Manager Property Tax

External Crown Castle Careers • Canonsburg, PA

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager Property Tax develops and directs property tax policy and leads administration of the property tax function with the assistance of the Vice President, Tax and Director, Transaction Tax. This includes compliance with state and local tax laws and administration and supervision of property tax compliance with third party vendors. This position takes a lead role in coordinating, developing, and managing the property tax budget, accounting related to the annual accrual, strategies to reduce property tax valuations and identification of non-taxable assets, oversight and management of property tax audits conducted by various state and local government authorities, management of property tax chargebacks to customers, administration of the business license function, and administration of landlord property tax reimbursement process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, tax or related
• Five (5) to seven (7) or more years of tax and accounting experience with an emphasis in property tax or related tax experience
• Prior people leadership experience preferred
• Well-developed knowledge of property tax rules and valuation methods
• Working knowledge of multiple state tax rules
• Prior staff supervision
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding Excel skills and experience with data management
• Experience working in JDEdwards

Responsibilities

• Primary liaison with third party vendors that provide property tax compliance and consulting services; includes obtaining information needed to prepare and support property tax returns, managing the vendor relationship and obtaining data for potential assessment appeals and information required for any state or local examinations.
• Coordinate the discussion of strategic thinking and analysis to minimize property tax liability in accordance with applicable laws.
• Work with third party vendors to develop cost models to be utilized in various state tax filings to minimize property tax costs.
• Research and propose property tax reduction opportunities.
• Promote relationships with operational management and accounting to understand the business model and provide clear communication of the property tax impact on business plans.
• Clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to earn the trust of stakeholders and interact with others while exhibiting high levels of the Crown Castle values.
• Supervise and manage staff in a manner that furthers an inclusive culture and provides an opportunity for skill development and professional growth for the Team.
• Manage and supervise ground lease landlord property tax reimbursement requests and pass through of certain property tax to tenants. Includes identification of potential opportunities in which tax should be passed through to customers.
• Review and approve property tax payments within authority limits.
• Compliance with internal controls over property tax function and SOX testing.
• Maintain high quality documentation for property tax functions.
• Manage the property tax budget, accrual and related provision for supervisor review.
• Respond and manage tax correspondence with various taxing agencies.
• Advance the Tax Department’s automation objectives to create efficiencies and reduce risk.
• Evaluate and provide timely and accurate property tax estimates for business expansion projects and Capital Committee review.
• Assist property tax integration of acquisitions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

What This Job Offers

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