Tax Accounting

About the Role

The Tax Consultant role will own the preparation, review, and filing of multi-state sales, use, and telecommunications tax returns. This position will also support month-end close with journal entries and account reconciliations, maintain tax compliance calendars, and partner cross-functionally to ensure data accuracy and timely filings. Leading and supporting indirect tax audits and controversy from data gathering through resolution will also be a key component of this role.

What You'll Do

• Prepare, review, and file multi-state sales, use, and telecommunications tax returns.
• Review returns prepared by others for accuracy, completeness, and statutory compliance.
• Prepare month-end tax journal entries (accruals, reclasses, true-ups) and perform balance sheet reconciliations for tax-related accounts.
• Research complex tax issues; draft clear positions and interact with tax authorities as needed.
• Respond to notices, resolve discrepancies with taxing authorities, and support audits (data requests, reconciliations, sampling).
• Partner with Accounting, Billing, and IT to ensure transaction data accuracy for tax calculations and returns.
• Perform variance analysis on tax liability and expense; explain drivers and recommend corrective actions.
• Document and improve indirect tax processes, controls, and standard workpapers.
• Build and maintain organized, audit-ready workpapers, return packages, and filing evidence.
• Serve as the primary contact for state and local taxing authorities during indirect tax audits (sales/use/telecom); coordinate timelines, conferences, deliverables, and data requests; research and document taxability positions.
• Report to the Senior Manager, Indirect Tax.

Do You Have?

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field.
• 5-7+ years of professional experience in tax, accounting, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, conditional logic) and comfort working with large datasets.
• Experience preparing journal entries and performing account reconciliations in a general ledger environment.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to meet tight deadlines across multiple jurisdictions.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Even Better

• Telecommunications tax experience (e.g., state/local telecom taxes, 911 fees, USF contributions/surcharges, utility/telecom-specific fees).
• Experience with a tax engine or compliance software (e.g., Avalara, Vertex, Sovos) and filing portals (e.g., Streamlined Sales Tax, state e-file).
• SQL skills for data extraction, validation, and reconciliation; experience with BI/reporting tools.
• Prior experience leading audits to closure, drafting position memos, and negotiating assessments.
• Working knowledge of multi-state rules on sourcing, taxability, exemptions, and telecom-specific fees/surcharges.
• Hands-on experience responding to tax notices and participating in state/local tax audits, including sampling and controversy processes.

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Notice to Applicants: Depending on the position and its job functions, offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of certain pre-employment screenings, including but not limited to criminal background check, drug-screen, motor vehicle records check, or other pre-employment screening. All such screenings will be conducted by an external third-party with the Candidate's written consent and in accordance with federal and state law. Refusal to authorize or submit to a required pre-employment screening may disqualify the candidate from employment. A prior criminal record will NOT automatically disqualify a candidate but will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis considering a number of factors, including but not limited to the nature and specific duties of the position. Any misrepresentation during the application or interview process may result in denial of employment, withdrawal of offer, or termination.