Sales Tax Accountant

General Overview of the Role:

Provide indirect tax subject matter expertise to Matheson Tri-Gas on tax technology initiatives. Specifically, you will work with members of the Indirect Tax Team here at Matheson and play an important role in indirect tax improvement and compliance initiatives. This candidate will join our Indirect Tax group assisting Matheson with compliance, controversy, and numerous other projects for various Indirect Taxes, including but not limited to sales & use tax, property tax, propane and excise taxes.

This position will also work on internal Tax Department compliance initiatives including tax software implementations and business license filings. As such, the ideal candidate must be able to work well with cross-functional teams and be able to effectively communicate tax concepts to non-tax professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work and liaise with customers to ensure proper exemption documentation is provided on their purchases from Matheson.
• Review and approve (or deny) sales tax exemption certificates from Matheson customers in the Vertex software.
• Lead campaigns to gather expired certificates in various states and jurisdictions, annually based on expiration date/period.
• Reconcile G/L accounts related to indirect taxes for US.
• Work with outside consultants as needed on technology, compliance or improvement projects.
• Adhere to current policies and procedures.
• Seek opportunities to improve our internal tax processes, optimize costs and minimize risk.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of multi-state US sales and use taxes preferred.
• Experience with Vertex software, and their suite of related products, and how they are utilized in the sales tax compliance process. (Plus)
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field (or relevant experience).