Tax Advisor

Tax AdvisorThe Tax Advisor supports a variety of tax compliance, research, accounting, and advisory activities across the organization. This role partners with business and finance teams to help ensure accurate tax reporting, maintain compliance, identify potential tax risks and opportunities, and provide practical guidance on business transactions and operational matters.The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in tax with the ability to research unfamiliar issues, analyze financial and operational data, and work across multiple areas of taxation. Experience with state and local taxes, including sales and use tax, property tax, fuel and mileage taxes, or other operational taxes, is a plus.Key ResponsibilitiesCoordinate and review recurring tax filings across applicable jurisdictions, ensuring returns and supporting documentation are accurate and completed on time.Reconcile tax return data, assessments, payments, and related general ledger accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies as needed.Support tax accruals, accounting entries, account reconciliations, and other tax-related financial reporting activities.Research federal, state, and local tax laws, regulations, administrative guidance, and tax authority publications to evaluate the tax treatment of business transactions.Provide practical tax guidance to accounting, finance, procurement, accounts payable, legal, technology, operations, real estate, fleet, and other business partners.Review financial and operational data to identify potential tax exposures, exemptions, refund opportunities, process improvements, and compliance considerations.Assist with tax audits, notices, assessments, and information requests by gathering supporting documentation, researching technical issues, analyzing exposure, and preparing responses.Analyze proposed assessments, penalties, interest, valuation issues, and other tax adjustments and provide recommendations for resolution.Support the administration and documentation of applicable tax exemptions and other tax-saving opportunities.Partner with outside tax providers and other third parties, reviewing their work and identifying opportunities to improve processes or bring activities in-house where appropriate.Identify recurring tax, data, coding, filing, payment, or reconciliation issues and recommend improvements to procedures, controls, workpapers, and reporting processes.Support tax technology, systems, and data initiatives, including system implementations, testing, data queries, reporting enhancements, and improvements to tax-related fields and processes.Assist with special projects related to transactions, entity or facility changes, asset movements, registrations, data clean-up, system changes, or other business activities with tax implications.Develop and maintain tax documentation, procedures, workpapers, training materials, and job aids.Collaborate with internal stakeholders to strengthen tax processes, controls, documentation, and overall compliance.Perform other tax-related responsibilities and special projects as assigned.Preferred ExperienceState and local taxationSales and use taxProperty taxFuel and mileage taxHighway use or motor carrier taxesTax compliance and return preparation/reviewTax research and technical analysisTax audits and controversy supportTax accounting and reconciliationsExemption analysis and administrationTax technology or ERP-related tax processesMulti-state tax complianceWorking with third-party tax compliance providersIdeal ProfileStrong general tax foundation with an interest in developing broader tax expertiseComfortable researching tax issues and translating technical guidance into practical business recommendationsStrong analytical and reconciliation skillsAble to work with large amounts of financial and operational dataDetail-oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage recurring deadlinesComfortable partnering across accounting, finance, operations, technology, legal, and other functionsAble to identify process gaps and recommend practical improvementsBy submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.