Tax Accountant

Quanex is looking for a Tax Accountant to join our team located in Houston, Texas
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The tax accountant will report to the Sr. Tax Manager and be responsible to perform tax accounting and support the team with research, audits, and projects. The Tax Accountant will work closely with accounting, treasury, and other functional groups in support of the company’s tax strategy.

• Excellent Bonus Potential
• Paid Time Off, Training & Holidays
• Charitable Contribution Match Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Wellness/Fitness Resources
• Training & Professional Development
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Dynamic Culture & People - just to name a few!

• Ongoing interaction with multiple levels of the organization
• Collaborative and Team-Oriented environment

• Prepare federal, state, and local corporate tax filings including responsibility of managing/meeting deadlines. Main focus will be federal tax filings.
• Accountable for meeting estimated/extension deadlines as well as making tax payments.
• Reconcile fixed assets for GAAP and Federal tax depreciation, examine and resolve discrepancies.
• Research and implement tax change/reform appropriately.
• Manage the continued development of electronic work papers and department efficiencies.
• Maintain all third-party tax department software programs including building relations with software representatives.
• Prepare monthly tax account reconciliation and quarterly variance analysis.
• Review/reconcile tax sensitive general ledger accounts as needed.
• Prepare FinCEN, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.
• Responsible for tax department SOX and SSAE compliance tasks.
• Assist with Uniform Capitalization calculations.
• Prepare international tax calculations.
• Assist with the year-end close and the collection of data for provision tax calculations.
• Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

• CPA or CPA candidate, with an undergraduate degree in accounting or related business discipline required.
• Minimum of 5 plus years’ experience working in Tax, either in public accounting and/or industry.
• International tax exposure to Forms 5471 and 8858.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in One Source, Checkpoint, BNA, and CCH Axcess Workflow (XCM) is a plus.

The salary range for this position is $80,000 to $98,000 with bonus potential.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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