[Remote] Sales and Use Tax / Indirect Tax Contractor

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kforce is recruiting for an unnamed client in Richmond, VA. The contractor will support indirect tax compliance through return preparation, transactional analysis, reconciliations, and audit activities, ensuring accurate tax treatment and timely compliance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare sales and use tax returns and supporting schedules
• Analyze transactional data for appropriate taxability and tax rates
• Reconcile sales and use tax activity and research discrepancies
• Identify trends, issues, and root causes within tax data
• Respond to tax-related questions and provide research support
• Support tax audits by gathering data, reviewing invoices, and preparing documentation
• Maintain accurate tax records and supporting workpapers
• Work extensively in Excel to analyze and reconcile high-volume transaction data
• Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, Operations, and other business teams
• Support process improvements and tax compliance initiatives

Skills

• Experience with Sales & Use Tax compliance and return preparation
• Strong understanding of taxability and tax rates
• Experience working directly with transactional tax data
• Strong analytical and root-cause analysis skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team
• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Sales & Use Tax Compliance
• Indirect Tax
• Tax Return Preparation
• Taxability & Tax Rate Analysis
• Transactional Data Analysis
• Tax Reconciliations
• Tax Research
• Audit Support
• Root-Cause Analysis
• High-Volume Data Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• VLOOKUP/HLOOKUP
• SUMIF/SUMIFS
• IF Functions
• Data Reconciliation
• Process Improvement
• Deadline Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Accounting degree
• Relevant Sales & Use Tax experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• 3-4+ years of relevant Sales & Use Tax or indirect tax experience

Benefits

• Eligible employees: medical, dental, and vision insurance; HSA; FSA; 401(k); and life, disability, and ADD insurance.
• Salaried personnel receive paid time off.
• Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

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