What are the responsibilities and job description for the US Local Tax Manager position at Motion Recruitment?
Tax Manager
This role is responsible for overseeing the accounting functions for the Tax team to ensure the timely and accurate processing of sales tax, property tax, and other compliance filings. This position is responsible for verifying that tax transactions are handled in accordance with local statutory requirements, accounting industry guidelines, and accounted for based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
What Your Impact Will Be :
- Manage tax responsibilities; including sales and use tax fillings and amendments, real and business property fillings, unclaimed property and business tax registrations, renewals, and other compliance fillings
- Understand and adhere to GAAP and compliance with Corporate Accounting Policies
- Monthly analysis of GL accounts to ensure proper accounting & accrual calculations; identify, research, & resolve unusual balances
- Strong comprehension of accounting practices, especially related to prepaids, accruals, liabilities (and understanding normal debit / credit balances for each), plus ability to interpret unexpected swings in balances / activity
- Evaluate off-site & internal teams performance & align goals & project priorities to ensure that deadlines are met, fillings are accurate, payments are submitted timely; all while minimizing audit exposure
- Conduct tax research to assist with projects and point person for non-income tax related inquires to provide tax advice to ensure entities are compliant with most current tax rates and laws
- Suggest solutions and preventative controls to reduce errors
- Lead in identifying and developing process improvements
What Were Looking For :
