Senior Indirect Tax Accountant - The Americas

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Job Description

Senior Indirect Tax Accountant  - The Americas

Bose is looking for a motivated Sr. Indirect Tax Accountant to join our growing corporate tax team and assist with all indirect tax compliance, research, and business support.  This position will report to the Global Indirect Senior Manager and will be primarily responsible for handling our US sales and use tax and Canadian GST/HST, PST, and QST compliance processes as well as assisting with other ad hoc projects for the company and its affiliates. This position will work out of our corporate office located in Atlanta, GA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support compliance team with filing monthly US sales and use tax across all entities
• Prepare and file GST/HST, PST and QST filings for Canada, including running reports, reconciling data, preparing workpapers, and processing all the payments
• Prepare US and Canada monthly and quarterly general ledger tax account reconciliations
• Review monthly use tax accrual data, use tax reversals and assist with refund claims 
• Review transaction tax data to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies with taxability, rates, and system errors
• Resolve tax notices and process any payments necessary for state & local tax authorities
• Prepare and maintain current exemption certificates for customers and vendors
• Provide audit assistance including data gathering, account analysis and reconciliation
• Assist with audit result review and transaction analysis using SAP, purchase order and vendor invoice documentation as needed
• Track and renew all business licenses, registrations, and annual compliance filings
• Assist in organizing and maintaining department mail, files, and documentation
• Update and maintain multiple business logs, trackers, and compliance calendars
• Recognize, anticipate, and resolve tax issues and help make recommendations that will improve efficiency and tax compliance
• Assist in documenting and maintaining the Tax Procedure Manual as it relates to all tax department matters and global indirect tax functions
• Assemble and mail any tax related filings and/or correspondence when necessary and provide administrative support and assistance with general tax issues as needed
• Support ad hoc tax projects as assigned, such as research to evaluate tax implications of our products and services, compliance in sales tax, business licenses and general ledger accounting and nexus reviews

Qualifications and Skill Requirements:

• Must have 1-3 years of experience preparing and filing US and Canada indirect taxes
• Strong Sales and Use tax and Canadian GST/HST, PST, and QST knowledge and skills
• Previous tax experience working in large corporate environment
• Strong computer and technical skills including Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel experience
• Excellent communication, written and interpersonal skills for daily interaction with management, colleagues and other department peers
• Demonstrates a high level of respect and integrity with work and all interactions
• Detail oriented, possesses strong organizational skills, takes initiative and can manage multiple competing tasks
• Self-driven, trustworthy and can work independently
• Possesses an aptitude for learning, motivated by self-growth, has an ability to problem-solve and is resourceful
• Reliable and proactive in accomplishing assigned tasks in a timely manner

Education and Experience

• B.S Degree in Accounting, Finance
• Experience with Vertex and SAP

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