Senior Sales Tax Accountant

White Cap Management•Atlanta, GA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities. The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Requirements

BS/BA in a related discipline.
Generally 5-8 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in a related field.
Certification is required in some areas.

Nice To Haves

Experience with tax automation software (e.g., Vertex, Avalara, OneSource).
Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite).
Experience with third-party compliance providers.

Responsibilities

Ensuring compliance with state and local sales and use tax laws and regulations and other indirect taxes.
Implementing controls to reduce company tax exposure.
Resolving issues that arise as a result of operations and various taxing jurisdictions.
Preparing, calculating, projecting, and performing other related assignments.
Handling one or more of the following sub functions: preparing and reviewing multi-state sales and use tax returns; reviewing business licenses and unclaimed property returns; coordinating and managing sales/use tax and business licenses audits, including sample selection and projections; reviewing, testing and updating point of sales systems (production and development environments) to ensure accuracy of tax calculations including rates and taxability determination; and/or reviewing reconciliations and journal entries.
Assisting Sales Tax Manager and providing leadership, training and direction to other staff members.
Reviewing, researching and responding to government notices.
Identifying and communicating solutions to complex, time-critical or recurring business issues.
Managing exemption certificate issuance and management.
Researching complex tax issues, laws and pending legislation to determine its application to operations, including regulations, statutes and case law.
Assisting with special projects as needed.
Independently performing assignments with instruction limited to the expected results.
Determining and developing an approach to solutions.
May oversee the completion of projects and assignments, including planning, assigning, monitoring and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, evaluating results, etc.
Contributing to employees' professional development but does not have hiring or firing authority.