Lead Analyst, Indirect Tax

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** Your Opportunity as the Lead Analyst, Indirect Tax
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* Location:

** Orrville, OH
** Work Arrangements:
** hybrid, 30% in office expectation
** In this role you will:
*** Lead overall day-to-day U.S. domestic sales and use tax function
* Develop knowledge of plant locations and operational activities to ensure accurate sales and use tax compliance and reporting
* Liaise with external sales and use tax compliance partner to support timely monthly tax filings
* Monitor domestic sales tax legislation and maintain sales tax rates in Vertex
* Research, issue and manage direct pay permits and sales tax exemption certificates, including supervising tax staff in the preparation and issuance of certificates
* Lead collection and maintenance of customer exemption certificates, including coordinating with customer logistics team as required
* Respond to tax notices and research pending issues
* Lead tax audit activities from tax authorities, as well as internal or external reverse audits, by compiling IDRs, reviewing findings, participation in meetings with tax authorities, and presenting positions
* Review journal entries as a part of month-end close related to sales and use tax
* Reconcile sales and use tax accruals quarterly and annually
* Develop and maintain documentation of indirect tax processes
* Develop detailed understanding of current indirect tax process to identify opportunities for improvement
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to transform and elevate the sales and use tax process
* Collaborate with Purchasing and other cross-functional teams to ensure timely communication of upstream and downstream system and process changes to ensure proper treatment for sales and use tax
* Assist with legal entity restructuring projects, on-boarding new acquisitions and transition of divested companies
* Assist business partners in building indirect tax budgets as it relates to projects and business operations
* Supervise analysts and interns
** The Right Place for You
** We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our , and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
** What we are looking for:
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* Minimum Requirements:

* Bachelors in Accounting;
* 3+ years related tax experience and/or relevant operations experience
* Experience with sales and use tax at either the corporate or operational level
* Experience with web-based tax solutions
* Experience with an exemption certificate management system
* Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members and external business partners
* Ability to manage high volume of activity
* Ability to work with all levels of management
* Attention to detail and process-focused approach to accomplishing key tasks and delivering high quality work products
* Excellent organization and analytic skills
* Flexibility to changing business needs and evolving work environment
* Intermediate Excel experience (E.g., v-lookups and pivot tables)
* Ability to travel 5-10% annually

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
* CPA and/or master’s degree
* Experience with plant operations
* Experience with Oracle, Vertex (tax engine) and Spotfire/Tableau
* Experience with an exemption certificate management system
* Prior user experience with Oracle/Hyperion applications, online tax research services and other web-based tax solutions
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