Corporate Tax Advisor

Canon Careers • Melville, NY

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Canon USA in Melville, NY is currently seeking a Corporate Tax Advisor (Advisor, Corporate Tax). The Corporate Tax Advisor will design, implement, and oversee the regional indirect tax function—including Sales & Use, Property Tax, Business Licenses and Annual Reports. This role is a blend of hands-on compliance management, strategic business advisory, and systems optimization. The ideal candidate ensures 100% filing accuracy, mitigates audit risks, and partners with cross-functional teams (finance, legal, and IT) to align tax technology with evolving transaction-level regulations. This position is full time and offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to be in the office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and an option to work from home the remainder of the week (unless a specific business need arises requiring in office attendance on other days). Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required, plus 7 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• Experience in setting up, preparing, and filing multiple state and local Sales & Use Tax returns using Vertex is a must

Nice To Haves

• A CPA or Master's degree in Taxation a plus

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end preparation, review, and timely filing of all indirect tax returns, payments, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Identifying and filing refund claims for use tax paid to software vendors that were not allocated by where the software is actually being used when applicable.
• Lead tax authority audits, defend tax positions, and maintain robust internal controls (such as SOX) to mitigate transaction risk.
• Serve as the subject matter expert advising procurement, sales, and supply chain teams on the tax implications of new products, contracts, and international expansions.
• Partner with IT to maintain and optimize automated tax determination engines (e.g., Vertex, Avalara, Thomson Reuters) integrated with the ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
• Track and implement changes in global tax legislation, including e-invoicing mandates and rate changes, ensuring business systems adapt proactively.

Benefits

• Employee referral bonus
• Employee discounts
• Volunteer opportunities to give back to our local community
• medical, dental, vision
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• discretionary profit sharing
• discretionary success sharing
• educational assistance
• recognition programs
• vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level