Senior Tax Accountant, Indirect Taxes & Compliance

BDO USA, Llp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA, LLP is seeking a Senior Tax Accountant within National Finance to support corporate tax compliance across federal, state and local jurisdictions. The role focuses on data gathering and reconciliation for property tax, sales/use tax, annual reports, licenses, surveys, and related filings.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure accurate, timely tax filings and maintain confidentiality, contributing to the firm’s tax department without needing to build a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, or Finance (required).
• Master’s degree in Accounting or Taxation (preferred).
• Four or more years of experience in public accounting tax or a corporate tax department (required).
• Experience preparing Sales & Use tax returns (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Acts as SME in federal income taxes, coordinates and plans, prepares for, and executes federal income tax projects from start to finish.
• Prepares state and local sales & use tax returns with data reconciliation and payment processing.
• Assists in gathering and determining BDO USA’s use tax liabilities.
• Obtains and reconciles data to prepare personal property tax returns and processing of payments.
• Obtains data and prepares annual reports, business licenses, government surveys, and related tax returns with timely mailing of returns.
• Assists with reviewing exemption certificates and vendor exemption requests in Vertex.
• Performs tax research and communicates findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Gathers information and drafts responses to notices from tax authorities.
• Assists in obtaining data for sales/use and personal property tax audits.
• Reconciles tax accounts in general ledger and coordinates month-end JEs.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Federal income tax

State & local tax

Tax research

Excel

Communication

Project oversight

Confidentiality

Oracle/OneStream

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree in Accounting or Taxation

Tools

Sales & Use Tax Software

Property Tax Software

Oracle/OneStream

Job description

BDO USA, LLP is seeking a Senior Tax Accountant within National Finance to support corporate tax compliance across federal, state and local jurisdictions. The role focuses on data gathering and reconciliation for property tax, sales/use tax, annual reports, licenses, surveys, and related filings.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure accurate, timely tax filings and maintain confidentiality, contributing to the firm’s tax department without needing to build a