Senior Tax Accountant

Overview

The position supports the Tax Services Group by assisting with the monthly, quarterly, and yearend financial reporting and tax (direct / indirect) compliance requirements. The position will be responsible for identifying, recommending and implementing software and tools supporting the efficient gathering and analysis of data required for financial reporting and tax compliance. Finally, the position will collaborate on design, implementation, standardization and process improvements for the continued efficiencies in the group.

• Assist ETSG in identifying automated solutions to the compliance process and drive its implementation.
• Assist tax manager with direct / indirect tax data needs related to compliance, audit and controversy matters.
• Develop and implement solutions to report and visualize key compliance data and risk factors (Dashboard).
• Develop, implement and maintain compliance metrics across ETS business and geographies.
• Generate ad-hoc and regular recurring data analytics based on the ETSG's needs.
• Create new tools and business process that simplify, standardize and enable operational excellence.
• Assist in completion of quarterly forecasting of tax expense and interim / annual ASC 740 tax provision workpaper review and consolidation (including key executive metrics) - including completion of external auditor review.
• Ensure tax SharePoint site, calendar and project management tools are updated as needed (monthly, quarterly annually) by the supervision of Global Tax Accountant Associate.
• Review of contracts to ensure correct tax clause included or draft of necessary tax waiver.
• Adhere to ethical standards.

• Ability to teach a specific domain.
• Understands micro and macro aspects of individual role as well as an understanding of current upstream and downstream impacts.
• Demonstrates ownership of assigned accountabilities and accomplishes associated outcomes on-time and within budget in a repeatable and sustainable manner without sub-optimizing other functions.
• By understanding the essence of customer and internal stakeholder needs and interests, including those of both the immediate supervisor and the ultimate customer, consistently meets or exceeds established service expectations.
• Responds quickly and appropriately to non-routine events and revises ideas of how best to get things done through reflection on and analysis of appropriate information.
• Demonstrates productive and effective individual interpersonal business relationships across multiple constituencies.

• Bachelor's degree in Tax or Accounting.
• CPA and/or Masters in Tax required.

• 2 - 5 years of tax-exempt organization and/or corporate tax experience.
• CPA firm and corporate tax department experience preferred.

• Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Technology Skill Set:
  Advanced Excel Ability, ERP Experience (Oracle/SAP/Peoplesoft).
• Expertise in data analysis and modeling techniques.
• Knowledge of business intelligence software.
• Ability to perform tax research using RIA Checkpoint, CCH Tax Research.