Tax Accountant III

Long Description

IGT is currently looking for a professional to join its global tax function in a role responsible for being an expert on all sales tax preparation.  Your work will directly protect the company from compliance risks, optimize our tax processes, and ensure our customers experience smooth, hassle-free transactions.  The role will be instrumental in driving timeliness, accuracy, efficiency, and insight across our sales tax lifecycle while partnering cross-functionally with key stakeholders in Finance, Legal, and Accounting.

The person in this role will be responsible for interpreting new sales tax rules, identifying risks and opportunities, and helping drive returns to completion. Success in this role requires strong tax expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and an aptitude for process improvement in a fast-paced private company environment.

This person will have proven ability to work independently and experience working with other team members across other key functional areas either as an advisor or a business leader; including, legal, finance (operations and reporting), treasury, IT, and business development.  

This person will report directly to the Manager of Indirect Tax and is expected to work closely with other tax, trade, finance, and operational team members (stakeholders).    

Success will be measured in terms of (i) meeting agreed and documented development and implementation goals, (ii) the timely preparation and filing of financial reporting, and (iii) the timely filing of accurate tax compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation, review, and timely filing of multi-state sales and use tax returns.

• Reconcile sales tax accounts monthly, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

• Research and interpret state and local tax laws to ensure compliance and identify potential savings opportunities.

• Maintain exemption certificate records and respond to customer and auditor requests.

• Partner with Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Operations to ensure tax is applied correctly on invoices and purchases.

• Support sales tax audits by gathering documentation and preparing responses

• Continuously improving processes by leveraging tax automation tools (e.g., Avalara, Vertex).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.  An advanced degree in Taxation and a CPA license is ideal. 
• 3-5+ years of experience in accounting or sales tax. 
• Advanced Excel data analysis skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, macros, data visualization, and power query.
• Systems knowledge, including familiarity with using SAP or similar ERP systems, familiarity with Vertex; Avalara is also a plus. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral) with the ability to interact well with people of various backgrounds and levels, with the ability to explain complex tax concepts in a clear and concise manner. 
• Ability to work independently at times as well as closely and successfully with professionals of different backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong time management and organization skills with the ability to meet strict deadlines for US GAAP reporting needs and manage a number of projects at any one time.
• An ability to work as part of a dynamic leadership team to collaboratively solve complex problems innovatively.

Keys to Success

• Building collaborative relationships
• Decision making
• Drive results
• Foster innovation
• Personal energy
• Self-leadership