Tax Specialist

Tax Specialist

Work Setting: Hybrid (in-person/remote)

Location: Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of one of the following locations:
New York City, NY;
Nashville, TN; or Pittsburgh, PA.

Role Purpose

The Tax Specialist supports tax compliance, reporting, and planning across SPS North America. The role helps optimize the effective tax rate while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, local, Canadian, and international tax requirements and alignment with accounting, legal, and financial reporting standards.

Scope of the Role

• Support tax compliance, reporting, and planning for SPS North America, including coordination of Canadian tax reporting and filings with external tax advisors.
• Cover corporate income tax, sales and use tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, and other applicable business and franchise taxes.
• Assess tax implications of new business activities, contract amendments, expansion into new states, M&A transactions, and transfer pricing requirements.

Key Responsibilities Tax Compliance & Filing

• Coordinate with external tax advisors on federal, state, and local corporate income tax returns.
• Support sales and use tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, and other business and franchise tax filings.
• Monitor filing obligations and maintain an accurate tax compliance calendar.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and supporting schedules for tax filings.

Nexus & Business Activity Assessments

• Complete and maintain tax nexus analyses by tax type for states in which SPS North America operates.
• Assess potential tax implications before business activities begin in new states.
• Perform sales and use tax analyses for new business opportunities and amendments to existing customer contracts.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify potential tax exposures and recommend appropriate actions.

Tax Reporting & Accounting

• Support tax reporting in alignment with applicable accounting, legal, and financial reporting standards.
• Perform return-to-provision (RTP) calculations to support the company's tax positions during year-end audits and serve as the primary point of contact for tax-related inquiries from external auditors.
• Review tax depreciation and related deferred tax impacts recorded in IFRS financial statements.
• Maintain tax attributes, tax elections, and applicable tax credits, including empowerment-related credits.

Tax Audits & Technical Analysis

• Coordinate tax audits and inquiries in collaboration with external tax advisors.
• Gather supporting documentation, respond to information requests, and assist in resolving audit matters.
• Support Section 382 limitation studies and other technical tax analyses, as required, in collaboration with external advisors.
• Conduct tax research to identify potential compliance risks and business implications.
• Coordinate Canadian tax reporting and filings with external tax advisors.
• Analyze tax implications of M&A transactions and support related due diligence and planning.
• Monitor adherence to SPS Global transfer pricing guidelines and related documentation requirements.
• Support the evaluation of cross-border tax considerations and their impact on business operations.

Advisor & Stakeholder Coordination

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for external tax advisors on assigned tax compliance and reporting matters.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, Legal, and operational stakeholders to gather information, resolve tax matters, and support compliant business decisions.
• Communicate tax requirements, deadlines, and potential risks to relevant stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve tax processes, reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency.

Accountabilities

• Maintain accurate and timely tax compliance data, filing schedules, nexus records, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate assigned tax filings, audits, and information requests with external tax advisors and internal stakeholders.
• Perform tax research and analyses for new jurisdictions, business activities, contracts, and transactions, escalating complex matters appropriately.
• Support accurate tax accounting by reviewing tax depreciation, deferred tax impacts, tax attributes, elections, and credits.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen tax processes, reduce compliance risks, and improve reporting efficiency.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business Administration, or a related field; relevant tax or accounting certification is a plus.
• 3+ years of corporate tax experience,…