Sr. Tax Accountant

Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)•White Plains, NY

6d•$95,000 - $115,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Tax Accountant – Indirect Tax will support VEG’s state and local tax function, primarily focusing on sales and use tax, personal property tax, and other indirect tax matters. The role owns and supports recurring compliance, reconciliations, taxability analysis, notices, audits, registrations, account maintenance, and process improvement across a growing multistate organization. The position is suited to a tax professional with 3–4 years of experience and a strong foundation in indirect tax gained at a large public accounting firm or in a similarly complex corporate environment. It requires sound technical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage recurring responsibilities independently while collaborating with internal teams, taxing authorities, and external service providers. The Senior Tax Accountant will help develop scalable indirect tax processes as VEG expands into additional jurisdictions. Experience with Avalara or other tax technology platforms is a plus. The role is part of VEG’s headquarters team, which works in person at the office; the company offers free parking and a shuttle from the White Plains Metro-North station.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or a related field.
3–4 years of relevant state and local tax experience, including meaningful hands-on exposure to sales and use tax and other indirect taxes.
Public accounting experience with a large national or regional accounting firm, or comparable experience in a complex multistate corporate tax environment.
Strong understanding of multistate sales and use tax concepts, including taxability, exemptions, sourcing, registrations, filings, notices, and reconciliations.
Experience with personal property tax compliance, assessments, or related jurisdictional requirements.
Experience researching and resolving state and local tax issues and communicating with taxing authorities.
Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets, transaction-level detail, reconciliations, and compliance trackers.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and tax jurisdictions while independently driving work to completion.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with internal teams, external advisors, and taxing authorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Avalara or another sales tax automation and compliance platform.
Experience working in a Big Four, large national, or large regional public accounting firm with exposure to complex multistate clients.
Experience with personal property tax software, exemption certificate management, or other indirect tax technology.
CPA or progress toward CPA.

Responsibilities

Own and support multistate sales and use tax compliance, including reviewing monthly filings, reconciliations, taxability issues, exemption activity, account maintenance, and filing discrepancies.
Support and increasingly own personal property tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including data gathering, return preparation and review, assessment review, payment tracking, jurisdiction-specific requirements, and filing calendars and records.
Research and analyze state and local tax issues, including sales and use tax, personal property tax, business licenses, gross receipts taxes, and other indirect or locally administered taxes.
Review and resolve notices, assessments, audits, and information requests from state and local taxing authorities by researching issues, preparing documentation, coordinating responses, and tracking matters through resolution.
Manage state and local tax registrations, account maintenance, portal access, filing requirements, and ongoing compliance administration across jurisdictions.
Reconcile tax filings, payments, general ledger accounts, transaction data, and supporting workpapers to identify discrepancies and ensure obligations are accurately recorded and paid.
Support indirect tax technology and process administration, including tax code mapping, rate and taxability reviews, exemption certificate processes, transaction-level analysis, and Avalara-related workflows.
Work cross-functionally with Accounting, Finance, Accounts Payable, Real Estate, Operations, Legal, and other teams to gather information, resolve tax issues, and improve tax-related processes.
Coordinate with external advisors and third-party tax service providers on compliance, audits, research, and special projects.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, standardize processes, and increase automation and AI use within the indirect tax function.
Maintain organized tax calendars, trackers, procedures, supporting documentation, and audit-ready records.
Take ownership of recurring indirect tax responsibilities, stay ahead of deadlines, identify issues early, build knowledge of VEG’s tax footprint and operations, strengthen tax processes, and contribute to a scalable state and local tax function.

Benefits

Competitive base salary of $95,000–$115,000 based on experience, plus bonus and benefits.
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits starting on day one.
Access to free therapy or counseling.
Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary.
Inclusive fertility and family-building care for all types of families.
Unlimited PTO for vacation or sick days.
Employee referral program.
Casual office attire.
Ability to bring a pet to work.
VEG swag.
Food in the office fridge and free lunches twice a week.
Company laptop.
Monthly cell phone reimbursement.
Free parking and a shuttle from the White Plains Metro-North station.