Senior State and Local Tax Accountant

Description

The Senior State & Local Tax (SALT) professional is responsible for managing and overseeing the Company's state and local tax compliance, reporting, research, and audit activities across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions. This position will play a key role in ensuring compliance with state and local income, sales and use, gross receipts, personal property, and other applicable taxes.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on tax professional who can independently research and resolve complex SALT issues, manage external tax providers, identify tax risks and opportunities, and work closely with the Company's accounting, finance, operations, and legal teams.

This role will be particularly important in supporting the Company's continued growth and acquisition activity, including integrating newly acquired businesses and ensuring appropriate state tax registrations, filings, and compliance.

The salary range for this position is $75-100k depending on experience.   

Key Responsibilities:

State & Local Tax Compliance

• Manage and oversee multi-state and local tax compliance across the Company's legal entities.
• Coordinate preparation and review of state and local tax returns, sales and use tax returns, gross receipts taxes, personal property taxes, and other applicable state and local tax filings.
• Ensure timely completion of tax filings, payments, extensions, estimates, and registrations.
• Maintain state tax calendars and monitor filing requirements across jurisdictions.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between tax filings, general ledger accounts, and financial reporting.

SALT Research & Technical Support

• Research state and local tax laws and regulations and provide practical recommendations to management.
• Analyze nexus requirements and determine state and local filing and registration obligations.
• Evaluate sales and use taxability of products, services, rentals, and other transactions.
• Assist with determining appropriate sourcing and apportionment methodologies.
• Monitor changes in state and local tax legislation and assess their impact on the Company.
• Prepare technical memoranda and documentation supporting significant SALT positions.
• Partner with accounting and operational teams to ensure tax requirements are properly incorporated into business processes.

Tax Audits & Controversy

• Manage and coordinate state and local tax audits, notices, inquiries, and assessments.
• Serve as a primary contact with state and local taxing authorities and external tax advisors.
• Research and respond to tax notices and proposed assessments.
• Assist with protests, appeals, voluntary disclosures, and other state tax controversy matters as needed.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and support for the Company's state tax positions.

Acquisitions & Business Integration

• Support the tax aspects of acquisitions, including state and local tax due diligence.
• Identify potential historical SALT exposures associated with acquired businesses.
• Determine required registrations, filings, and tax accounts for newly acquired entities.
• Assist with integrating acquired companies into the Company's state and local tax compliance processes.
• Work with accounting and finance teams to ensure appropriate tax treatment following acquisitions.
• Assist with identifying opportunities to streamline and standardize SALT processes across acquired businesses.

Tax Technology, Processes & Controls

• Assist with improving and standardizing the Company's SALT processes, procedures, and controls.
• Evaluate and improve the use of tax software, ERP systems, and other technology supporting tax compliance.
• Develop and maintain documentation supporting tax processes and key controls.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual tax processes and improve data quality.
• Reconcile tax accounts and investigate unusual or unexpected balances.
• Assist with tax provision and financial reporting requirements related to state taxes, as applicable.

Business Partnership

• Develop strong working relationships with Corporate Accounting, Business Unit Controllers, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Operations, and other functional teams.
• Provide tax guidance to business units regarding new contracts, customers, vendors, projects, and transactions.
• Assist accounting teams with tax-related questions arising during month-end and year-end close.
• Communicate complex tax matters clearly to both tax and non-tax personnel.
• Support the Tax Manager and SVP, Accounting & Corporate Controller with special projects and other tax matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field required
• 3+ years of progressive state and local tax experience.
• Strong knowledge of multi-state sales and use tax and state income/franchise tax.
• Experience managing multiple state tax jurisdictions and legal entities.
• Strong technical research and analytical skills.
• Ability to independently identify tax issues, research solutions, and make recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.
• Must be able to meet company’s employment requirements, which includes passing a drug screen, criminal background check, and MVR, if driving for the company
• Physical Requirements: include occasional lifting/carrying of 10 pounds; visual acuity, speech and hearing; hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer keyboard and basic office equipment. Subject to sitting, standing, reaching, walking, twisting, and kneeling to perform the essential functions. Working conditions are primarily inside an office environment. Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Preferred Skills

• CPA, MST, or other relevant tax designation.
• Experience with a multi-entity organization.
• Experience in a PE-backed, acquisitive, or rapidly growing company.
• Experience with state and local tax audits and controversy.
• Experience with state tax compliance software.
• Experience integrating acquired businesses into tax compliance processes.
• Experience in construction, service, distribution, manufacturing, petroleum, or other multi-state operating environments.

JF Petroleum offers:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Health benefits (eligible 1st of the month following 30 days) including Medical, Vision, Dental, Disability
• Life insurance-company provided
• Bonus program eligibility
• Paid training for field personnel
• Uniforms provided for field personnel

*JF Petroleum Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.