Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TaxValet is a fractional sales tax department committed to transforming negative emotions into positive experiences. They are seeking a Sales Tax Accountant to help clients manage their sales tax needs, ensuring timely filings and resolving any issues that arise.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and submit sales tax filings. You will work with the clients to ensure their sales tax data is accurate and in a format compatible with the tax software, prepare estimated liabilities, and submit sales tax filings on a monthly basis
- Monitor clients' tax collection variances. On a periodic (typically monthly) basis, you will monitor the variance between tax collected and the calculated liability due, determine any issues and work to resolve said issues with clients when possible
- Provide assistance to resolve time-critical issues. Many clients come to us with notices from state sales tax authorities regarding assessments, collections, and past due returns. You will work closely with clients to resolve these issues and get their filings current. This often involves working with sales tax authorities to help our clients
- Assist with special client projects. You will assist with submitting late or amended sales tax returns, managing audits, and updating clients' company information with the states
- Internal documentation, workflows, and processes. You will be a key player in updating internal documentation for new and/or more efficient filing and account management processes, workflows, and tools used
- Be the primary point of contact for your clients. Once clients leave the onboarding process, you will be their primary point of contact for all services. You will be responsible for ensuring consistent and adequate communication between the team and the clients regarding any issues, sales tax filings, projects, or requests
- Learn New Skills. You will continue to learn and advance your understanding of sales tax and related technical skills on an ongoing basis to advance your career and increase the value you bring to the team
Skills
- Atleast 2 Years of Accounting Experience
- Multi-Client Master
- Excel/Google Sheets Guru
- You're detail-oriented
- You're great at analyzing data
- You have excellent time management
- You're a multi-tasking pro
- You're always a team player
- You know how to follow rules and processes, but you're also creative
- You're always eager to learn
- You're an effective and comfortable communicator
- You are effective in bringing order and clarity to complex and chaotic situations
- You are not afraid to challenge the status quo and speak up when something doesn't seem right
- Bonus Points for US Sales Tax Knowledge and / or having your CPA
Benefits
- 43 days off per year. This includes 22 holidays per year, plus 21 days of PTO per year. Yes, seriously.
- 3 additional days off per year to volunteer with a non-profit organization of your choice.
- Company pays 100% of health, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance, and 99% of dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k) Plan with generous company matching. We match 100% of up to a 3% contribution, and an additional 50% match on a 4-5% contribution.
- 100% Remote work with core working hours of 11 AM - 4 PM EST.
- The ability to participate in the company profit sharing program the year after your hire date (pending passing a financial literacy quiz.)
- We encourage ongoing training, and learning and development, through munch and learns, coaching, the chance to work on diverse projects, our continuous education reimbursement program, and more!
- We believe in and support growth opportunities. We take pride in promoting from within, and we encourage cross-department moves to explore new areas of the business and broaden your skill set.
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