Sales tax Accountant Resume Samples
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R Satterfield
Ramon
Satterfield
3210 Rosalyn Lock
Detroit
MI
+1 (555) 935 5858
3210 Rosalyn Lock
Detroit
MI
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+1 (555) 935 5858
Experience
Experience
Houston, TX
Sales tax Accountant
Houston, TX
Gislason-Weber
Houston, TX
Sales tax Accountant
- Provide timely responses to questions and issues generated by or impacting operating personnel
- Perform technical research and memo writing for matters regarding indirect taxes
- Working knowledge of multi-jurisdictional sales and use tax statutes, regulations, and compliance
- Assist outsourced firm with data gathering for sales tax compliance
- Strong work ethic
- Assist in the preparation of accounting entries for the company’s fiscal and period closings
- Provide customer service to internal (GBU’s) and external (Lesee’s) regarding sales tax issues via email or by phone
San Francisco, CA
Sales tax Accountant
San Francisco, CA
Predovic Inc
San Francisco, CA
Sales tax Accountant
- Assist Tax Management with audits, appeals and litigation by preparing/summarizing information requested by auditors and researching relevant tax law
- Report anomalies and provide audit findings to Tax Audit Manager
- Assist with scheduling, planning and performing sales tax compliance audits
- Work with tax department and business units in developing sales and use tax policies and procedures
- Assist with income, sales and property tax audits
- Assist with addressing several key areas and approaches during initial audit conference
- Assist in collecting data for the negotiation and settlement of tax audits with various taxing authorities
present
Chicago, IL
Senior Sales Tax Accountant
Chicago, IL
Robel, Stanton and Lehner
present
Chicago, IL
Senior Sales Tax Accountant
present
- Develop process improvement initiatives for sales and use compliance and monthly accounting
- Assist Tax Manager with sales tax audits
- Performs monthly and quarterly sales and use tax compliance
- Performs technical research related to current sales and use tax positions along with upcoming proposals and projects
- Consistently arrives promptly to work the assigned schedule
- Assists with the annual budget process
- Performs unclaimed property compliance
Education
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
Florida International University
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
Skills
Skills
- Ability to produce timely deliverables and manage multiple and shifting priorities in a dynamic environment
- Strong customer service orientation, a team player with the ability to establish collaborative working relationships
- Excellent computer skills, specifically MS Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, etc.)
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Access and other Office Products
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office products
- Able to communicate with all levels of employees and management
- Research taxability of products and services
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detail oriented and deadline driven
- Strong ledger and account reconciliation experience
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- File and review multi-state sales and use tax returns
- Compile month end spreadsheets from the field and accounting systems to file sales/use tax returns and business licenses
- Assist business units with questions related to general ledger sales/use tax account reconciliations
- Research taxability of products and services
- Research sales tax rates for purchases as requested
- Work with tax department and business units in developing sales and use property tax policies and procedures
- Resolve tax notices from taxing authorities including amending tax returns accordingly
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops or classes, reviewing professional publications, and participation in the Institute for Professional in Taxation (IPT) and Council on State Taxation (COST)
- Assist Indirect Tax Manager with audits, appeals and litigation by preparing/summarizing information requested by auditors and researching relevant tax law
- Work closely with third party out-sourcing vendors to ensure all information is received accurately and timely
- Prepare month end journal entries
- Perform all other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s Degree with a business focus
- Ideal: 2-5 years Multistate sales tax experience
- Ideal: Strong analytical skills
- Ideal: Knowledge of RIA
- Ideal: Ability to prioritize assignments with competing priorities
- Ideal: Ability to perform complex research
- Ideal: Ability to document issues including clearly identifying the facts, issues and conclusions to support tax strategies or adjustments to procedures in a clear, succinct and professional manner
- Ideal: Ability to effectively communicate with other departments, companies, and governmental units to gather relevant information and analyze data received for validity and accuracy
- Ideal: Intermediate knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office products
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare and file sales and use tax returns and payments
- Reconcile tax payments to the general ledger
- Prepare Journal Entries
- Research and interpret various State and local Tax Codes, Revenue Rulings and Tax Court Cases
- Respond quickly to various State’s requests and special projects
- Must be able to work independently, must be accurate and be very detailed
- Must be able to communicate with store employees, and tax manager to solve discrepancies in sales reports
- Experience in OneSource or Vertex O series preferred
- CCH research software or BNA
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Strong Excel skills
- Oracle a plus
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare monthly and quarterly sales and use tax filings and accruals
- Assist with property tax valuations, renditions, reconciliations and filings
- Assist with income, sales and property tax audits
- Advise company and individual restaurants on sales tax related matters
- Maintain tax fixed asset database
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare all sales and use tax returns for the entire DLL U.S. tax group
- Provide customer service to internal (GBU’s) and external (Lesee’s) regarding sales tax issues via email or by phone
- Prepare sales tax adjustments
- Perform sales tax research and assist in sales tax projects as needed
