Your Opportunity as the Lead Analyst, Indirect Tax

Location: Orrville, OH

Work Arrangements: hybrid, 30% in office expectation

In this role you will:

Develop detailed understanding of current indirect tax process to identify opportunities for improvement and transformation

Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to transform and elevate the sales and use tax process

Develop documentation of transformed indirect tax process

Manage overall day-to-day and strategic sales and use tax function

Manage existing third-party relationships for sales and use tax compliance and consulting

Research, issue and manage direct pay permits and sales tax exemption certificates

Manage collection of customer exemption certificates

Monitor sales tax legislation and maintain sales tax rates in Vertex

Review journal entries as a part of month-end close related to sales and use tax

Review and reconcile sales and use tax accruals quarterly and annually

Develop knowledge of plant locations and operational activities to ensure accurate sales and use tax compliance and reporting

Collaborate with Purchasing and other cross-functional teams to ensure timely communication of upstream and downstream system and process changes to ensure proper treatment for sales and use tax

Lead tax audit activities from tax authorities, as well as internal or external reverse audits, by compiling IDRs, reviewing findings, participation in meetings with tax authorities, and presenting positions

Respond to tax notices and research pending issues

Assist with legal entity restructuring projects, on-boarding new acquisitions and transition of divested companies

Assist business partners in building indirect tax budgets as it relates to projects and business operations

The Right Place for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

What we are looking for:  

Minimum Requirements: 

Bachelors in Accounting;

3+ years related tax experience and/or relevant operations experience

Experience with sales and use tax at either the corporate or operational level

Experience with web-based tax solutions

Experience with an exemption certificate management system

Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members and external business partners

Ability to manage high volume of activity

Ability to work with all levels of management

Attention to detail and process-focused approach to accomplishing key tasks and delivering high quality work products

Excellent organization and analytic skills

Flexibility to changing business needs and evolving work environment

Intermediate Excel experience (E.g., v-lookups and pivot tables)

Ability to travel 5-10% annually

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

CPA and/or master’s degree

Experience with plant operations

Experience with Oracle, Vertex (tax engine) and Spotfire/Tableau

Experience with an exemption certificate management system

Prior user experience with Oracle/Hyperion applications, online tax research services and other web-based tax solutions

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