Accountant, Sales and Indirect Tax

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Accountant, Sales and Indirect Tax

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Job Title
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Accountant, Sales and Indirect Tax
Location
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Davidson, NC (Hybrid)

About Us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at  and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:
As Ingersoll Rand continues to acquire and integrate businesses, the indirect tax team’s scope continues to evolve. Step into the Sales Tax Accountant, Indirect Taxrole and take broad ownership of North American sales and use tax compliance while gaining exposure to analytics, systems, audits, process improvement, entity changes, and cross-functional partnership. As part of the Finance Shared Service Center, you’ll support entities operating across SAP and Oracle environments while helping integrate new entities, strengthen processes, advance tax technology initiatives, and improve how the team uses systems and analytics.

You’ll ensure monthly compliance data is prepared accurately and on time, property tax returns and annual filings meet required deadlines, and tax notices, audits, and inquiries are handled with urgency and precision. You’ll also own assigned legal entities, analyze compliance data, identify discrepancies, and coordinate with the third-party provider responsible for preparing and filing returns—helping ensure filings are completed accurately and without penalties or interest.

This professional will also supports sales and use tax audits by gathering data, researching issues, communicating with auditors, and partnering with leadership to resolve open items and reduce potential assessments.

The right candidate will be detail-oriented while understanding the broader business impact. They will manage competing deadlines, identify issues within complex data, stay ahead of state notices, communicate clearly, and bring forward ideas for improvement.

Experience with multi-state sales and use tax filings, property tax, tax engines, ERP projects, and systems such as SAP, Oracle, Vertex, Avalara, and/or Certify Tax will stand out.

This is an excellent opportunity for an indirect tax professional seeking ownership, variety, systems exposure, and the ability to influence how indirect tax work is managed across a growing North American business.

Responsibilities:

• Perform:
  • Sales and use Tax returns
  • GST/HST/PST returns for Canadian operations
  • Property tax renditions
  • Other state Annual reports and miscellaneous license returns
  • Related general ledger account reconciliations
  • Execution of timely tax payments through Accounts Payable team
• Manage exemption certificate maintenance for both customers and vendors
• Research sales/use and property tax queries to ensure compliance
• Sales/Use/Property advisory for a variety of departments
• Responsible for reconciling the general ledger accounts related to the tax returns listed above.
• Assist with pulling support and coordinating with auditors for state sales tax and property tax audits
• Other duties related to…