Consultant, Personal Property Tax

Ryan•Scottsdale, AZ

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Property Tax Consultant works with clients and internal teams to adhere to jurisdictional requirements for personal property tax compliance. This includes researching issues, reconciling financials and databases, working with taxing authorities to understand and verify calculations and filing methodologies, and completing detailed calculations. The consultant will assist in managing a high volume compliance portfolio, provide exceptional client service to multi-state companies by working with a team to identify tax savings opportunities, and assist multi-state companies with state and local tax controversies. This includes preparing clients for discussions with auditors, representing the client at hearings and at appeal meetings, and preparing protests. The role also involves maintaining an annual client filing calendar and learning a proprietary software application to manage data, as well as updating internal compliance software with appropriate tax-related information for each assigned client. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Computer Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Real Estate or related study.
Must have (6) hours of Accounting or Economics or Real Estate or Finance with a of 3.0 GPA or higher, a Major GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Relevant work experience preferred (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs) or Bachelor's degree and one to three years audit or tax related experience.
Desire to perform in a high-energy team environment.
Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage ambiguity.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels.
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
Valid Driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

Prepare personal property tax returns/renditions, filings, and reconciliation of assets for assigned clients.
Ensure all applicable returns/renditions and remittances are processed and mailed in a timely manner.
Review of personal property tax assessments, filing/handling assessment protests and handling audits.
Respond to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
Review documentation and research issues.
Work with raw data to complete calculations.
Assist in managing high volume compliance portfolio.
Provide exceptional client service to multi-state companies by working with a team to identify tax savings opportunities.
Assist multi-state companies with state and local tax controversies, which includes preparing clients for discussions with auditors, representing the client at hearings and at appeal meetings, and preparing protests.
Maintain annual client filing calendar.
Learn proprietary software application to manage data.
Update internal compliance software with appropriate tax related information for each assigned client.
Performs other duties as assigned.