Domestic Tax Senior Associate

Job Description

The Washington Post is seeking a dynamic and self-motivated Senior Associate interested in collaborating with the Associate Director of Tax in maintaining a modern and forward-looking Tax Department. The Senior Associate will report directly to the Associate Director of Tax.

The acquisition of The Washington Post by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has catapulted the company to the forefront of US digital publishing, leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovative strategies to drive unprecedented growth. As the Post continues to break records in digital revenue, traffic, and subscriptions, it has also harnessed the power of automation and AI to streamline its operations and stay ahead of the curve. One key area where this technological prowess is being applied is in tax reporting, where the Post is utilizing advanced digital tools to ensure accurate and timely compliance with increasingly complex regulatory requirements. This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge to different areas of domestic tax and leverage automation, including AI in your day-to-day activities. You will be collaborating with the Associate Director of Tax on building and managing effective domestic tax compliance processes.

Motivation/Alignment:

• You are a tax professional with 3+ years of tax background in US direct and indirect tax compliance (Federal and multi-state, partnership preferred) and have experience with sales and use tax compliance.

• Public accounting experience is preferred. 

• You have at least one year of independently managing changing priorities. As the business is changing, new tax research and compliance needs arise and require timely input from the Tax Department.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects.

• You have some experience delegating and reviewing preparer’s work and providing review comments.

• You have experience automating manual processes to drive overall process improvement.

• You are excited to expand your knowledge of automation and leverage tools like Alteryx and AI to automate your day-to-day activities and various tax projects.

• You are exceptionally organized and thorough. You take ownership of your projects.

• You are excellent at written and oral communication skills and possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

• You are proficient in Excel and have experience using Alteryx to automate manual processes.

• You are obsessed with quality, self-review, and excellent customer service.

• You are comfortable with asking questions and capable of having constructive conversations across the organization.

• You have experience with domestic income tax matters. 

• You have experience with sales and use tax compliance, including experience with determining product and services taxability, analyzing purchases for exemptions, and understand how to apply sales and use tax exemptions. 

Responsibilities:

• Maintain timely compliance of all domestic tax related filings by collaborating with other tax team members and third-party providers to timely prepare and file Federal and state income tax returns, Federal excise tax returns, property tax returns, local business license tax returns, preparing reports and calculations for sales/excise/occupation tax compliance.

• Collaborate with third-party consultants on compliance and research related items by providing necessary reports, reconciling filings to the GL and third-party reports, auditing filings, answering questions and carrying-out tasks necessary to ensure proper record keeping and compliance.

• Manage sales and use tax accrual processes which includes reviewing monthly company purchases to determine the monthly tax liabilities, reviewing contracts and invoices to determine product and service taxability, applying relevant exemptions, working with internal billing departments to track sales tax exemption certificates, etc.

• Timely identify new filing obligations in the US by monitoring tax news that impact the Company’s operations in direct and indirect tax nexus.

• Support the Company’s monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes by collaborating with the Accounting and Budget teams to prepare and review domestic tax related monthly and quarterly tax accruals and budget.

• Support the Associate Director of Tax and other tax team members on the timely preparation and compliance of the Company’s Federal and state income tax returns.

• Ensure that domestic tax liabilities are timely remitted by calculating quarterly estimated payments and nonresident withholding requirements.