Tax Senior – National Tax – Tax Performance Advisory – Tax Reporting & Compliance – Indirect

Job Description 

Tax - UNI005A3 United States We currently have career opportunity for Tax Senior in the Tax Performance Advisory (TPA) group of our Tax Reporting and Compliance practice. TPA works with tax departments to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their indirect tax operations. Today’s dynamic corporate environment is changing the way tax is doing business. The most comprehensive solution for developing and maintaining tax controls in the area of indirect taxes is the implementation of a transaction tax calculation engine to automation the tax determination, calculation and compliance processes with respect to our client’s sales and/or purchases. Their transactional systems may include enterprise-wide applications (ERP systems), homegrown systems, and/or web based storefronts. Their tax calculation engine may be the internal functionality within an ERP system, a third-party bolt-on tax application (such as Vertex, Sabrix or Taxware), a custom solution, or a combination of several solutions. Ernst & Young's Americas Tax Practice is one of the largest, most highly esteemed and most technically advanced tax practices in the world, with approximately 6,000 professionals and $2 billion in tax revenue in North America. Through a combined international, federal, and state and local tax approach, EY tax professionals help companies understand the important linkage between tax planning and their business imperatives. We provide a wide array of tax services to help companies identify and implement winning tax strategies.    Responsibilities Help client tax departments operate at peak efficiency and productivity and better position them to take advantage of tax saving opportunities that might otherwise go undetected. Transfer control of tax decision-making from the transaction processing personnel and outside vendors to the tax specialists within our client’s tax department. Understand how to define the solution, coordinate the necessary technical resources, and deliver a finished product that fulfills the client’s goals and tax requirements, including: Documenting and reviewing current state tax processes and controls to identify enhancement opportunities Supporting the development of a business case to justify tax process enhancement solutions Providing support during the indirect tax software/ vendor selection process Documenting tax data requirements Implementing automated indirect tax calculation and compliance solutions     To qualify, candidates must have: a bachelor's degree and approximately 2 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 1-2 years of related work experience an undergraduate emphasis in accounting and related work experience in indirect tax process improvement experience or equivalent experience in business or industry; or a graduate degree and approximately 1-2 years of related work experience CPA or EA certification sales and use tax experience and/or corporate indirect tax compliance experience preferred excellent managerial, leadership, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills relevant experience in one or more of the following specialty areas: indirect tax software products such as Vertex, ONESOURCE Sabrix, ADP Taxware; tax data and reporting requirements for ledger and consolidation systems such as SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, etc.; tax process and operational assessments willingness and ability to travel at least 50% of the time We seek candidates with strong indirect tax functional knowledge as well as demonstrated ability to team with and motivate others and build meaningful and influential relationships with clients and colleagues.