Tax Accountant I, Transactional Tax

Crown Castle • North Strabane Township, PA

7d • $28 - $38 • Hybrid

About The Position

Entry-level role with focus areas including sales, use, and similar transactional taxes. This includes interpreting and applying the laws of all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and Canada, including county and municipal taxing authorities. This position will work closely with the Director Tax and Senior Tax Accountant to ensure Crown’s transactional tax compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Zero (0) to one (1) or more years of relevant work or academic experience
• Ability to work collaboratively in an office environment
• Ability to interact professionally and communicate effectively with vendors, customers and Crown Castle business partners

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of Vertex, Avalara, or similar sales tax software application preferred but not required
• Working knowledge with accounting systems and software preferred
• Software skills and application knowledge, including AI tools and the Microsoft suite of products preferred
• Transaction tax experience preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assist outside consultants in the completion of the transaction tax returns.
• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly transaction tax billing reports, general ledger account reconciliations and tax compliance data files.
• Prepare tax billing adjustments and journal entries.
• Perform tax research to assess the taxability of products, services, and customers.
• Responsible for setup and routine maintenance of transaction tax software.
• Setup, administration, and filing of electronically filed transaction tax returns, including periodic reviews to identify necessary sales and use tax registrations.
• Respond to sales and use tax notices.
• Administer sales tax exemption certificates for customers and vendors.
• Monitor Sales Tax ServiceNow ticketing queue for routine sales and use tax requests from Crown Castle business partners and external parties.
• Assist with collecting-audit defense information.
• Assist with other duties and projects related to transaction taxes as needed.

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: Entry Level