Senior Tax Accountant - Property Tax

EquipmentShare • Columbia, MO

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About The Position

EquipmentShare is hiring a Senior Tax Accountant for its property tax team. This senior individual-contributor role is responsible for rendition, billing, and audit support for business personal property taxes on a rapidly growing, multistate equipment rental fleet across thousands of taxing jurisdictions. The position owns the rendition calendar and bill processing cycle, reconciles rendered costs to the fixed asset ledger, uses T3 telematics data to establish lien-date situs for mobile assets, and works with the Property Tax Manager on assessment appeals and audit defense. The work focuses on business personal property, real estate, and specialty inventory regimes rather than income tax or tax provision.

The role is based in Columbia or St. Louis, Missouri, with remote and hybrid arrangements available. The Senior Tax Accountant will also support exemptions, abatement and incentive compliance, property tax accruals and forecasts, new location openings, acquisition integration, internal controls, process improvement, systems implementation, and training.

Requirements

• Multistate business personal property tax experience, including rendition preparation and direct involvement in assessment review or property tax audits.
• Working knowledge of property tax compliance software such as PTMS, ONESOURCE Property Tax, or similar.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Google Sheets, or similar spreadsheet tools, including reconciling large asset-level datasets to fixed asset ledgers.
• Ability to independently research situs or valuation questions and communicate conclusions in writing to a non-tax audience.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage a high-volume compliance calendar with competing deadlines.
• Process-focused, detail-oriented approach and commitment to accuracy.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of property tax experience, with meaningful exposure to multistate business personal property compliance, bill processing, and assessment review.
• Ability to sit at a desk while using a computer for long periods of time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in equipment rental, leasing, transportation, or another asset-intensive multistate industry.
• Texas Dealer's Heavy Equipment Inventory (DHEI) or other special inventory regime experience.
• Background at a property tax consulting firm, appraisal district or assessor's office, or in-house property tax department.
• Experience using telematics, GPS, or ERP data for asset situs and tracking.
• SQL or Alteryx experience.
• CMI (Property Tax) designation or progress toward it.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and file the annual multistate business personal property rendition calendar, applying appropriate cost basis, class lives, and depreciation schedules for rental fleet, shop equipment, and branch assets.
• Establish lien-date situs for a mobile fleet by reconciling T3 telematics location data, rental contracts, and branch assignments, and maintain audit-ready documentation.
• Validate, process, and accrue property tax bills from county, city, and school district collectors; match bills to renditions, identify duplicate and phantom assessments, and ensure timely payment.
• Reconcile rendered costs to the fixed asset ledger, identifying ghost assets, inter-branch transfers, disposals, and capitalized soft costs that should not be included in the taxable base.
• Administer Texas Dealer's Heavy Equipment Inventory (DHEI) compliance, including monthly unit property tax statements and annual declarations.
• Support assessment reviews and appeals by preparing evidence packages using utilization, idle-time, and obsolescence data, and tracking protest deadlines, hearings, and outcomes.
• Prepare and file freeport, interstate commerce, and other available exemptions, and complete abatement and incentive compliance reporting.
• Support property tax audit defense by assembling requested records, preparing workpapers and schedules, and helping quantify exposure and refund opportunities.
• Reconcile property tax accrual accounts to the general ledger, prepare account reconciliations and flux explanations, and support the property tax forecast for FP&A.
• Support new location openings and acquisition integration, including assessor account setup, rendition onboarding, and resolution of assessor and collector notices.
• Execute assigned internal controls with audit-ready documentation and assist with information requests from internal and external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to improve property tax processes, collaborate on workflow improvements using T3 data and property tax software, implement new systems, and train new team members.
• Use formulas, pivot tables, and large-volume data analysis to manage asset-level rendition, valuation, and billing data.
• Perform other related duties or assist with special projects.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees.
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Gym membership stipend and wellness programs.
• Company events and quarterly team activities.
• 16 hours of paid volunteer time per year.
• Career advancement, leadership training, and professional development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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