We are seeking a Senior Indirect Tax Analyst to join our corporate tax team at our Westerville, OH headquarters. In this role, you will lead the compliance, reconciliation, and audit functions for multi-state sales and use taxes, local business filings, and Canadian transaction taxes (GST, HST, PST). A strong component of this position involves collaborating with data and IT teams to manage and enhance tax automation tools, document internal SOX controls, and ensure compliance for our North American supply chain and cross-border operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee and review the preparation and filing of U.S. multi-state sales and use tax, property tax, and gross receipts returns.
- Manage the end-to-end compliance cycle for Canadian transactional taxes, including GST, HST, and provincial sales taxes (PST).
- Manage indirect tax account reconciliations, identifying and resolving incorrect tax postings in the general ledger.
- Maintain, monitor, and document the North American indirect tax function's internal controls, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) key controls.
- Support state, local, and Canadian revenue agency (CRA) indirect tax audits by gathering documentation, performing data analysis, and coordinating directly with auditors.
- Partner with cross-functional data and technology teams to maintain, enhance, and implement indirect tax calculation engines and automated ERP workflows.
- Conduct complex tax research on multi-state and Canadian product taxability and cross-border import/export rules to advise billing, operations, and supply chain teams.
- Identify process gaps, structural efficiencies, and opportunities to eliminate manual overhead in data collection and compliance work papers.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3+ years of progressive corporate indirect tax experience or public accounting equivalent.
- Hands-on experience preparing and reviewing Canadian GST/HST/PST returns alongside U.S. sales and use tax filings.
- Experience executing indirect tax general ledger account reconciliations and recording journal entries.
- Familiarity with internal financial controls and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing/documentation.
- Technical proficiency with advanced Excel functions and enterprise resource planning systems (such as SAP or Oracle) alongside dedicated tax compliance software (such as Vertex or Avalara).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, Certified Market Institution (CMI) designation, or equivalent Canadian accounting credential.
- Experience navigating sales tax and cross-border rules in an industrial manufacturing, distribution, or data center technology landscape.
- Background working directly on tax engine system integrations or data-cleansing transformation projects.