Title: Senior Staff, State Income Tax
Location: United States-TX-Dallas
Senior Staff in State Income Tax with the desire to work in a fast-paced, frequently changing, Fortune 500 publicly-traded company. In this position, the individual will work with a quality, experienced team on a broad variety of complex tax issues, transactions, and procedures with focus on state income and franchise tax. A successful candidate will possess good communication, analytical, and organizational skills in order to learn, perform, and gain progressive responsibilities within the Tax Team while experiencing an exciting, collaborative environment in which to work!
Duties & Responsibilities:
* Prepare state income and franchise tax returns, estimated payments and extensions, for a group of companies, including documentation to support tax filing positions.
* Review of select separate company income and franchise tax returns, estimated payments and extensions.
* Assist in gathering apportionment data from business units and reconciling to general ledger.
* Assist in the resolution of state tax notices.
* Assist in state provision calculations and reconciliation of tax–related general ledger accounts.
* Assist with audits by providing records and supporting schedules.
* Assist in the resolution of tax issues, basic research, planning, and special projects.
* Interact with staff, business units, and taxing authorities to research and resolve problems.
* Work cooperatively with other members of the Corporate Tax Department and to build professional relationships within Xerox.
Qualifications:
* 5 years of relevant experience in corporate state income and franchise tax.
* Working knowledge of accounting practices and policies with an emphasis on tax policy, practices and procedures preferred.
* Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with an emphasis on detail.
* Good oral and written communication skills.
* Proficiency using PC software, including word processing and spreadsheets.
* Proficiency in using tax software, OneSource a plus.
* Experience with accounting systems, such as Hyperion Enterprise or J.D. Edwards, a plus.
* Position is located just north of Downtown Dallas off Central Expressway and Haskell Ave.
BS/BA degree in accounting or comparable work experience. Masters in Taxation and/or MBA a plus. CPA a plus.
Job: Accounting / Finance
