State Tax Audit - Senior Manager

Verizon; Basking Ridge (NJ); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead state income tax audits. This role is pivotal in managing tax audits, developing strategies, and negotiating settlements that directly impact financial outcomes. You will collaborate with various teams to ensure compliance and favorable resolutions. The position offers a hybrid work environment, allowing flexibility while maintaining a strong focus on teamwork and communication. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and have a passion for tax management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in tax audit and compliance.
• Ability to negotiate settlements and manage accounting related to audits.
• Experience in digital automation and data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Manage Verizon state income tax and franchise tax audits.
• Develop audit strategies and negotiate favorable settlements.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure favorable audit resolutions.

Skills

Clear communication skills

Strong research skills

Data analytic skills

Negotiation skills

Understanding of state income and franchise tax laws

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Taxation

CPA

Tools

Alteryx

QLIK

SAP

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What You’ll Be Doing...

The Senior Tax Manager of the State Income Tax Audit team is responsible for managing an inventory of Verizon state income tax and franchise tax audits. This position partners with other tax groups (e.g., Compliance, Legal, Research, and Tax IT) to ensure a favorable resolution of the audit period. This person will work to understand applicable law, detail facts, develop audit strategies, and negotiate favorable audit settlements. Additionally, this person will be working with their Senior Director on presentations to upper management. This position and the related accounting will directly impact cash taxes, free cash flow, and earnings per share. You will be considered a valuable business partner and your contributions will make a difference!

Responsibilities Include

• Clear communication skills and strong research skills.
• Ability to develop strategy, respond to inquiries, negotiate settlements, present audit impacts, and manage related accounting.
• Working independently and within a team in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and time constraints.
• Demonstrate an understanding of state income and franchise tax laws, audit acumen, and ability to negotiate and advocate favorable outcomes.
• Demonstrate a high degree of data analytic skills including extracting and presenting large amounts of data for claims, audit support, and other needs.
• Identify and calculate FIN 48/FAS 5 reserve needs.
  
  

What We’re Looking For...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's Degree or six or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience in Sales, Use, and/or Gross Receipts Tax.
• Experience with transaction tax audits including advanced tax audit techniques (e.g., sampling).
• Experience in tax research analysis.
  
  

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• CPA or Master's Degree in Taxation.
• An advanced degree in Law, Accounting, Taxation, Finance, Management Information Systems, or Computer Science.
• A professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA).
• Experience with digital automation.
• Experience with data visualization technology (e.g., Alteryx, QLIK).
• Experience in the sales/use and gross receipts tax field for Big 4 accounting firms and/or Fortune 500 corporate tax departments.
• Experience in the technology and/or telecommunications industry.
• Knowledge in Enterprise Resource Planning such as SAP.
• Experience as an auditor for a taxing authority.
  
  

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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