AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
Tax specialist will be a member of the tax team working in various areas of tax compliance including VAT, personal property taxes, gross receipts taxes, agency filings, license renewals, etc. This role will work with various members of finance & external consultants and will report to the Director (Finance & Shared Services) in India with matrix reporting to Tax Director in US.
Key Responsibilities
- File annual personal property tax renditions and returns.
- File gross receipts tax returns.
- Prepare monthly gross receipts account reconciliations.
- Assist Senior Tax Accountant with internal sales tax inquiries.
- Prepare monthly VAT general ledger detail review and gather necessary filing documentation for external consultants.
- Work with external consultants to ensure timely filing of VAT returns.
- Work with external consultants to ensure timely filing of all Secretary of State agency filings.
- Obtain new business licenses when required.
- Renew existing business licenses to ensure compliance with local authorities.
- Maintain the tax department's filing calendar.
- Work with COSs to gather customer tax exemptions and maintain them in Salesforce
- Review all foreign invoices issued to customers for completeness and accuracy
- Support tax team by responding to sales tax and VAT authority inquiries and audits.
- Support tax team by responding to tax related notices and letters.
- SupporT tax team by gathering information for use by internal and external stakeholders.
- Assist with special projects related to sales tax, international transactions, or VAT as they arise.
Business Knowledge
- Systems experience preferred: Salesforce, Microsoft Office, Avalara
- Business Processes
- Corporate Financial Policies
- Working knowledge of VAT, personal property taxes, and gross receipts taxes
Required Skills
- CA/ CA Intermediate or Masters's degree in Finance or Accounting preferred.
- Experience supporting a company with their VAT tax processes.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills enabling effective, clear, and concise communication with all levels of management.
- Strong organizational skills required to coordinate, manage, and prioritize multiple cross-divisional processes and projects
- Consistently demonstrate the ability to be self-motivated, responsive, customer-focused, and possess strong follow-up skills
- Consistently demonstrate high ethical standards, accountability, and ownership.
- Ability to productively work well both independently on task execution and as part of cohesive team /workgroup.
Why AHEAD
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
We understand that you have a life outside of work. That's why we offer paid time off, paid company holidays, and a great benefits program including maternity/paternity leave and much more!
