Senior Accountant, Sales And Use Tax

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Job Purpose: The Senior Accountant, Sales and Use Tax is responsible for the Company's compliance with state sales/use and telecom tax laws and the accurate recording of the Company's tax liability on the general ledger. This role will manage outsourced resources for indirect tax research and compliance. Additionally, the incumbent will reconcile and validate data provided to outsourced firm for purposes of tax compliance, coordinate efforts to respond to tax audits, and work with various internal departments to implement procedures and controls to accurately capture sales/use and telecom tax at the time of the transaction.

Essential Duties:

• Manage the indirect tax compliance process with outsourced tax consulting firm
• Reconcile detail tax reports with various billing systems and General Ledger to ensure integrity of tax data submitted to outsourced firm
• Work closely with the Billing Dept and IT to resolve reconciliation differences arising from system processing issues
• Coordinate research of tax issues with tax consulting firm
• Coordinate response to state and local governmental sales/use and telecom tax audits as well as regulatory fee audits, including the gathering of information requested by auditors
• Mitigate tax liability issues by working with the Accounts Payable team on the application of use tax and by providing guidance to the Billing team related to taxability of various products and transactions as they arise
• Implement and communicate new policies, procedures and controls to accurately capture sales and use tax and the time of the transaction
• Analyze and reconcile complex indirect tax general ledger accounts monthly and resolve reconciling differences timely
• Prepare journal entries to record tax collections and other adjustments monthly
• Prepare regulatory reporting and payment requests, as assigned
• Renew business licenses as needed
• Comply with department internal control guidelines; update internal procedures as appropriate
• Assist with special projects related to new product rollouts, system enhancements, implementing efficiencies and company initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to research new revenue streams for taxability and compliance.
• Ability to problem-solve with a proactive and results-oriented mindset
• Effective interpersonal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively both internally and externally.
• Work independently, as well as in a team environment.
• Must be results-oriented with a focus on meeting filing and department deadlines
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with attention to detail and follow‐through in a fast-paced work environment.
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks based on department deadlines and company initiatives

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• 5+ years of experience to include
• Sales/use tax compliance experience or experience managing outsourced indirect tax compliance function
• Complex reconciliation experience and issue resolution
• Tax research experience
• General ledger experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business or other relevant area of study
• Experience with telecommunications tax and telecommunications regulatory environment
• ERP experience, including implementation of new ERP

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and a variety of office equipment.
• Occasionally may need to reach, stoop, or kneel.

Salary and Benefits:

At Aventiv, our salary and benefits are designed to fit you as a whole person. We offer a salary range based on experience and qualifications to ensure your unique contributions are met with our most competitive offer.

• $83,715.86 - $95,436.08
• Health Insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Voluntary Benefits

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Aventiv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All decisions regarding recruiting, hiring, promotion, assignment, training, termination and other terms and conditions of employment will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender presentation, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. We do not discriminate based on genetic information in accordance with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.