Property Tax Analyst

Ahold Delhaize; Carlisle (Cumberland County); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize seeks a Property Tax Analyst responsible for managing tax activities across multiple states. This role involves research, data management, and collaboration with tax specialists to minimize expenses. The company offers a dynamic work environment with hybrid flexibility, promoting growth and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Growth opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant fields or equivalent experience.
• Strong technical and analytical skills required.
• Experience with property tax compliance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage property tax activities including research and filing responsibilities.
• Support tax compliance processes and assist in audits.
• Maintain/update the Real Property Tax database.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Learning skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

OneSource-Property Tax software

Job description

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world's largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-Commerce. Its family of great, local brands serves more than 50 million customers each week in Europe, the United States and Indonesia. Together, these brands employ more than 420,000 associates in more than 7,000 grocery and specialty stores. Our Global Support Office (GSO) is based in Zaandam in the Netherlands, but GSO associates also work in all the countries we serve. This team supports all our great local brands in finance, HR, IT, legal, communications, sustainable retailing, and other key functions. .

Property Tax Analyst

The Tax Analyst works with the Property Tax Director and Tax Specialists to manage Ahold Delhaize USA property tax activities for real estate and tangible personal property in 21 states, primarily the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast.

This involves:

• Proactively conduct Personal Property Tax related planning and annual filing responsibilities to minimize tax expense that includes research, interpretation of laws, asset cost and value determination.

• Proactively conduct Personal Property Tax related incentive, abatements, and exemption planning activities to minimize tax expenses: research, interpretation of laws and filing of annual forms and documentation as required.

• Ensure assigned portions of the Personal Property Tax cycle are completed timely and accurately using compliance software. Individually and in coordination with other Property Tax Associates to conduct data collection, data preparation, tax return processing and review, assist the Managers and Director in audits and appeals, tax bill review, and property tax expense forecasting, as assigned.

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 19 strong local retail brands all over the world, we aim to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our employees thrive.

Key responsibilities of your role

Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

• Maintain/update the Real Property Tax database daily and save a daily back-up of the property tax database. Provide a current copy of the real property tax database monthly to ADUSA for their reference in paying property tax bills.

• Do Accounting system retrieves for our department and legal counsel for real property operating expense reports for compliance requests, appeals, audits, and completing personal property compliance filings.
• Research and save new assessor property records cards for all locations on an ongoing basis and as needed by the Managers and Director.

• Research property assessed values when there is a change to ensure that the value is correct.
• Read leases and amendments for properties to determine appeal rights for each location and place the determination in the property tax database.
• Provide and organize Leasing reports, rent rolls, real property operating expense reports for Property Tax and other departments as needed.

• Supports the Director and Managers with data needs for the compliance, appeals and audit processes.
• Monitor, maintain and improve Tax Department systems and processes to ensure compliance with established internal control requirements.
• Pursue innovation and best practices by establishing a professional and personal development program that includes membership and participation in professional ad valorem tax organizations.

What’s in it for you?

Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model (we ask you to spend at least 50% of your working time at the office); and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance, and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

Requirements

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent work experience in a tax or accounting related function.
• Strong technical, organizational, analytical, communication and learning skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office products

Preferred Requirements:

• Successful completion of IPT Personal Property and Real Property schools/ CPE. Other property tax or real and personal property valuation professional designation,
• Direct experience with property tax compliance responsibilities.
• Controversy resolution including negotiating experience.
• Experience with OneSource-Property Tax software (Personal Property tax compliance software)
• Experience/ Familiarity, with supermarket, retail stores, warehouse, distribution, and office facility property types.
• Tax or Accounting experience with former Ahold, Delhaize or present Ahold Delhaize Corp information systems and familiarity with Corp structure and internal operations personnel.

Apply now!
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