Sr Tax Analyst

Required Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate has \n•\tBachelor's degree in accounting and at least five years of tax experience in public accounting or corporate tax required; Master's degree in accounting or taxation with at least three years of experience also considered \n•\tCPA license, active or eligible, preferred \n•\tExperience in U.S. federal and state income tax compliance, ASC 740 income tax accounting, and multi-jurisdiction indirect tax, including sales and use tax, preferred \n•\tPublic accounting experience preferred \n•\tProficiency in OneSource Tax Provision preferred \n•\tIntermediate skills in Microsoft Excel \n•\tAbility to work independently on specialized assignments of moderate complexity \n•\tStrong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines \n•\tStrong analytical and critical thinking skills with close attention to detail

Job Description

Role Overview \nThe Senior Tax Analyst plays a key role on Cboe's Finance – Tax team, ensuring compliance with U.S., state and local, and foreign income and indirect tax laws. This role prepares tax calculations, estimated tax payments, returns, and tax authority correspondence, along with U.S. and non-U.S. tax provision calculations, reconciliations, and journal entries. The Senior Tax Analyst identifies process improvements, uses technology to increase efficiency, and partners strategically with business leaders to reduce risk and strengthen compliance. This role works independently on assignments of moderate complexity, serves as a go-to resource for less experienced colleagues, and reports to the Tax Director. \nYour responsibilities will be: \nIncome Tax Provision (ASC 740) \n•\tPrepare quarterly and annual income tax provisions, including annual effective tax rate calculations and reconciliations \n•\tPrepare and maintain book-to-tax reconciliations and workpapers supporting permanent and temporary differences \n•\tMaintain, roll forward, and reconcile income tax balance sheet accounts, including current payable and receivable accounts, uncertain tax position reserves, and deferred tax assets and liabilities \n•\tMaintain the Excel provision model, load attributes into OneSource Tax Provision, and reconcile results \n•\tPrepare income tax journal entries and complete monthly sign-off sheets covering provision calculations and account rollforwards \n•\tPrepare the annual return-to-provision analysis, period-over-period variance analyses, and annual statutory tax provisions for Cboe's regulated entities \nIncome and Franchise Tax Compliance \n•\tPrepare book-to-tax adjustments and supporting workpapers for U.S. federal and state income tax returns \n•\tPrepare estimated tax analyses and remit required payments \nIndirect Tax \n•\tReview monthly sales tax billing, file sales tax returns, and remit required payments \n•\tPrepare and file GST and VAT returns and remit related payments \n•\tReconcile sales tax accounts monthly \nControls, Controversy and Administration \n•\tPrepare responses to federal, state, and local tax authority inquiries, support examinations, and respond to external auditor requests \n•\tMaintain the Tax Calendar and Cboe Tax checklists in Confluence \n•\tWork within the Tax Risk Control Matrix and SOX narrative, maintaining preparer and reviewer segregation