Sr. Tax Analyst

Boscov's Senior Tax Analyst

Experienced Tax Professionals - bring your expertise to work for you where people love to shop! Boscov's is a chain of full service department stores serving the total family needs of our customers. For over 100 years, Boscov's has been known for its great values and famous brands, and for offering a broad selection of quality merchandise in its stores and online. We are looking for a Senior Tax Analyst to join our team!

The Senior Tax Analyst will manage the day-to-day indirect tax function, ensuring accurate and timely compliance with all federal, state, and local tax requirements. This role requires strong technical expertise in sales and use tax, property tax, and other indirect taxes, along with the ability to collaborate across business units and contribute to process improvements.

Job Responsibilities:

Tax Compliance and Filing

• Manage the overall day-to-day indirect tax function ensuring all returns are accurately and timely completed
• Review state and local indirect tax filings including sales and use, property tax, Mercantile/BPT, Gross Receipts, OH CAT, and other applicable taxes
• Review Act 43 return filings and quarterly reconciliations
• Maintain the tax calendar for all tax filings to ensure timely compliance
• Review all real estate bills and invoices, confirming accuracy and timeliness of payment
• Manage the escheat process including reviewing prepared returns and maintaining company escheat policies and procedures

System Management and Analysis

• Monitor tax rate tables, tax flags, and class code mappings within the system to ensure proper tax determinations
• Perform periodic validation testing of tax systems
• Review monthly account reconciliation for sales tax payable account
• Maintain monthly real estate and miscellaneous tax accruals, including posting entries and investigating variances
• Review fixed assets to ensure accuracy in lives, methods, and depreciation

Collaboration And Support

• Respond to sales tax inquiries raised by external customers, internal stakeholders, and taxing jurisdictions
• Collaborate with business units to ensure proper application of tax on customer and vendor purchases
• Assist with income tax provision and return calculations and compliance, including preparation of allocation and apportionment
• Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures to strengthen internal controls within the tax function
• Assist in audits, including preparing supporting documentation and researching audit issues

Process Improvement

• Develop detailed understanding of current indirect tax processes to identify opportunities for improvement
• Contribute to departmental process improvement and automation initiatives
• Research and stay current on changes to tax laws
• Support the tax team on other projects, audits, and compliance needs as required

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
• 5+ years of indirect tax work experience
• Solid knowledge of sales tax rules and regulations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and high attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate tax issues in a clear and concise manner
• Strong organizational, time management, planning, and prioritization skills
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of key deliverables
• Customer-focused approach with ability to build positive relationships

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with tax automation software and ERP systems
• Knowledge of multistate tax compliance requirements
• Experience with escheat compliance and unclaimed property reporting
• Familiarity with tax research tools and resources
• Experience in the retail industry

Benefits

At Boscov's, we value our employees, and that's why we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package. As a Full-Time member of our team, you will be eligible to receive:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision
• Short term disability/ Long term disability - voluntary
• Life Insurance (company paid)
• 401(k) w/ company match
• Weekly Pay
• Paid vacation
• Liberal employee discount

Work where people love to shop!

Equal Opportunity Employer

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