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ACCOUNTANT SR TAX SALES & USE TAX - West Palm Beach Florida
Company: CEMEX Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Posted On: 05/03/2024
Company Overview Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! To learn more about our company culture and why you should join us, visit us at www.cemexusa.com/careers. For direct access to CEMEX Career Opportunities, visit us at https://jobs.cemex.com/. Job Summary In addition, to gainfully participating in a high-performance team, the S&U Tax Accountant is responsible for ensuring that Cemex US Sales Tax Team provides our customers, external vendors, and government agencies with superior service and maintaining compliance with State and local tax laws. Managing sales and use tax audits in a multi-state environment with an emphasis on minimizing tax burden. Working in collaboration with cross-functional teams. In addition, assist business operations with implementation of processes to mitigate tax liabilities. Constantly challenging the status quo by analyzing and continually improving current processes to gain efficiencies, to ensure quality outcomes and accurate results. Job Responsibilities - Perform multi-state audit defense for Sales & Use, Severance, Business Licenses and Fuel Taxes
- Complete multi-state state and local tax research projects
- Lead or assist with multi-state and local tax due diligence analysis for M&A
- Provide support with Tax Technology for SAP and Vertex (our tax software) to make certain proper taxation
- Draft pertinent technical letters to appropriate state officials on tax interpretation
- Apply for, secure, and implement special exemptions
- Engage in continuous improvements to enable efficient tax work processes
- Author, plan, and execute training to internal customers
- Prepare reconciliation of related Sales and Use tax accounts
- Stage and prepare tax data files for sales & use tax and any other statutory filings
- Respond to internal questions on state and local tax issues
- Timely resolve tax issues for external customers
- Perform necessary work to guarantee we accomplish our goals of increased compliance
- Other tasks as needed to safeguard compliance with S&U Tax Laws
Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in multi-state sales & use tax audit defense
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting
- Master's Degree and/or CPA is a plus
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Computer Literacy
- Windows Environment
- Word Processing
- Excel Spreadsheet
- Vertex Software a plus
- SAP experience a plus
- Social/Interpersonal skills
- Oral & written communication
- Positive Collaboration and Teamwork
- Project management skills
- Organizational skills and attention to detail
- Able to develop and administer efficient work processes
- Analytical approach to problem solving
- Knowledge of process control (How to measure, track analyze and initiate improvement)
Working Conditions - Capability to work extended hours as necessary
- Ability to work with standard office/computer equipment
- Capable of working remotely
- Ability to participate in required overnight travel as needed
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