[Hiring] Sales and Use Tax Accountant @Siemens

Role Description

You will be an integral part of the sales and use tax team. Major areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

• Completing the monthly compliance cycle in a complex multi-jurisdiction environment.
• Participating in sales and use tax audit defense, reverse audits, tax consulting, tax planning, tax accounting, and special projects.
• Ensuring Siemens Operating Companies follow transactional tax and business license requirements while achieving assigned objectives and targets.
• Reporting to the Indirect Tax Manager of Global Business Services (GBS) of Siemens Corp.
• Providing comprehensive support to all represented Siemens Operating Companies for transactional taxes.
• Interfacing with both internal and external contacts, including taxing authorities, vendors, and partners.

In this role you will work remotely from a home office. You must be willing to work the Eastern or Central US time zones.

Responsibilities

• Sales tax and other related indirect tax compliance activities.
• Timely submission of sales tax compliance data to partners to meet filing requirements.
• Complete sales tax compliance activities to ensure Global Business Services complies with SOC service level agreements.
• Complete the filing of refund claims identified in the account reconciliation process.
• Follow up on all refund claims filed and receive funds within 365 days.
• Provide registration and license recommendations and requirements to team members for processing.
• Participate in partner calls and sales tax compliance activities.
• Provide complex multi-state and local tax advice through tax law research.
• Provide tax analysis, planning, control, and reporting for the business.
• Research, analyze, and prepare multi-state business and affiliate state and local tax refund opportunities.
• Document, comply, monitor, evaluate, and update internal state and local tax policies and procedures.
• Complete the day-to-day work activities of the audit and consulting team.
• Identify, communicate, and conduct strategic audits/refunds to recover sales/use tax exposure amounts.
• Document, monitor, evaluate, and update internal desktop procedures and process maps for compliance activities.
• Timely and accurately prepare account reconciliations for assigned sales and use tax accounts.
• Actively contribute and participate in assigned departmental goals and objectives.
• Participate in sales and business licenses tax compliance segment of migrations for new SOC migrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance. Equivalent experience with other education will be considered.
• 2+ years of sales & use tax compliance and audit experience.
• Ability to perform sales & use tax analysis and provide consulting.
• Experience with multi-state sales & use tax compliance activities.
• Ability to operate in multiple ERP systems (i.e., SAP).
• Advanced knowledge in Excel, Word, Outlook, and Power Point.
• Proficient in English both written and verbal.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to engage in open, honest collaboration with team members.
• Assumes ownership and execution of individual responsibilities and strict deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task multiple projects and have strong attention to detail.

Benefits

• Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees.
• The pay range for this position is $66,973 - $114,811 annually with a target incentive of 10% of the base salary.

Company Description

We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.