Monitors and Develop Sale Tax audit defense strategies to reduce exposure and mitigate assessments.
Researches prevailing sales tax law changes, court decisions, current accounting and auditing procedures as it relates to the Oil & Gas industry.
Attend & Assist with presenting the company’s position in the appeals process & tax redetermination hearings.
Provide trial balances, accounts of interest, data downloads and complete other requests received from State Auditor.
Assist with scheduling, planning and performing sales tax compliance audits.
Examines division records, prepare spreadsheets and provide documents to support exemption or refund.
Interact with Legal Department & Division Controllers to retrieve purchase agreements, revenue/expense downloads & additional informative documents related to the Audit.
Analyze data to ensure integrity & accuracy of the information received from the divisions.
Understand Taxpayers’ right with respect to the audit and taxing jurisdiction statute of limitation.
Assists with negotiating audit settlement offers & agreements.
Report anomalies & provide audit findings to Tax Audit Manager
Assist with addressing several key areas and approaches during initial audit conference.
Skill Requirement:
Ability to identify the advantages and disadvantages of audit methodology when planning audits, i.e. Detail Review, Block or Statistical sampling.
Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
Analytical skills, verbal and written communication skills, initiative, teamwork and technical tax expertise.
Ability to work as an individual and in a team oriented environment with a high level of integrity and professionalism.
Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel and adept at using formulas like VLOOKUPs SUMIFS and tools like Pivot tables, Sorting, Filtering, and conditional formatting.
Demonstrates excellent organizational skills and strong self-motivation.
Ability to completed assign tasks by deadlines.
Preferred Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in accounting
CMI preferred, or seeking designation
0- 5 plus years of experience with sales and use audit experience.