaction-based taxes — and aiding to driving automation and efficiency initiatives to optimize overall indirect tax processes. Customer tax exemptions will also be a job responsibility. The role requires a blend of technical tax expertise, technology acumen, and leadership and communication skills to ensure compliance, efficiency, and scalability in a dynamic business environment."
We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent.
Then "What You'll Be Doing" includes sections: Indirect Tax Leadership, Tax Technology & Process Optimization, Stakeholder Engagement, Team Leadership & Development. Those are responsibilities. So we can put under Responsibilities
with - items for each bullet.
We need to extract bullet points from each sub-section.
Let's list them:
Indirect Tax Leadership:
- Develop and execute US indirect tax strategy aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee business license compliance for all Indirect Tax obligations (state and local for US) across jurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate filings.
- Daily review and processing of customer tax exemption certificates.
- Assist with monthly Indirect Tax account reconciliations and internal/external SOX control requirements.
- Oversee application and processing of customer tax exemptions certificates and issuance of tax exemption certificates to vendors.
- Monitor legislative changes and assess their impact on business operations; implement necessary process updates.
- Resolve any issues with state and local taxing authorities.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, and Operations teams to manage tax risk and support business initiatives.
- Assist with all Indirect Tax audits.
Tax Technology & Process Optimization:
- Assist with the design, implementation, and maintenance of tax technology solutions (e.g., ERP tax engines, automation tools, data analytics platforms).
- Drive digital transformation projects to streamline indirect tax processes and enhance data accuracy.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve tax reporting and compliance.
- Establish governance and controls for tax systems and data integrity.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Collaborate with external advisors, auditors, and tax authorities as needed.
- Communicate complex tax and technology concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Team Leadership & Development:
- Demonstrate a culture and willingness for continuous improvement and collaboration across global tax and finance teams.
- Develop training programs to enhance technical and technology skills within the tax organization and internal stakeholders.
Now Education And Qualifications section: "Education And Qualifications Additional Duties and Functions as assigned Required Education And Experience Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance Taxation or related field; advanced degree or CPA preferred. Minimum two (2) years progressive experience in indirect tax; Big 4 CPA firm or Corporate Tax preferred. Experience With Multi-national Corporations Required. Strong working knowledge of tax technology platforms (i.e., Vertex, Avalara, SAP, Oracle) and ERP systems preferred."
We can treat as Requirements/Qualifications. The spec says we can have sections Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide which to use. Probably combine into Qualifications and Skills.
Let's extract:
Required Education And Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance Taxation or related field; advanced degree or CPA preferred.
- Minimum two (2) years progressive experience in indirect tax; Big 4 CPA firm or Corporate Tax preferred.
- Experience With Multi-national Corporations Required.
- Strong working knowledge of tax technology platforms (i.e., Vertex, Avalara, SAP, Oracle) and ERP systems preferred.
Then "Required Skills And Abilities":
- Experience leading technology implementation projects and process automation initiatives.
- US Business License Tax compliance experience.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced global environment.
- Knowledge of customer tax exemption documentation and validation.
- Strong working knowledge of Indirect Tax laws and regulations, compliance requirements and Business License reporting and requirements.
- Strong proficiency with data analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau) for tax reporting.
- Understanding of emerging tax technologies and trends such as AI and RPA in tax processes.
Physical Requirements: "Ability to sit, stand, walk, etc., for office environment; ability to be on phones majority of business day." This is not a section we have (maybe not needed). Work Environment: "This is an in office role; not hybrid." Also not needed.
Benefits: "All regular WillScot positions offer a generous benefits package to help our employees and their families Be Well. This includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, paid time off (including Company holidays), tuition reimbursement, a retirement savings plan with company match, and more! More information about benefits may be found here. Many positions also have variable pay opportunities including commission, bonus, performance rewards, or other incentive programs."
Thus we have Benefits section with specifics.
Pay: Not mentioned explicitly. No salary range. So we should NOT include Pay section.
Schedule: Not mentioned (maybe in-office). Not specific schedule like full-time/part-time. Not given. So we should not include Schedule.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications (or Requirements), Skills, Benefits.
We need to avoid duplicate or filler. Ensure we don't include headings with empty content.
Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
... paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
...
Qualifications
- ... education/experience bullets ...
...
Skills
- ... skills bullets ...
...
Benefits
... benefits paragraph ...
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's craft paragraphs.
