Senior Accountant, Sales Tax

AccruePartners, Inc.

• $80K — $95K *
Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant tax experience in multistate sales and use tax management.
  • Hands-on experience with exemption certificates, filings, and indirect tax compliance.
  • Ability to work independently and manage day-to-day tax functions.
  • Strong professional judgment for resolving routine tax issues.
  • Comfortable with technology and interested in process automation.

Responsibilities

  • Own the preparation and filing of sales and use tax returns for multiple entities.
  • Manage customer exemption certificates and ensure proper exemptions in systems.
  • Collaborate with operations and finance teams to resolve tax-related inquiries.
  • Review use tax activity, identify accrual errors, and reconcile tax accounts.
  • Support jurisdictional compliance and indirect tax audits.
  • Monitor multistate activities for new tax registrations and filing requirements.
  • Participate in the implementation of Vertex and future system upgrades.

Benefits

  • Ownership of the multistate sales and use tax function.
  • Join an established team with access to strong leadership and resources.
  • Exposure to a range of indirect tax matters beyond just return preparation.
  • Opportunity to leverage advanced tools like Vertex and SAP for process improvement.
  • Flexible hybrid work environment promoting collaboration.
Full Job Description
THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING
  • Established North Charlotte organization with a long-standing presence and multiple operating businesses across the Southeast
  • Join a collaborative shared services tax function supporting a complex, multistate organization
  • Work as part of a five-person tax team with direct access to experienced tax and accounting leadership
  • Join an environment that offers established processes while continuing to invest in technology, automation, and process improvement


LOCATION
  • North Charlotte
  • Flexible hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two days remote


WHAT THEY OFFER YOU
  • Ownership of the organization's day-to-day multistate sales and use tax function
  • Opportunity to join an established team where you can operate independently while having access to strong leadership and resources
  • Exposure to a complex, multistate business with a variety of indirect tax matters beyond simply preparing returns
  • Opportunity to play an active role in a Vertex Use Tax implementation and future systems integrations
  • Ability to leverage tools including Vertex, SAP, Alteryx, and AI to improve processes and automate existing workflows
  • Potential to take a lead role in future Vertex integrations and upgrades based on experience and interest
  • Flexible hybrid environment with an emphasis on collaboration rather than fixed in-office days


WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT
  • Own the preparation and filing of sales and use tax returns across multiple entities and jurisdictions
  • Manage customer exemption certificates and ensure accurate exempt status within Vertex and related systems
  • Partner directly with operations and credit teams to resolve sales tax questions, billing disputes, and exemption issues
  • Review use tax activity, identify incorrect accruals, and reconcile sales and use tax accounts
  • Support sales tax reserve calculations, indirect tax registrations, and jurisdictional compliance
  • Coordinate indirect tax audits across sales tax, excise tax, and other applicable areas
  • Monitor multistate activity and identify new registration and filing requirements as the business evolves
  • Participate in the Vertex Use Tax implementation, future ERP upgrades, system integrations, testing, training, and change management
  • Identify opportunities to improve existing processes through technology, automation, Alteryx, and AI-enabled workflows


THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS
  • Hands-on multistate sales and use tax experience with the ability to independently manage the day-to-day function
  • Ideally 5+ years of relevant tax experience, although the team is flexible based on the depth and quality of sales tax exposure
  • Experience with exemption certificates, sales and use tax filings, reconciliations, registrations, and indirect tax compliance
  • Broader tax backgrounds are welcomed when sales and use tax has been a meaningful component of the individual's responsibilities
  • Experience working in industry, public accounting, or consulting environments can translate well
  • Strong professional judgment with the ability to resolve routine issues independently and appropriately escalate more complex matters
  • Comfortable working with technology and interested in process improvement, automation, and changing systems
  • Vertex experience is helpful but not required
  • SAP experience is beneficial
  • Bachelor's degree preferred
* Ladders Estimates

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