Senior Tax Consultant, Sales/Use Tax

This position will be a hybrid position. Current in office requirement: 1 day/week

As an employee-owned company, DMA prioritizes employees. Low turnover rates and tenured teams are living proof:

• 2024 Great Places to Work Certified
• Employee stock ownership program eligibility begins on day one of employment (ESOP contribution is targeted at 6% of your annual compensation)
• Company paid parental leave
• Generous time off plans
• Multiple benefit plans, eligibility begins on day one of employment
• Culturally focused on work/life balance, mental health, and the overall wellness of our employees

 

Position Summary

Support Tax Managers, Sr. Tax Managers, and Directors in performing reverse audits and filing refund claims for all clients. Conduct smaller sales/use tax overpayment reviews, reverse audits, transaction analyses, and file refund claims for DMA clients. Perform multi-state research and work with state taxing authorities.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares for reviews including researching and developing a review plan, etc.
• Work with clients’ data to verify control totals, reconcile tax reported, and analyze audit populations and samples
• Obtains source documentation from clients’ system
• Reviews client documents relating to sales/use taxes including invoices, purchase orders, sales/use tax returns and details, sales/use tax audits, etc.
• Creates schedules of invoices and/or other documents
• Researches and enters data regarding tax exemptions into the system
• Researches sales/use tax questions and issues
• Prepares sales/use tax refund requests to be submitted to states and/or vendors
• Negotiates with state auditors during refund processing, audit appeals, etc.
• Prepares updates and reports of findings for clients
• Prepares required administrative information for Regional Director, including WIP maintenance, entering job cost hours, backlog days, forecasting, etc.
• Travels to client locations
• Identify and collect data on prospective clients
• Analyze potential opportunities

 

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
• 3-5 years’ professional experience preferably in accounting or tax
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Experience researching tax questions and issues
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 20% to client locations
• Valid driver’s license

 

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