Senior Excise Tax Consultant

This will be a hybrid role with a mix of in office and work from home days. 

Position Summary

Support Tax Managers, Sr. Tax Managers, and Directors in providing fuel tax advisory/consulting services. Conduct fuel & excise tax return preparations, registrations and licensing, overpayment reviews, jurisdictional audits, reverse audits, transaction analyses, and file refund claims for DMA clients. Perform Federal and Provincial/State research and work with relevant taxing authorities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Research and provide advisory/consulting guidance for current Federal and State/Provincial fuel & excise tax legislation and regulations
• Knowledge of and preparation of fuel & excise tax returns (Canada and USA)
• Collaborate with DMA teams to ensure proper tax treatment of client’s activities to ensure compliance with fuel & excise tax laws to ensure timely and accurate fuel & excise tax compliance
• Assisting in resolving fuel & excise tax issues for DMA clients
• Provide ad hoc support for fuel & excise tax audits by providing information and analysis to address audit queries pertaining to reporting issues and potential assessments and related analysis and investigation
• Negotiate with Federal/Provincial/State auditors during refund processing, audit appeals, etc.
• Support other fuel & excise tax compliance projects and work with DMA clients on other time sensitive projects or new requests or developments
• Prepare updates and reports of findings for DMA clients
• Prepare required administrative information for Director, including status updates, entering job cost hours, forecasting, etc.
• Travel to client locations as required
• Identify and collect data on prospective clients and analyze potential client opportunities
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education and Qualifications

• Past Canadian & US Fuel & Excise Tax experience (Federal, State/Provincial)
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
• 3-5 years’ professional experience preferably in accounting or tax
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 20% to client locations
• Valid driver’s license

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