Lead Senior Tax Analyst- Sales & Use Tax Compliance

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

11d • $100,000 - $175,000

About The Position

This role supports sales and use taxability and compliance for the organization and serves as the subject matter expert for monthly sales and use tax processes. It ensures accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to applicable tax laws and regulations. The position monitors business operations for tax impacts, recommends tax-related actions, oversees sales and use tax account reconciliations, resolves tax issues, applies best practices to complex business situations, and collaborates with internal departments and external vendors to maintain compliant workflows. It also contributes to team development by coaching staff and building strong relationships with key stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in public accounting, corporate tax, or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue, or company; or a high school diploma/GED and at least 4 years of such experience.
• At least 2 years of experience with technical tax laws and regulations and interpreting tax laws.
• At least 2 years of experience analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions, drive improvement, and find solutions.
• Intermediate Microsoft Word skills, such as inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers, and tables or adjusting table columns.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, such as using SUM, setting borders and column widths, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers, or print scaling.
• Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint skills, such as applying themes, formatting character spacing, inserting pictures, changing slide layouts and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart styles, or formatting fonts.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time for business, within and outside the state.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in public accounting, corporate tax, or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue, or company; or a high school diploma/GED and at least 6 years of such experience.
• At least 2 years of experience with simple and complex account reconciliations.
• At least 2 years of experience with sales and use tax compliance.
• Experience handling a high volume of returns.
• Experience with SAP, Vertex, and Ariba.
• Project management experience, including planning, organizing, and managing resources to complete project goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recommend, and communicate tax savings opportunities to management and key stakeholders through presentations and periodic reporting.
• Research new laws and attend tax-industry conferences and seminars to provide advanced knowledge of new and existing tax methodologies.
• Participate in divisional and company-wide projects and programs that support engagement in broader initiatives.
• Participate in departmental projects and process improvements.
• Collaborate with other tax functions to implement optimal tax solutions.
• Develop relationships with business units and partner with them on processes that support value creation.
• Coach and mentor more junior analysts as needed.
• Lead and train staff on new and existing tax processes and value creation projects.
• Oversee sales and use tax account reconciliations and resolve tax issues.

What This Job Offers

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