About the role paragraph: combine the description from "About The Job" and maybe the first sentence: "The Senior Indirect Tax Analyst role is a key role within WillScot responsible for overseeing all aspects of business license tax compliance and participating in day-to-day indirect tax matters. This position will lead US business license tax compliance — while assisting with sales and use tax, personal property tax, real estate tax, VAT, excise, and other transaction-based taxes — and aiding to driving automation and efficiency initiatives to optimize overall indirect tax processes. Customer tax exemptions will also be a job responsibility. The role requires a blend of technical tax expertise, technology acumen, and leadership and communication skills to ensure compliance, efficiency, and scalability in a dynamic business environment."
That's fine.
Now responsibilities list: need to include all bullets from the four sub-sections.
Let's list them exactly as in text, preserving punctuation.
Indirect Tax Leadership bullets:
- Develop and execute US indirect tax strategy aligned with business objectives and regulatoryrequirements.
Note: there is no space before "requirements"? In original: "business objectives and regulatoryrequirements." We'll keep as is but maybe add space? We should preserve original text exactly? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the text as given, but we can correct obvious typos? It's ambiguous. Safer to keep as given but maybe add a space for readability? However that would be altering. I'd keep exactly as given: "business objectives and regulatoryrequirements." Might look odd but it's what's there.
- Oversee business license compliance for all Indirect Tax obligations (state and local for US) acrossjurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate filings.
- Daily review and processing of customer tax exemption certificates.
- Assist with monthly Indirect Tax account reconciliations and internal/external SOX controlrequirements.
- Oversee application and processing of customer tax exemptions certificates andissuance of tax exemption certificates to vendors.
- Monitor legislative changes and assess their impact on business operations; implement necessaryprocess updates.
- Resolve any issues with state and local taxing authorities.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, and Operations teams to manage tax risk and support businessinitiatives.
- Assist with all Indirect Tax audits.
Tax Technology & Process Optimization bullets:
- Assist with the design, implementation, and maintenance of tax technology solutions (e.g., ERP taxengines, automation tools, data analytics platforms).
- Drive digital transformation projects to streamline indirect tax processes and enhance dataaccuracy.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve tax reporting andcompliance.
- Establish governance and controls for tax systems and data integrity.
Stakeholder Engagement bullets:
- Collaborate with external advisors, auditors, and tax authorities as needed.
- Communicate complex tax and technology concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Team Leadership & Development bullets:
- Demonstrate a culture and willingness for continuous improvement and collaboration across globaltax and finance teams.
- Develop training programs to enhance technical and technology skills within the tax organizationand internal stakeholders.
Now Qualifications bullets: from "Required Education And Experience":
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance Taxation or related field; advanced degree or CPA preferred.
- Minimum two (2) years progressive experience in indirect tax; Big 4 CPA firm or Corporate Tax preferred.
- Experience With Multi-national Corporations Required.
- Strong working knowledge of tax technology platforms (i.e., Vertex, Avalara, SAP, Oracle) and ERP systems preferred.
Now Skills bullets: from "Required Skills And Abilities":
- Experience leading technology implementation projects and process automation initiatives.
- US Business License Tax compliance experience.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced global environment.
- Knowledge of customer tax exemption documentation and validation.
- Strong working knowledge of Indirect Tax laws and regulations, compliance requirements and Business License reporting and requirements.
- Strong proficiency with data analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau) for tax reporting.
- Understanding of emerging tax technologies and trends such as AI and RPA in tax processes.
Now Benefits paragraph: "All regular WillScot positions offer a generous benefits package to help our employees and their families Be Well. This includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, paid time off (including Company holidays), tuition reimbursement, a retirement savings plan with company match, and more! More information about benefits may be found here. Many positions also have variable pay opportunities including commission, bonus, performance rewards, or other incentive programs."
We should not include the "Learn more about benefits may be found here" as a link? It's just text; we keep as is.
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, disclaimer, etc. We removed those.
Now output HTML.
Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: The posting also mentions "Physical Requirements Ability to sit, stand, walk, etc., for office environment; ability to be on phones majority of business day." and "Work Environment This is an in office role; not hybrid." This is substantive but we don't have a section for Physical Requirements or Work Environment. The allowed headings are limited to those list; we could possibly include them under a generic section? Not allowed. The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says "e.g." meaning those are examples, but we should prefer those headings. It also says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". It doesn't forbid other headings, but the examples given are those
About the role
... paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ... ...