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Bank and account reconciliations and journal entries
- Sales tax filing and reconciliations
- Processing of fixed asset and commissions calculations
- Light accounts payable duties
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
- Two or more years of related experience
- Experience with sales tax
- Experience with fixed assets (preferred)
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Apply technical expertise to conduct tax reporting, on-going analysis and participate in audits
- Executes all deliverables by adhering to standard accounting principles and compliance requirements
- Prepare and review sales & use and personal property tax returns
- Gather data and conduct thorough analysis to determine exposure for all state sales & use and personal property tax audits
- Reconcile various sales & use tax accounts on quarterly and annual basis
- Prepare Canadian Harmonized Sales, Goods & Services and Provincial Sales Taxes
- Manage outsourced compliance engagement by providing and validating exported data, reviewing and approving sales tax returns, and maintaining product tax mappings
- Highest standards of ethics and integrity
- Well-developed interpersonal skills. Establishes effective working relationships quickly, both within Finance and across all functional disciplines
- Organized with effective work habits
- Open and straightforward
- Excellent Excel & Word Skills
- Working knowledge of CCH or RIA Checkpoint or other research software
- Experience utilizing Vertex or Avalara tax systems (a plus)
- A consummate professional who demonstrates intellectual curiosity and a passion for learning as much as possible about the company and our industry
- Should be capable of resolving problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of technical experience guided by precedent
- 4-6 years of diverse tax experience preferably in indirect taxes
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Analyzes and compiles sales tax related information
- Assists in the defense of audits
- Provides analysis and information to Sr. Tax Accountant, Mangers, and Staff
- May calculate and prepare Journal Entries
- Research tax issues regarding compliance, and new business initiatives
- May research sales tax audit issues
- Trains other associates
- One to two years of experience is preferred
- Accounting and tax compliance knowledge plus knowledge of a specific area of The Home Depot is desirable (not required)
- Basic understanding of theories and principles of finance and accounting
- Research, meeting facilitation, and project management skills
- Strong computer skills, particularly MS Excel
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare sales & use tax returns
- Perform related research
- Assist with sales and use tax audits
- Resolve notices from Tax Authorities
- Assist with Vertex upgrade in an Oracle R12 environment
- Exemption Certificate Maintenance
- Support department on administrative functions and various projects
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or Finance
- 0-4 years’ relevant experience
- Experience with multi-state sales tax using Vertex
- Experience with performing tax research
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Monitor and develop sales tax audit defense strategies to reduce exposure and mitigate assessments
- Research prevailing sales tax law changes, court decision, current accounting and auditing procedures as it relates to the Oil & Gas industry
- Attend and assist with presenting the company’s position in the appeals process and tax redetermination hearings
- Provide trial balances, accounts of interest, data downloads and complete other requests received from State Auditors
- Assist with scheduling, planning and performing sales tax compliance audits
- Examine division records, prepare spreadsheets and provide documents to support exemption or refund
- Interact with Legal Department and Division Controllers to retrieve purchase agreements, revenue/expense downloads and additional informative documents related to audits
- Analyze data to ensure integrity and accuracy of information received from divisions
- Understand Taxpayers’ rights with respect to the audit and taxing jurisdiction statute of limitation
- Assist with negotiating audit settlement offers and agreements
- Report anomalies and provide audit findings to Tax Audit Manager
- Assist with addressing several key areas and approaches during initial audit conference
- Fixed asset review for use tax
- Exemption certificate review and approval
- CMI preferred, or seeking designation
- 0-3 years of experience with sales and use audit experience
- Public Accounting experience preferred
- IPT member
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare and review sales/use and indirect tax returns for all operating areas
- Research and analyze state statutes, regulations, and court cases and apply to specific company transactions to determine correct taxation
- Assist in collecting data for the negotiation and settlement of tax audits with various taxing authorities
- Assist management to minimize tax liability through sound and informed application of tax laws and regulations permitting alternative treatment of taxable items
- Assist in the preparation of accounting entries for the company’s fiscal and period closings
- Complete special projects related to sales and use tax as assigned
- Research and assist with internal and external customer questions on sales tax issues
- Assist with the period end functions to include accruals, recons, and projections
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Senior Sales Tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Support the execution and management of complex state & local tax projects, including audit defense, managed audits, managed compliance, reverse audits, and tax recovery
- Review and reconcile data downloads to general ledger
- Conduct tax research using online tax research tool
- Timely and accurately prepare and file sales & use tax returns for multiple legal entities
- Monthly general ledger account reconciliations of various sales and use tax accounts
- Exemption certificate issuance and management
- Coordinate and communicate effectively with other business units tax related issues
- Participate in cross-business unit finance projects to identify and implement process improvements and process streamlining with respect to sales/use tax
- Review and calculate use tax monthly reporting for eight legal entities (or additional due to acquisitions)
