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Senior Tax Accountant

NEW YORK-10009, NY, US
05/29/2019

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Required Skills

CPA

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

Job Description

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Work with Firm's Controller to ensure that the appropriate internal controls are in place over the accounting department for various taxes and tax related balances.

Collaborate with outside tax advisors, preparing tax forecasts and documenting projects plans.

Liaise with Partner Services team on tax issues related to various partner transactions, such as the return of capital, draws, other distributions, annual allocations and charges.

Production Partners' K-l's with support from the Benefits and Partner Services teams, and perform necessary reconciliations between cash income and taxable income.

In partnership with the Tax Manager, review various federal, state and international business filings, local tax registrations, and sales/value added tax returns prepared by staff, accounting team or outside tax advisors.

Ensure international, federal, state and local election, filing and payment deadlines are met, file extensions when necessary, and maintain a detailed calendar of all such deadlines.

Serve as a key point of contact during regulatory audits of international, federal, state and local tax filings when required.

Coordinate with purchasing, payroll and human resources on independent contractor determinations to ensure compliance with IRS rules on the proper classification of workers.

Prepare comprehensive tax working papers, respond to audit requests, research memos and/or correspondence and maintain records related to tax returns and reports.

Liaise with Partners' personal tax advisors; provide explanations and documentation to them when needed.

Review quarterly, with support from Payroll team, market-based sourcing requirements for each state against the Firm's time and travel reports.

Develop regular, ad-hoc, and real-time/exception-based reporting in order to extract and interpret relevant information related to tax.

Develop and maintain all necessary documentation for transfer pricing and to support filings under the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting rules.

Participate in the year-end audit process as necessary.

Assist in generating annual budget and monthly forecasts for Tax-related accounts including business taxes, interest and penalties and withholding taxes.

Collaborate with the Tax Manager to increase efficiencies in financial processes that cross departmental lines.

Assist the Tax department with periodic special projects including the preparation of presentations and analyses for the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Committee, the evaluation of strategic financing and capital decisions, and the implementation of new processes.

Respond to internal and external auditors' comments concerning tax operations and oversee required action to address deficiencies.

Help develop, regularly update and monitor staff's adherence to the Tax Section of the Firm's Global Finance Policy and Procedure Manual.

Requirements:

CPA Certification preferred.

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required, with 7+ years of related experience.

Demonstrated experience in partnership tax compliance and accounting.

Knowledge of and experience working with various accounting and tax systems.

Understanding and delivery of an effective control environment across multiple locations.

Ability to adjust to new, different, or changing requirements while conveying a sense of urgency and drive issues to closure and a relentless commitment to win.

Demonstrated ability to contribute strategically by identifying and implementing business process improvements.

Strong planning, project management and organizational skills with an attention to detail.

Strong inter-personal skills and collaboration abilities. Must be able to partner with functional counterparts.