Qualifications
- ... education/experience bullets ... ...
Skills
- ... skills bullets ... ...
Benefits
... benefits paragraph ...
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's craft paragraphs. About the role paragraph: combine the description from "About The Job" and maybe the first sentence: "The Senior Indirect Tax Analyst role is a key role within WillScot responsible for overseeing all aspects of business license tax compliance and participating in day-to-day indirect tax matters. This position will lead US business license tax compliance — while assisting with sales and use tax, personal property tax, real estate tax, VAT, excise, and other transaction-based taxes — and aiding to driving automation and efficiency initiatives to optimize overall indirect tax processes. Customer tax exemptions will also be a job responsibility. The role requires a blend of technical tax expertise, technology acumen, and leadership and communication skills to ensure compliance, efficiency, and scalability in a dynamic business environment." That's fine. Now responsibilities list: need to include all bullets from the four sub-sections. Let's list them exactly as in text, preserving punctuation. Indirect Tax Leadership bullets: - Develop and execute US indirect tax strategy aligned with business objectives and regulatoryrequirements. Note: there is no space before "requirements"? In original: "business objectives and regulatoryrequirements." We'll keep as is but maybe add space? We should preserve original text exactly? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the text as given, but we can correct obvious typos? It's ambiguous. Safer to keep as given but maybe add a space for readability? However that would be altering. I'd keep exactly as given: "business objectives and regulatoryrequirements." Might look odd but it's what's there. - Oversee business license compliance for all Indirect Tax obligations (state and local for US) acrossjurisdictions, ensuring timely and accurate filings. - Daily review and processing of customer tax exemption certificates. - Assist with monthly Indirect Tax account reconciliations and internal/external SOX controlrequirements. - Oversee application and processing of customer tax exemptions certificates andissuance of tax exemption certificates to vendors. - Monitor legislative changes and assess their impact on business operations; implement necessaryprocess updates. - Resolve any issues with state and local taxing authorities. - Partner with Finance, Legal, and Operations teams to manage tax risk and support businessinitiatives. - Assist with all Indirect Tax audits. Tax Technology & Process Optimization bullets: - Assist with the design, implementation, and maintenance of tax technology solutions (e.g., ERP taxengines, automation tools, data analytics platforms). - Drive digital transformation projects to streamline indirect tax processes and enhance dataaccuracy. - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve tax reporting andcompliance. - Establish governance and controls for tax systems and data integrity. Stakeholder Engagement bullets: - Collaborate with external advisors, auditors, and tax authorities as needed. - Communicate complex tax and technology concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders. Team Leadership & Development bullets: - Demonstrate a culture and willingness for continuous improvement and collaboration across globaltax and finance teams. - Develop training programs to enhance technical and technology skills within the tax organizationand internal stakeholders. Now Qualifications bullets: from "Required Education And Experience": - Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance Taxation or related field; advanced degree or CPA preferred. - Minimum two (2) years progressive experience in indirect tax; Big 4 CPA firm or Corporate Tax preferred. - Experience With Multi-national Corporations Required. - Strong working knowledge of tax technology platforms (i.e., Vertex, Avalara, SAP, Oracle) and ERP systems preferred. Now Skills bullets: from "Required Skills And Abilities": - Experience leading technology implementation projects and process automation initiatives. - US Business License Tax compliance experience. - Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced global environment. - Knowledge of customer tax exemption documentation and validation. - Strong working knowledge of Indirect Tax laws and regulations, compliance requirements and Business License reporting and requirements. - Strong proficiency with data analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau) for tax reporting. - Understanding of emerging tax technologies and trends such as AI and RPA in tax processes. Now Benefits paragraph: "All regular WillScot positions offer a generous benefits package to help our employees and their families Be Well. This includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, paid time off (including Company holidays), tuition reimbursement, a retirement savings plan with company match, and more! More information about benefits may be found here. Many positions also have variable pay opportunities including commission, bonus, performance rewards, or other incentive programs." We should not include the "Learn more about benefits may be found here" as a link? It's just text; we keep as is. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, disclaimer, etc. We removed those. Now output HTML. Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: The posting also mentions "Physical Requirements Ability to sit, stand, walk, etc., for office environment; ability to be on phones majority of business day." and "Work Environment This is an in office role; not hybrid." This is substantive but we don't have a section for Physical Requirements or Work Environment. The allowed headings are limited to those list; we could possibly include them under a generic section? Not allowed. The instruction: Use