Tax Analyst

The Tax Analyst’s primary responsibilities include working with internal and external partners to ensure all income tax and indirect tax compliance, audit, and accounting obligations are completed. Responsible for monitoring, preparing, and filing tax returns, analyzing tax regulations, and providing support for information and management decisions.

• Assist with the preparation of federal and state income tax returns, including but not limited to extracting and analyzing data from SAP system to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Coordinate the filing of all federal, state, and local income tax returns
• Review quarterly estimated federal and state income tax calculations prepared by external tax advisors
• Ensure all tax filings and payments are made in a timely manner
• Prepare and book monthly, quarterly, and annual tax provisions
• Prepare and file indirect tax returns (sales/use, gross receipts, personal property, business license, and other regulatory filings)
• Manage the sales tax compliance process for monthly, quarterly, semi‑annual, and annual filings, to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Maintain and gather exemption certificates for various indirect tax types (One Source)
• Collaborate with Credit & Collections team on customer sales tax inquiries
• Collaborate with AP team on providing appropriate exemptions to suppliers and responding to inquiries
• Collaborate with Purchasing team to properly assess the taxability of business purchases
• Perform multi‑state taxability research and document conclusions, review potential over payments and make recommendations for tax recovery efforts
• Manage One Source system and monitor its sales and use tax calculation for accuracy and completeness
• Prepare Form 1099 annual filing
• Maintain proof‑of‑payment documentation for all tax payments
• Maintain documentation on all federal, state, and local tax accounts
• Maintain tax filing calendar for all tax filings
• Maintain and reconcile all tax‑related general ledger accounts, including tax fixed assets, and identify adjustments needed to align these accounts
• Maintain and organize tax records and documentation supporting tax filings
• Investigate tax notices and prepare responses
• Prepare forecast of estimated tax payments for cash planning purposes
• Analyze and interpret tax rules, regulations, policies, and procedures and assess the company’s policies to ensure compliance with tax legislation
• Effectively research and document moderate‑difficulty tax issues
• Manage tax audits, including preparing responses and liaising with tax authorities
• Coordinate and support special projects and initiatives related to tax planning and compliance (R&D, Transfer Pricing, Nexus, VDA, etc.) for all WEG USA companies, as needed
• Manage tax planning, accounting and work‑paper preparation process considering federal, state, local, and international tax implications
• Collaborate on tax strategies with executive leadership team to support company initiatives and identify opportunities for tax savings
• Prepare and submit US government agency reports (monthly, quarterly, annual)
• Develop key financial metrics and reports on them to management

• 2–4 years of experience in federal, state, and indirect tax preparation, compliance, and research

• Experience with preparing tax provisions
• Strong knowledge of federal and state tax laws and regulations
• Strong computer and technical skills including MS Office applications; advanced Excel skills required
• Experience preparing and filing federal and state income tax returns
• Experience preparing and filing indirect tax returns (sales/use, gross receipts, personal property, business license, etc.)
• Experience in Form 1099 reporting
• Experience with federal and state income tax compliance process
• Experience in all aspects of the sales & use tax compliance process
• Experience in identifying tax saving opportunities and realizing the benefits thereof
• Experience with SAP preferred
• Experience with One Source Indirect Tax highly preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA or equivalent certification preferred

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