Tax Analyst - Sales and Use Tax

Walgreens; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a Sales & Use Tax Analyst to support the organization’s sales and use tax compliance and ensure proper tax application on products and transactions. You will research state and local tax laws, monitor rate changes, and work cross‑functionally to implement tax requirements across systems and business processes.

The role requires coordinating with Tax, Finance, Accounting, Sales, Product and IT teams to resolve tax issues and drive ongoing process improvements for accuracy and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with 3+ years in accounting or tax.
• At least 1 year reading and interpreting regulatory material.
• Intermediate Excel skills including formulas and formatting.
• Willing to travel up to 10% for business purposes.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and analyzes various tax laws, regulations and procedures. Analyzes and reviews monthly management reports.
• Supports ad-hoc projects related to tax discipline and prepares reports of recommendations.
• Coordinates, prepares and/or reviews tax returns, filings, registrations, or other tax compliance requirements.
• Monitors tax law changes and assesses impact on operations; implements approved changes.
• Participates in projects and process improvements for the department.
• Researches and develops tax opportunities, contacting authorities for credits and rebates.
• Updates tax calendars and spreadsheets.

Skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

Reading tax regulations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Vertex

Job description

Job Summary

This role is responsible for supporting sales and use taxability for the organization. The Sales & Use Tax Analyst will be responsible for supporting the company’s sales and use tax compliance and ensuring that sales tax is accurately applied and collected on products and transactions. This role will research and monitor state and local sales and use tax laws, regulations, and rate changes and assess their impact on the business. The analyst will work closely with Tax, Finance, Accounting, Sales, Product, IT, and other cross‑functional teams to ensure tax requirements are properly implemented across products, systems, and business processes. The role will also help identify and resolve tax‑related issues, maintain accurate taxability and rate information, and support ongoing process improvements to strengthen sales tax compliance and accuracy.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepares and analyzes various tax laws, regulations and procedures. Analyzes and reviews monthly management reports.
• Responsible for ad‑hoc projects related to tax discipline. Analyzes and summarizes tax information and prepares reports of recommendations.
• Supports team in the formulation of analyses relating to assigned tax area. Provides support with tax audit activities as applicable.
• Coordinates, prepares and/or reviews tax returns, tax filings, registrations or any other tax compliance requirements as necessary.
• Monitors tax law changes (as applicable), assesses impact on operations and makes recommendations to more experienced analysts. Implements approved changes.
• Participates in projects and process improvements for the department.
• Research and develops tax opportunities, contacting taxing authorities in securing credits, incentives and rebates.
• Updates / maintains all spreadsheets and tax calendar.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni‑channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company.
• At least 1 year experience in reading and interpreting general business and tax periodicals, technical documents and government regulations.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or Economics.
• Previous internship experience in public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company.
• Vertex experience a plus.
• SAP experience a plus.
• We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.

Salary Range: $65000 - $113,750.00 / Salaried