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Senior Sales Tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Assist Tax Manager with sales tax audits
- Engage in problem-solving and data analysis
- Handle business license filings, assist with annual reports, and respond to internal and external tax inquiries
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Provide sales tax audit support
- Perform technical research and memo writing for matters regarding indirect taxes
- Assist outsourced firm with data gathering for sales tax compliance
- Prepare business license filings, assist with annual reports, and respond to internal and external tax inquiries
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Strong understanding of US sales and use taxation
- Excellent computer skills including Excel (advanced Excel skills a plus), Word, Access, and Outlook
- Experience within a retail company with both domestic and international commercial operations preferred
- Ability to produce timely deliverables and manage multiple and shifting priorities in a dynamic environment
- Demonstrable strategic thinking, influencing, problem solving and decision making skills
- Bachelor degree in finance or accounting or equivalent experience
- At least 4 years accounting or equivalent experience with multistate filing responsibilities
- Significant hands-on experience with sales tax compliance and audit defense
- Sales tax compliance experience with Vertex preferred but not required
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Work with tax department and business units in developing sales and use tax policies and procedures
- Assist Tax Management with audits, appeals and litigation by preparing/summarizing information requested by auditors and researching relevant tax law
- 2 - 5 years of tax experience
- Multistate sales tax experience
- Knowledge of RIA
- Ability to prioritize assignments with competing priorities
- Ability to perform complex research
- Ability to effectively communicate with other departments, companies, and governmental units to gather relevant information and analyze data received for validity and accuracy
- CMI designation
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Bachelor’s degree required. Accounting or Finance 4 year degree preferred
- 1-2 years relevant accounting and/or finance experience
- Comprehensive understanding of accounting principles. Solid understanding of general ledger transactions, financial statements, and accounting standards/concepts
- Kaizen knowledge and training
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Reconcile tax reports to the general ledger accounts
- Prepare General ledger entries for SUT activity
- Gather data in preparation for audits, VDA's and amnesty programs
- Prepare business licenses and gross receipts taxes
- Prepare VAT taxes
- Prepare and file refund claims
- Perform tax research using tax research tools
- Review and validate customer exemption certificates
- Respond to customer service inquiries
- Adhoc projects as assigned
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Involved in all facets of monthly sales and use tax
- Review or prepare account reconciliations
- General ledger analysis and preparation or review of journal entries
- Perform queries and reports from SAP and Vertex
- Review or prepare multi-state sales and use tax returns, including payment requests
- Handle notices and communications from tax authorities
- Perform research related to new tax laws and/or tax planning projects
- Complete special tax projects assigned by the tax director
- 6 - 8+ years of relevant tax experience in public accounting or a large corporation
- CPA, CMI or other relevant certification a plus
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and accounting skills
- Strong ledger and account reconciliation experience
- Detail oriented and deadline driven
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Access and other Office Products
- Able to communicate with all levels of employees and management
- Able to meet internal and external deadlines
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Senior Sales Tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare or review monthly sales and use tax returns as needed
- Manage sales and use tax audits by gathering requested data, conducting thorough analysis of data and tax laws and resolving open issues
- Manager the sales and use function of brand new to-go / delivery business initiative
- Monitor all jurisdictions sales tax rates and update systems as required
- Review products and business lines to determine taxable vs exempt
- Develop process improvement initiatives for sales and use compliance and monthly accounting
- Research and correct process errors that caused incorrect tax filings or audits
- Research and timely respond to tax notices
- Perform research and planning on a proactive, reactive and as-directed basis
- Perform ad hoc projects as assigned
- Review fixed asset purchases for use tax obligations
- Minimize tax liability through sound and informed application of laws and regulations
- Partner with licensing department to facilitate new store setup and license renewals
- Assist with income, property and other miscellaneous taxes as needed
- Perform ad hoc projets as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business related field
- Minimum 4 – 5 years of sales and use tax experience
- Strong preference for sales and use experience in majority of U.S. states
- Must have excellent research skills and experience using CCH, BNA or other research software
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and within the company culture
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Sales tax Accountant Resume Examples & Samples
- Prepare monthly sales and use tax work paper/return, and the associated filing/payment
- Prepare tax account reconciliations and provide activity analysis
- Prepare annual income tax apportionment and similar schedules
- Research sales tax rates on various retail articles on a weekly basis and inform article maintenance of updates
- 4-7 years relevant experience in general tax accounting, financial reporting within medium to large size organizations (annual revenue of 500 million+); multi-unit, multi-state company
- Experience in preparation of sales tax returns and reconciliations, filings and audits
- Excellent computer skills, specifically MS Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, etc.)
- ASC 740/450 preferred
- Retail experience strongly preferred
- Software implementation experience a plus
