Senior Analyst, Tax Technology

7-Eleven•Irving, TX

About The Position

This role supports 7-Eleven’s indirect tax department within the Tax Technology team. The Senior Analyst works on transaction-tax business and digital support, tax research, and sourcing and preparing data for the audit team. The role manages sales and use tax audits from notice through closing; analyzes proposed adjustments and audit methods; prepares audit and appeal materials; reconciles transaction data; assesses exposure and refund opportunities; helps prevent recurring tax issues; monitors relevant law changes; and communicates with auditors and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university; accounting, finance, or taxation preferred.
At least 5 years of state and local indirect tax experience, including direct sales and use tax audit defense experience.
Ability to analyze proposed adjustments and challenge audit sampling.
Ability to reconcile large transactional datasets across returns, general ledger, subledgers, and source systems.
Strong command of taxability, exemptions and resale, sourcing, accruals, credits, and refunds, and ability to apply statutes, regulations, and audit manuals to specific fact patterns.
Sound judgment, ability to work independently, and discipline to escalate material exposure early.
Strong knowledge of indirect tax laws, regulations, systems, and accounting.
Excellent reasoning, research, and problem-solving skills.
Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interact with external departments and taxing authorities.
Advanced Excel skills, including large-file cleanup, lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations.
Familiarity with tax determination engines such as Vertex, Avalara, or ONESOURCE Determination, and ERP tax setup such as Oracle EBS or SAP.

Nice To Haves

CPA or CMI certification.
Experience in public accounting, corporate tax, or tax controversy.

Responsibilities

Manage sales and use tax audits from notice through closing, including kickoff, information document request tracking, deadlines, auditor correspondence, and stakeholder follow-up.
Manage statute-of-limitations waivers, audit periods, and scope agreements.
Evaluate proposed adjustments by tracing transactions to source, testing tax treatment, challenging sampling methods and error projections, and researching applicable law.
Prepare protests, appeals, refund claims, and settlement support, working with outside advisors and internal Legal as needed.
Build and reconcile audit populations across tax returns, general ledger, subledgers, AP/AR, invoices, and source-system data, and explain material variances.
Identify duplicates, data errors, unsupported assumptions, and documentation gaps in auditor workpapers.
Prepare audit workpapers, schedules, and transaction listings suitable for auditor and appeals review.
Quantify audit exposure and build reserve estimates for the internal tax team.
Identify overpayments and lead reverse-audit and refund opportunities.
Maintain exemption and resale certificate support and partner on taxability matrix accuracy.
Trace audit findings to root causes in process, data, tax engine configuration, or ERP setup, and drive fixes.
Monitor law changes affecting audit positions and open periods.
Coordinate meetings with auditors to manage audit deadlines.
Write audit responses and technical memos, and explain tax conclusions to non-tax stakeholders, including operations and franchise teams.