Senior Tax and GL Accountant

📋 Description

• • Serve as the internal tax expert responsible for managing tax compliance, tax provisioning (ASC 740), and quality assurance for outsourced tax consultants.
• • Coordinate directly with external tax advisory firms by providing required data, reviewing deliverables, and ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all tax filings and submissions.
• • Own the annual tax provisioning process, including calculation, documentation, and internal review of deferred tax assets and liabilities in accordance with ASC 740.
• • Manage key tax compliance obligations including estimated tax payments, sales tax reporting, and 1099 filing processes across multiple jurisdictions.
• • Collaborate with the General Ledger (GL) team for approximately 20% of your time, assisting with month-end close activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and ad-hoc accounting requests.
• • Identify potential tax risks and opportunities for tax savings, and communicate findings clearly to senior management to support strategic decision-making.
• • Streamline internal tax and GL processes to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and enhance controls across accounting functions.
• • Act as the primary point of contact for tax-related inquiries from internal stakeholders and external auditors.
• • Maintain accurate and organized tax documentation for audit readiness and internal governance purposes.
• • Adapt to shifting priorities between tax-season peak activities and ongoing GL support tasks with minimal supervision.
• • Operate independently in a hybrid work environment, managing deadlines and workflows without constant oversight.
• • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of federal, state, and local tax regulations as they impact the company’s operations and financial reporting.
• • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the accounting function by proposing process enhancements based on hands-on experience with both tax and GL workflows.
• • Support internal controls around financial reporting by ensuring tax-related entries are properly documented, authorized, and reconciled within the GL system.
• • Participate in cross-functional projects that require integration of tax data with financial reporting and operational planning.
• • Demonstrate strong attention to detail in all deliverables, from complex tax calculations to routine journal entries.
• • Communicate technical tax concepts in a clear, concise, and actionable manner to non-tax colleagues across the organization.