Advisor-Operational Tax

This position will be domiciled at a Fed Ex Freight location in Memphis, TN or Harrison, AR. You will be required to work at a Fed Ex Freight Location several times per week.

Responsible for operational tax compliance, including property tax and fuel and mileage tax returns, audits, payments, accounting activities, research, and business advisory matters to ensure accurate reporting, reduce tax risk, and support business operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Coordinate and review property tax returns, renditions, assessment reports, and related filings for real and personal property using fixed asset data, location information, lease records, valuation notices, and jurisdictional filing instructions
• Oversee property tax bills and payments, reconcile assessments and payments to tax accounts, monitor deadlines, investigate variances, and support accruals, reserves, and other accounting activities for property tax obligations.
• Coordinate and review fuel tax, mileage tax, highway use tax, motor carrier tax, and related operational tax returns using fuel purchase data, mileage records, fleet information, jurisdictional rates, permits, and operating reports
• Responsible for payments, account reconciliations, return support, and accounting entries for fuel and mileage tax obligations, including investigation of data exceptions, jurisdictional notices, and differences between source systems and filed returns
• Oversee third party vendor’s inputs and deliverables to identify potential opportunities for in-sourcing
• Identify recurring filing, payment, data, assessment, or reconciliation issues and recommend changes to procedures, controls, templates, reporting logic, and system inputs to improve accuracy and efficiency
• Research property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, highway use tax, and motor carrier tax requirements and provide practical guidance to finance, accounting, fleet, facilities, real estate, legal, information technology, and operations teams
• Gather fixed asset records, property listings, valuation notices, fuel purchase data, mileage records, exemption support, payment history, account reconciliations, and other documentation in response to property tax and fuel or mileage tax audits, notices, and information requests
• Analyze proposed assessments, penalties, interest, sampling adjustments, valuation disputes, and data exceptions; quantify exposure or refund opportunities; draft responses; and recommend resolution alternatives for management review
• Support special projects involving operational tax process changes, system implementations or testing, legal entity or facility changes, asset transfers, data clean-up initiatives, tax registrations, or other business transactions that affect property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, or related tax accounting activities
• Prepare training materials, job aids, process documentation, and informal guidance for tax team members and business partners on recurring filing procedures, payment support requirements, documentation standards, system reports, and jurisdiction-specific operational tax requirements
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Disclaimer:This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Business, or a related field required.
• Five (5) years of relevant operational tax, property tax, fuel tax, mileage tax, indirect tax, or state and local tax experience required.
• Experience in preparing or reviewing multi-jurisdictional returns, managing…