Tax Accountant (Indirect) – Indirect Tax

Job Description

Tax Accountant | Trace3

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Trace3, located remotely in the United States. Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to clients, employing over 1,200 people nationwide. This role is crucial for ensuring complete, accurate, and timely indirect tax calculations and filings, minimizing liability during tax audits, and supporting the company’s compliance efforts across multiple states. The position requires a detail-oriented individual who can navigate complex tax regulations and contribute to operational efficiency within an evolving work environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote, United States
• Pay: $47000–$55000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Manager of Tax and Treasury
• Mission: This person ensures compliance with required tax provisions and minimizes liability during tax audits by analyzing, resolving various tax issues, and preparing accurate and timely tax filings.
• Tech Stack: Avalara, ERP systems, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), NetSuite

What You’ll Actually Do
• Sales and Use Tax Compliance: Ensure precise tax coding and exemption treatment for transactions in alignment with state and local regulations, offering timely support to sales teams, and managing the process for customer refund requests.
• Tax Return Preparation & Management: Prepare and submit quarterly and annual estimated income tax payments, analyze purchase invoices for taxability, prepare use tax accruals, and maintain Avalara setups to ensure accurate sales tax returns and remittances.
• Regulatory Resolution & Maintenance: Address and effectively resolve tax notices received from authorities, maintain and enhance the comprehensive tax compliance calendar, and assist with entity registrations including opening and closing state accounts.
• Fixed Asset & Property Tax Accounting: Maintain accurate fixed asset records covering acquisitions, disposals, and tax depreciation, collaborate with other departments to refine asset management processes, and prepare workpapers and timely renditions for Business Personal Property tax.
• Audit Support & Research: Provide essential documentation for both internal and external audits, support peak periods by gathering required information and updating tax rates, and conduct thorough research into tax rules for various products and services to ensure ongoing compliance.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance Field.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of in-house corporate tax accounting experience, specifically in sales tax, property tax, and multi-state audits.
• Skills: Strong project management abilities to prioritize tasks effectively in a high-volume setting; highly organized, detail-oriented, with excellent time management skills; proven ability to research tax rules for products and services; outstanding analytical skills to connect data analysis with business decisions; strong interpersonal and communication skills for clarity across the organization; proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Avalara, and ERP systems.
• Bonus: NetSuite experience is a plus, as is a good understanding of Information Technologies.