Corporate Tax Accountant

Company Description

Sercel designs and manufactures high-tech solutions for subsurface exploration. Capitalizing on its world-leading position in the seismic acquisition industry for over 60 years, Sercel also provides innovative solutions for structural monitoring, defense and underwater acoustics applications.

With a strong reputation for quality and a recognized industrial process, Sercel's employees pride themselves in delivering highly productive equipment that operates reliably and efficiently in even the most adverse conditions.

Our secret is simple: we listen to our customers, we understand their unique needs, and we invest in the research and development necessary to design the solutions that fulfill their most demanding requirements.

Job Description

The Corporate Tax Account position reports to the Finance Director and will oversees the Company's tax reporting and accounting activities. 

• Preparation of supporting workpapers for the US federal income consolidated tax return.      
• Maintains compliance in filing US state sales/use tax and property tax returns on a timely basis.  Primary state filings include, but not limited to, Texas and Oklahoma.
• Calculates monthly book to tax provision identifying and valuing temporary and permanent tax differences.
• Assists in calculation of tax credits, deductions and tax studies, including research tax credit, 263(a) unicap, foreign withholding tax and transfer pricing study.
• Primary liaison with parent entity tax compliance team and external tax consultants.
• Preparation of reconciliations, journal entries and other analyses to support various tax accruals.
• Researches and advises on all tax areas.
• Coordinates reporting of financial data to US Governmental Agencies.
• Supports financial accounting team in additional general ledger and financial reporting tasks as deemed necessary.

Qualifications

Must have a B.S. in Accounting (or higher); CPA is desired.  A minimum 3 to 5 years of public accounting and/or industry accounting experience including tax accounting and compliance.

A thorough understanding of US corporate and state tax regulations.  Experience with integrated accounting software and personal computer spreadsheet, database and word processing applications.  SAP experience a plus.

Interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to act as a liaison between finance and other departments with parent company tax preparer.

Additional Information

Work Authorizations/Security Clearance:

Employee must be eligible to receive deemed exports as defined by U.S. Export Administration (“EAR”) or EAR-controlled technology. 

Employees’ nationality, citizenship and/or residency status is sought solely for export control compliance purposes, and will not be used to unfairly discriminate in the hiring process.

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