US Tax Analyst II

Founded in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash with a bold mission to enrich women’s lives, Mary Kay has grown into one of the world’s most successful and enduring beauty brands. For more than 60 years, our people-first culture and commitment to innovation have powered our global success in skincare, color cosmetics, nutritional supplements, and fragrances. Our corporate teams spanning R&D, marketing, IT, manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, analytics, and more play a critical role in supporting millions of Independent Beauty Consultants across more than 35 markets worldwide.

At Mary Kay, employees collaborate on meaningful work that drives real impact, fuels entrepreneurship, and advances science backed beauty. Guided by purpose, we are equally committed to sustainability, supporting women affected by cancer and domestic abuse, and inspiring future generations, all while offering rewarding careers with global reach and opportunities for growth.

Generous Paid Time Off

401K & Profit Sharing

Free On-site Fitness Center & Health Clinic

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Product Discounts

Working under broad supervision, performs a wide range of tax compliance and reporting activities requiring professional knowledge of sales and use tax, property tax, federal and state income tax, and related tax regulations. Responsible for preparing and supporting tax filings, maintaining tax systems, researching tax issues, and analyzing tax-related data to ensure compliance with applicable laws and company policies. Serves as a system administrator for the Vertex sales tax system and supports ongoing process improvements, system enhancements, audits, and compliance initiatives.

Provides guidance to internal customers on tax matters and assists in evaluating the impact of tax law and regulatory changes on company operations.

Sales and Use Tax: Applies broad based knowledge of sales and use tax laws, taxing jurisdiction policies, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Company systems, corporate operations and detailed data manipulation skills to:

Prepare sales, use, business license and gross receipt tax returns and other duties related to monthly, quarterly and yearly compliance such as reconciliations and journal entries.

Review daily Ariba invoices to ensure sales tax is collected or use tax is accrued properly in accordance with the law.

Perform system setup related to sales and use tax including Ariba, People Soft, JDE, and Concur.

Serve as a resource to internal customers related to taxability questions.

Evaluate tax compliance processes to increase efficiencies and to meet new taxing jurisdiction requirements; analyzes sales and use tax compliance issues including return, general ledger and system issues to determine the source or the issue, recommend and implement appropriate resolutions.

With supervision, communicate and resolve issues with taxing jurisdictions, Independent Beauty Consultants, outside vendors and internal customers.

Upon request, perform sales and use tax law research and analysis.

Perform system administration of Vertex O Series and Returns related to monthly rate and rule changes, monthly data imports and Independent Beauty Consultants.

Respond to vendor exemption certificate request.

Under close supervision, assist with sales tax audits including preparing documentation, reviewing Company documents requested by auditors, and analyzing the requested documentation for potential tax exposure.

With minimal supervision, prepare domestic property tax returns and Freeport applications, related accounting, and latest estimates.

Prepare sales tax journal entries, other monthly functions and special projects.

With minimal supervision, prepare domestic property tax…