Advisor-Operational Tax

FedEx Freight, Inc.; Southwind (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Freight, Inc. is seeking an experienced operational tax professional to manage property tax, fuel tax, and mileage tax returns across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance.

You will coordinate filings, oversee payments, and support audits while advising finance, fleet, real estate, and operations teams. The role requires strong Excel, data analysis, and communication skills, with demonstrated project management and tax research capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or a related field required.
• Five (5) years of relevant operational tax, property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, indirect tax, or state and local tax experience required.
• Experience in preparing or reviewing multi-jurisdictional returns, managing tax payments, supporting tax accounting and account reconciliations, researching state and local tax issues, supporting audits and notices, and advising business partners.
• Certified Public Accountant license, Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation designation, Master of Taxation degree, or progress toward one of these credentials preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and review property tax returns, renditions, assessment reports, and related filings for real and personal property.
• Oversee property tax bills and payments, reconcile assessments and payments to tax accounts, monitor deadlines, and support accruals and other accounting activities.
• Coordinate and review fuel tax, mileage tax, highway use tax, motor carrier tax, and related operational tax returns.
• Responsible for payments, account reconciliations, return support, and accounting entries for fuel and mileage tax obligations.
• Oversee third party vendor's inputs and deliverables to identify potential opportunities for in-sourcing.
• Identify recurring filing, payment, data, assessment, or reconciliation issues and recommend changes to procedures.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis

Written communication

Project management

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Tax research

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or a related field

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Responsible for operational tax compliance, including property tax and fuel and mileage tax returns, audits, payments, accounting activities, research, and business advisory matters to ensure accurate reporting, reduce tax risk, and support business operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinate and review property tax returns, renditions, assessment reports, and related filings for real and personal property using fixed asset data, location information, lease records, valuation notices, and jurisdictional filing instructions
• Oversee property tax bills and payments, reconcile assessments and payments to tax accounts, monitor deadlines, investigate variances, and support accruals, reserves, and other accounting activities for property tax obligations.
• Coordinate and review fuel tax, mileage tax, highway use tax, motor carrier tax, and related operational tax returns using fuel purchase data, mileage records, fleet information, jurisdictional rates, permits, and operating reports
• Responsible for payments, account reconciliations, return support, and accounting entries for fuel and mileage tax obligations, including investigation of data exceptions, jurisdictional notices, and differences between source systems and filed returns
• Oversee third party vendor's inputs and deliverables to identify potential opportunities for in-sourcing
• Identify recurring filing, payment, data, assessment, or reconciliation issues and recommend changes to procedures, controls, templates, reporting logic, and system inputs to improve accuracy and efficiency
• Research property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, highway use tax, and motor carrier tax requirements and provide practical guidance to finance, accounting, fleet, facilities, real estate, legal, information technology, and operations teams
• Gather fixed asset records, property listings, valuation notices, fuel purchase data, mileage records, exemption support, payment history, account reconciliations, and other documentation in response to property tax and fuel or mileage tax audits, notices, and information requests
• Analyze proposed assessments, penalties, interest, sampling adjustments, valuation disputes, and data exceptions; quantify exposure or refund opportunities; draft responses; and recommend resolution alternatives for management review
• Support special projects involving operational tax process changes, system implementations or testing, legal entity or facility changes, asset transfers, data clean-up initiatives, tax registrations, or other business transactions that affect property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, or related tax accounting activities
• Prepare training materials, job aids, process documentation, and informal guidance for tax team members and business partners on recurring filing procedures, payment support requirements, documentation standards, system reports, and jurisdiction‑specific operational tax requirements
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Disclaimer: This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or a related field required.
• Five (5) years of relevant operational tax, property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, indirect tax, or state and local tax experience required.
• Experience in preparing or reviewing multi-jurisdictional returns, managing tax payments, supporting tax accounting and account reconciliations, researching state and local tax issues, supporting audits and notices, and advising business partners.
• Certified Public Accountant license, Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation designation, Master of Taxation degree, or progress toward one of these credentials preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment, attention to detail, strong written communication, effective stakeholder management, and the ability to work independently on recurring compliance and moderately complex advisory matters.
• Demonstrated experience with tax return compliance, tax payments, tax account reconciliations, tax accounting support, audit or notice support, and research involving state and local tax requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, data analysis, and written communication with internal/external parties.
• Strong project management skills to manage internal and external teams in meeting timely filing and payment requirements.
• Ability to research tax guidance, interpret jurisdictional filing requirements, and apply technical conclusions to operational facts and business transactions.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Some travel required

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