Tax Compliance Supervisor - Retail - GROWMARK, Inc. - Bloomington, IL

GROWMARK, Inc.•Bloomington, IL

3d•$79,500 - $109,288•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Tax Director, this role oversees the preparation, review, and filing of motor fuel, sales, and environmental tax returns and payments for GROWMARK retail divisions and its subsidiary companies. The position ensures all filings and payments are accurate, timely, and compliant with applicable laws and regulations. It also involves maintaining and improving control processes to support compliance, mitigate risk, and ensure proper remittance to taxing authorities.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience, along with 3–5 years of relevant experience demonstrating the ability to provide tax, process analysis, and compliance leadership.
Understanding of specialized tax regulations related to motor fuel, environmental, and sales taxes, with the ability to apply tax knowledge to business transactions and determine appropriate taxability.
Experience with tax and accounting-related areas, including internal controls, business operations and process analysis, billing system controls, tax compliance, master data structures, accounting information systems, policies and procedures, risk management, business ethics, and regulatory compliance.
Strong professional communication, interpersonal, persuasion, and customer service skills.
Demonstrated planning, organization, and problem-solving abilities.
Proven team-building skills and the ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented environment.
Strong computer skills, including experience with spreadsheets, databases, data analytics, and query tools. Ability to understand and leverage third-party accounting and information systems to enhance business processes, facilitate analysis, and support informed decision-making.
Demonstrated core competencies including business acumen, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision-making, and continuous skill development.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and have the ability to travel independently, including overnight travel as needed.
Ability to work extended hours, as necessary, to meet tax deadlines.
Ability and willingness to participate in required training, including education on GROWMARK’s policies and procedures, as well as additional training relevant to the position.

Nice To Haves

CPA, MBA, or similar designation preferred to demonstrate advanced accounting and business knowledge.
Prefer 2+ years of supervisory experience leading and developing a team.

Responsibilities

Oversees the preparation of motor fuel, environmental, and sales tax returns and related tax payments for GROWMARK retail divisions and subsidiary companies.
Analyzes and determines appropriate tax configurations and reporting within Agvance and related systems; gathers and evaluates retail division and subsidiary data to ensure accurate tax billing calculations and resolves system-related discrepancies.
Maintains and expands knowledge of Agvance functionality and underlying data structures to identify root causes of issues and evaluate related tax and accounting impacts.
Reviews tax return preparation and reconciliation processes across retail divisions and subsidiaries to optimize performance, providing recommendations for and supporting process improvements, including the use of data analytics tools. Plans and executes updates to electronic filing and control systems as needed.
Maintains technical expertise in motor fuel, excise, sales, environmental, and other applicable tax areas, as well as ERP processes and third-party tax software where tax calculations and reporting are impacted.
Provides guidance to retail divisions and subsidiaries to ensure accurate billing and proper recording of taxes. Oversees the reconciliation of financial accounts related to motor fuel, environmental, and sales taxes.
Serves as a liaison between the tax department and GROWMARK retail divisions, subsidiary entities, IT, and other internal stakeholders regarding tax compliance matters.
Manages responses to audits conducted by taxing authorities related to motor fuel, environmental, and sales tax filings.
Maintains professional relationships with taxing authorities.
Responds to tax information requests from GROWMARK employees, retail divisions, and subsidiaries.
Researches and applies tax laws and compliance requirements for new jurisdictions related to retail divisions and subsidiary expansion, including coordinating registration, filing, and reporting obligations.
Supports the development of team skill levels and promotes expanded use of Agvance and other process improvement and data analysis tools.
Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
Responsible for encouraging, supporting, and promoting innovative practices, ideas, and technologies within the team.
Performs all other duties as assigned.