Now Hiring - Sr. Tax Accountant - Property & Sales in Modesto, CA

Summary
Responsible for the analysis and preparation of various tax returns, management of tax functions, and general tax and business compliance for a privately-owned enterprise. Ensures proper maintenance of accounting records, adherence with Corporate accounting, regulatory and taxing authority requirements, and participates in developing and enforcing accounting policies. Works cross-functionally to partner with operations managers to support strategic imperatives that drive the business. Helps the organization gain financial insight into the business, improve decision making and performance management.

Essential Functions
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

• Preparation of all tax filings including Sales and Use Tax, Property Tax, Business License Tax and Gross Receipts Tax. Ensuring each entity is in compliance with the state and local tax laws/filings that it is currently operating in.
• Prepares tax related journal entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Works with external tax consultants, and internal and external teams to ensure that all information requests are satisfied promptly and accurately, including ad hoc reports and assistance with understanding of tax and accounting processes.
• Responsible for the accounting, reporting, and control of fixed assets.
• Ensure that capitalization policy is followed and understood by company personnel.
• Responsible for forecasts and budgets for property related accounts.
• Supports any new or ongoing open audit. Includes identifying factual and legal defense for historical tax return positions, developing responses, and gathering requested information to provide to the auditing jurisdiction
• Research tax related issues and finding support for tax positions made.
• Responsible for specific month-end close processes, including tax calculations and tax account reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analysis and reporting, while ensuring accuracy and completeness. Maintains or reconciles subsidiary records if applicable.
• Ensures compliance with corporate accounting policies and income tax accounting guidelines. Implements process improvement strategies, as well as identifies, develops, and implements policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Leads project teams to improve business processes and procedures. Provides management with status updates on progress and drives projects to completion.
• Responsible for understanding and complying with company’s SOX initiatives.
• Participate in company’s lean practices and initiatives.
• Maintains satisfactory attendance, including timeliness.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or Finance plus 5 years of Accounting experience with increasing levels of responsibility, with two years focused on tax compliance.
• Proficiency using MS Excel and MS Office products at an intermediate level to effectively manage, analyze, and report on a wide variety of data.
• Experience with SAP Accounting Software at an intermediate level.
• Strong general ledger experience with 2 years practical hands-on responsibility for accounting and reporting systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Finance plus 8 years of Accounting experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility with 3 years of corporate tax experience.
• CPA; or Master in Business Administration; or Taxation.
• Experience with SAP accounting and reporting systems at an advanced level.
• Experience with SAGE fixed asset system.
• Experience with excise taxes, sales/use taxes, VAT taxes, fixed assets accounting and depreciation, internal controls monitoring, and treasury and cash management accounting processes and systems.
• Proficient in the use of computer spreadsheet technology and database management along with excellent report writing skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Experience responding to common inquiries from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Experience working with advanced mathematical concepts and applying concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with teams of individuals from all levels and functions within the company to provide strategic thinking and innovative solutions.
• Skilled in making formal presentations in a team environment and championing opportunities f change.
• Self-motivated, deadline-driven, works autonomously, strong work ethic, adaptable to change.
• Experience handling tasks efficiently under pressure when circumstances dictate a sense of urgency.
• Experience working on projects that have strategic impacts and improve process efficiencies.
• Understanding of internal control environments and SOX reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills in sensitive and confidential financial transactions requiring poise, tact, and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated good personal judgment, strategic leadership, and a commitment to ethical conduct.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, feel, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $87,000.00 - $108,800.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Modesto, CA 95358: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Tax experience: 5 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPA (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Modesto, CA 95358