Senior Accountant, Indirect Taxes
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About the role...
We’re looking for a Senior Accountant, Indirect Taxes to own day-to-day indirect tax operations and strengthen compliance across sales/use tax in the U.S. and VAT/GST in international markets. You’ll partner closely with our external partners on filings and registrations, resolve notices and audits, and build scalable processes that keep us accurate and on time. In addition, you’ll lead operational touchpoints that improve tax data quality - especially vendor onboarding/1099 readiness - and take ownership of fixed assets accounting to ensure clean books and strong controls. This role sits within Accounting (not a role manager) and collaborates frequently with AP, FP&A, and Internal Audit. The team is co-sourcing all corporate income tax/provision work with an external co-source provider; your focus is indirect taxes and adjacent accounting operations.
🧠 You will...
- Lead U.S. sales and use tax compliance end-to-end: nexus monitoring, data prep, return review/approval flows with partners, payment scheduling, and notice resolution.
- Coordinate international VAT/GST compliance with external partners, supporting registrations, return reviews, and audits; ensure timely, accurate filings and documentation.
- Own tax data readiness across procure-to-pay: strengthen vendor onboarding to capture complete tax documentation and IDs, and establish year-round 1099 preparedness to avoid year-end crunch.
- Serve as the primary operational liaison to our indirect tax partners (indirect tax advisor and co-sourced tax provider), facilitating calendars, data requests, and status tracking.
- Own fixed assets accounting: maintain the subledger, validate capitalization vs. expense judg
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