Description
Capital One's Global Tax team is seeking a Senior Tax Associate within our State and Local Tax Team. This position will be primarily responsible for indirect tax compliance for Capital One.
In this role, you will prepare sales and use tax and other indirect tax returns, prepare journal entries, research technical issues, and respond to indirect tax audit information requests. You will be an integral member of our Tax team, interacting and partnering with various business functions to manage tax risk, ensure accurate compliance with sales and use tax laws, and support corporate-wide initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare indirect tax returns for Capital One Travel, including calculating tax in each jurisdiction
- Prepare monthly journal entries to record sales, use, and other local tax accruals, taxes paid, and use tax expense
- Work closely with business units, finance, and procurement functions to coordinate data collection and ensure timely and accurate tax reporting
- Partner with the Tax Controversy team to respond to questions from tax auditors
- Prepare responses to indirect tax notices
- Research technical indirect tax issues as required
- Prepare tax registrations in new jurisdictions
- Prepare the monthly reconciliation of indirect tax accounts and ensure proper documentation is maintained to support tax filings and audits
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation solutions for data collection, indirect tax calculations, and indirect tax reporting
- Travel to other company sites and tax conferences as needed
The ideal candidate has strong technical knowledge of state and local sales and use tax laws, regulations, and administrative rules, as well as experience preparing and filing indirect tax returns.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
- At least 2 years of tax experience in a public company or accounting firm or law firm or a combination
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters of Science (MS) in Tax or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- 3+ years of indirect tax experience, including experience in the travel industry and addressing hotel, accommodations, and lodging taxes
- Direct experience with sales & use tax reporting and payment engines (e.g., Avalara, Vertex, TR One Source)
- Experience with invoicing and accounts receivable systems for indirect tax collection
- Experience researching sales and use tax laws and advising companies on the impacts of those laws and regulations
- Direct experience with the testing and implementation of a sales and use tax reporting and payment engine
- Experience with Alteryx or other data automation products
- Experience with Microsoft Suite or Google Suite
Benefits:
- Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being