Job Abstract

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A successful Corporate Tax Staff Accountant requires a basic knowledge of tax and accounting, strong organizational skills, and the ability to prepare deliverables within deadlines. This role is primarily responsible for day-to-day state and local tax work, compiling and analyzing information in excel and special projects.  This role is managed by the Senior Tax Manager and is a part of the Corporate Accounting team. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Key Functions:

• Assist with preparation of state and local income tax workpapers, sales & use tax analysis (where applicable), property tax payments and assessment review, as well as other miscellaneous tax items
• Assist with maintaining and enhancing state and local tax processes
• Assist with state and local tax audits
• Assist with maintaining exemption certificates
• Assist with tax research and analyses
• Assist with maintaining of tax calendar and tracking of tax inquiries
• Assist with reconciliation and roll forward of financial statement tax accounts such as the accruals for real estate, GST, and income tax
• Compiling data for tax submissions to various taxing authorities
• Ensure compliance with internal controls
• Build strong relationships with internal customers to become a trusted business partner
• Other duties or tasks as assigned

Key Behaviors:

• Detail oriented
• Self-motivated with improvement mind set
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while maintaining strong attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to clearly communicate issues to all levels of management
• Ability to perform independently and problem solve while knowing when (and how) to escalate issues
• Keeps supervisors informed of progress
• Team player who collaborates well with others

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Expertise in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in state corporate taxation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Not-for-profit experience
• Government Contracting experience
• Experience with Costpoint

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

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