Tasks
Position overview
For all Porsche North American companies, the position will support all areas of the sales tax compliance process. The position will also support planning for and analyzing the tax impact of business transactions, law changes and state tax audits. The position is critical in building relationships across the business units and supporting process improvement projects.
Roles & responsibilities
Tax Compliance
- Prepare monthly data for the U.S. Return preparation process which is outsourced with a consulting firm;
- Manage outsourced return preparation consulting firm:
- Reconcile the funding requests from the consulting firm;
- Reconcile monthly sales tax bank account;
- Prepare and file all Canadian GST, HST & PST monthly returns;
- Reconcile all sales tax accounts monthly;
- Prepare and file miscellaneous returns as needed.
Tax Audit Support
- Assist with resolving sales tax audits for North American entities;
- Resolve sales tax-related notices.
Business Unit Support
- Work with business unit accounting personnel to ensure entries are properly & timely recorded for tax payments, refunds and accruals;
- Partner with business unit personnel with respect to tax compliance needs and procedural issues;
- Address rate issues for the financial services company;
- Train non-tax personnel on tax issues related to their positions.
Special Projects
- Research and resolve issues that arise in the compliance process;
- Support rate and law change updates to the various tax and accounting systems;
- Audit and document processes for internal controls;
- Work with Tax Director and Tax Manager to identify areas of exposure;
- Assist the Tax Director Tax Manager with research and special projects as issues arise;
- Maintain customer exemptions in Onesource;
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline required. CPA, MST preferred.
- 4 - 6 years of idirect tax experience in a top tier public accounting firm or large corporate tax department or related experience in a finance company.
- Experience with the indirect tax impact of vehicle leasing preferred.
- Excellent computer skills incl. Access, Excel, Word, RIA or CCH tax research software required. SAP experience and Vertex or Onesource Indirect Tax experience a plus.
- Excellent organizational skills required with an ability to meet highly detailed reporting requirements.
- This individual must have good communication skills and the ability to work openly within a team. It is important to foster good working relationships in all areas of the company as well as with outside professional firms and state agencies.
In addition to salary, individuals may be eligible for a discretionary performance bonus. Our full suite of benefits includes:
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick leave
- 401(k) match
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Tuition and certification reimbursement
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long Term Disability Coverage
- Subsidized gym membership program
- Subsidized Porsche and VW leasing programs
Physical requirements
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to talk, hear, walk, sit, stand, climb stairs on occasion with prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
- Must be able to effectively work and complete tasks in an open office/noisy environment.
Direct reports
- Indirect Tax Intern
- Contractor
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