What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tax Specialist position at ChemPoint LLC?
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Tax Specialist:
The primary purpose of the Tax Specialist is to ensure sales and use taxes relating to sales orders are invoiced and reported in a timely and accurate manner, in accordance with domestic and foreign tax regulations. Manages reporting of sales and use tax, business and occupation tax, property tax, and associated reconciliation. Supports financial reporting by confirming all tax liabilities and payments are properly reflected on the general ledger and assists with determining adjustments for month end close.
What You'll Do:
- Manages tax hold and release process, ensuring timely and accurate tax reporting on invoices to customers.
- Oversees critical tax filing and reconciliation processes with third party tax vendor, Avalara.
- Sets up new accounts as it relates to tax exemption.
- Works with state specific Department of Revenue to clarify tax exemption compliance and update internal records.
- Owns customer experience in the event tax was incorrectly charged on customer invoices.
- Assists Financial Accounting team in determining month end accruals for all tax filing payments and liabilities.
- Gathers data for annual returns and property tax compliance; prepares workbooks and processing tax payments.
- Assists with tax audits.
- Actively participates in continuous improvement efforts for all accounting processes to drive efficiencies.
- Performs other related duties as required or requested.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree from fully accredited four-year institution is required, concentration in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance preferred; Master’s degree preferred.
- 1-2 years accounting or sales tax experience
- Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite, with strong Excel skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively convey ideas and suggestions via multiple modes of communication
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Demonstrates sound judgment and critical thinking
- Demonstrates ability to resolve customer issues quickly and effectively
- Basic knowledge of accounting
Pay & Benefits:
- Pay Rate: $47,800 - $71,600; actual pay may be subject to geography and experience
- Benefits: https://careers.univarsolutions.com/Default/content/Benefits/?locale=en_US
What You Can Expect:
We are ChemPoint. We are fanatical about every customer and supplier interaction and dedicated to reaching customers and delivering actionable insights to enable producer success. We’re the leader in the marketing, sales, and distribution of specialty and fine chemicals. ChemPoint represents over 70 suppliers and 220 product lines in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
ChemPoint supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!
We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges and respects the unique experiences, perspectives, and expertise of every employee. Through our dedicated Employee Resource Networks, we provide the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry while making a difference in our communities.
ChemPoint is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.
ChemPoint does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms (collectively Recruiting Firms). Recruiting Firms must enter into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with ChemPoint prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. All searches must be initiated by ChemPoint's Talent Acquisition team and candidates must be submitted via Applicant Tracking System (ATS) by approved vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless the aforementioned conditions have been met. Contacting our hiring managers directly is prohibited.
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Salary : $47,800 - $71,600
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