Senior Tax Analyst - SALT

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Are you a skilled and proactive tax professional looking to make your mark in a dynamic and challenging role? Koch Industries is seeking a SALT - Senior Tax Analyst to join our innovative team of forward-thinking professionals. In this role, you will be exposed to a range of tax capabilities, including reporting, controversy, position management, process transformation, and business consulting. You will have the opportunity to explore data and pursue career advancement across a wide variety of opportunities.

This position offers a unique chance to engage with our business units, gaining insights into their operations and working closely with leaders to develop innovative solutions. The role can be based out of our Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX office.

The state team is a crucial part of our overall SALT capability, responsible for all aspects of state income and franchise tax reporting, controversy, and position management for the Koch businesses. We pride ourselves on taking ownership of our roles, driving innovation, and building strong relationships across the organization.

• Participate in the overall state income and franchise tax reporting process, including:
  • Prepare state estimate and extension payments
  • Review state income franchise returns and work papers
  • Analyze tax liability drivers and changes from prior years
  • Ensure tax reporting reflects business realignments, asset sales, tax positions, and state tax attributes
• Review and develop responses to state income and franchise tax notices
• Participate in the state tax accounting process by preparing support for the state effective tax rate, state deferreds, and state payable account
• Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement within the state tax organization
• Build and develop relationships across the tax organization and other Koch companies and manage and leverage data to optimize state processes and business tax positions
• Participate in the state income tax audit process by gathering data for audits

• Experience in state or federal tax compliance, controversy, and/or tax accounting supporting a large multinational company
• Experience in preparing and reviewing state and local income tax returns
• Demonstrated ability to conduct tax technical research on complex issues
• Ability to communicate ideas through written and verbal communication
• Working knowledge of the tax life cycle
• Ability to manage and analyze large quantities of data

• Proficiency using Alteryx, One Source Income Tax, Power
  
  BI, and/or Tableau
• Experience in responding to tax notices and gathering data for audits
• Experience in supporting state effective tax rates, state deferreds, and/or other elements of the state tax accounting processes
• Strong project management skills and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employees across the globe.

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