State Income Tax Sr. Consultant (Remote - Home Based Worker)

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Job Summary:

The State Income Tax Sr. Consultant is expected to have a strong understanding of state income tax accounting in accordance with ASC 740.  The State Income Tax Sr. Consultant will be involved in review of quarterly income tax provision and return filings. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Review of quarterly income tax provision and effective tax rate
• Review of state attributes (net operating losses, valuation allowance, true-ups)
• Research and analysis of various transactions and tax return adjustments to determine tax impacts under manager supervision
• Assess processes and procedures for enhancement and analyze the utilization of analytics
• Assist with the tax accounting functions on a monthly and quarterly close basis, including state income tax accruals and reconciliations
• Assist with data gathering and review of state income tax filings, and estimated payment calculations
• Respond to notices with taxing authorities
• Assist with tax planning opportunities and other enterprise initiatives

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education and Experience:

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

• 3 or more years of experience (Preferred)

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Functional Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of tax accounting concepts needed to execute job responsibilities
• Ability to utilize tax resources to maintain awareness of current tax developments and to obtain tax information needed to execute job responsibilities
• Ability to independently perform intermediate tax or accounting analysis or research of issues that impact processes in area of responsibility
• Ability to recognize and understand how changes in other tax or accounting processes will affect processes in area of responsibility; Take steps needed to adjust tax processes in area of responsibility that are impacted by changes in tax or accounting environment
• SAP knowledge preferred

Notes:

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. May be required to perform other related duties as assigned. Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.

Compensation offered for this role is $63,500.00-$108,500.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

 

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