Tax Manager (US Sales Tax)

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Requirements:

• Familiarity with accounting standards and a degree in Business Management/ Finance / Accounting or a related topic or tax.
• Minimum 4 years of financial accounting & tax experience.
• Experience in the financial services market would be useful.
• Good awareness of US Sales and Use Tax (especially in Denver & Colorado)
• Accounting knowledge to assist in calculating Sales/Use Taxes and tax accruals.
• Proficiency in Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets and perform complex functions) to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of tax processes, reconciliations, and tax return preparation.
• High attention to detail to complete projects and meet deadlines.
• Experience of Oracle and FCCS would be useful but not essential.
• Self-starter with ability to interact with multiple teams and external advisors.
• Good level of spoken and written business English.

Responsibilities:

• Working with the wider finance team to collate the information needed to prepare Convera’s US indirect tax returns (Sales Tax, Use Tax, Person Property taxes etc.).
• Learn to understand transfer pricing flows and how the operation of these impact on Use Tax (and eventually reverse charge GST/HST mechanisms in North America).
• Monitor and assist with tax payments and other tax administration adjacent to the monthly, quarterly, and annual indirect tax returns.
• Ensure that any Sales & Use tax suffered by the business is appropriate and that any Direct pay certificates or Sales & Use Tax claims are made and maximised where applicable.
• Learn & understand our accounting systems across AR and AP and how to get tax specific information from them.
• Support the development of tax compliance functionality.
• Contribute to the implementation of ongoing systems development and improvements, and automated tools that impact tax compliance.
• Help collate information relating to US/Americas tax audits and respond to notices from tax authorities.
• Research tax technical issues.
• Assist in advising the business on tax matters- supported by the Global Indirect tax lead.