Accounting Student Assistant; Part-time

Position: Accounting Student Assistant (Part-time)
Location: Plainsboro

The Position To support the day-to-day operations of the tax team including, U.S. Federal, International, State and Local tax compliance, internal reporting requirements, tax notices, tax audits, research and planning, transfer pricing, and tax technology initiatives. Tax Operations:
Prepare U.S. Federal, State and Local tax returns and supporting schedules (computation of permanent differences, timing differences, apportionment data, etc.) Assist with internal reporting requirements including tax account reconciliations Assist with process improvement initiatives by utilizing excel formulas and other tax technology available to gain efficiencies Prepare check requests and mailings as needed for ongoing tax payments related to corporate estimates, sales & use, and other remittances Gather and organize information by running reports from SAP and various other software Tax Planning:
Support in maximizing Federal, State and Local tax incentive initiatives such as R&D tax credits Support in updating tax models, refreshing queries within SAP, and initial research on tax planning ideas Tax Audits & Tax Notices:
Maintain a catalogue of Federal, State and local tax inquires, notices and audits relating to income, franchise and sales/use tax filings Draft responses to Federal, State and local audit information requests and notices Reduce paper inventory files by scanning and saving documents electronically Transfer Pricing: Support in maintaining the transfer pricing models for the US legal entities including:
1) performing frequent checks of COGS and service fees and
2) refreshing the transfer pricing models when needed. Support other ad hoc transfer pricing work as needed for the Tax Strategy team.

Other Responsibilities:

Gain a working knowledge of the company’s third-party software tools (SAP, One Source Income Tax, One Source Tax Provision, etc.) Assist in specific functional areas in ad-hoc projects