Sr Tax Accountant-FT
Meijer
Accounting & Finance
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Posted on Oct 19, 2024
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Prepares and oversees tax filings, assists in management of tax audits, and develops enhancements to compliance processes..
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Responsible for the preparation and/or review of Federal, state and local income, franchise, excise and payroll filings.
- Responsible for the timely and accurate filing and processing of estimated income tax payments.
- Leverage analytics and processing tools to organize and summarize large data volumes for tax reporting purposes.
- Review transactional and summary data to ascertain the proper tax treatment, investigates discrepancies, research the corresponding tax law, and make adjustments to the accruals and return data files accordingly.
- Assist in data gathering, technical research and numerical analyses during the course of a tax or financial audit of income, franchise, excise and payroll taxes.
- Monitor changes in the various tax laws adapting reporting changes when applicable.
- Participate in new project cross-functional teams and systems initiatives to minimize impacts on tax exposure.
- Communicate with Meijer team members throughout the company, with vendors and with government officials to provide or obtain information.
- Strategically analyze current processes and partner with other members of Department to implement improvements.
- This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring With You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor of Accounting or Business degree, or equivalent accounting experience.
- 2-4 years of relevant income tax experience; Corporation and partnership knowledge pertaining to Federal, state, and local income taxes.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
- Experience with corporate tax compliance software (Corptax) preferred.
- Experience with SAP and SAP fixed assets preferred.
- Experience with automation software (Alteryx) preferred.
- Strong organizational, presentation, and documentation skills.
- Effective analytical skills for the resolution of complex problems.
- Ability to learn additional systems and operate in an environment where system changes are frequent and primarily business driven.
- Ability to think creatively to create and implement process solutions when business processes change or new tax laws are enacted.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including the ability to tailor the communication to the audience (i.e., translation of technical terms into business terms and vice versa).
- Ability to form partnerships with the key business areas and throughout the Meijer vendor community.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects.
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