Indirect Tax Consulting & Technology Manager

Rea is a growing Top 100 business advisory & accounting firm providing our clients services in tax, accounting, and business consulting. We have a ‘People First’ culture and we focus on our employees’ well-being and professional development. With over 400 professionals and locations throughout Ohio and Florida, our firm has a culture that respects a work-life balance for our team. We also provide competitive compensation and a robust benefits plan.

Our SALT Consulting tax department provides support to our clients with diagnosis of exposure, remedy and structural changes, and ongoing compliance and controversy support.  Primarily, we work with U.S. sales and use tax taxes in multiple state jurisdictions. The Indirect Tax Consulting & Technology Manger (SALT) is involved in most aspects of this practice other than regular tax compliance/return filing.  For this particular position, we are looking for a candidate to balance high-level multi-state tax consulting (nexus, risk analysis) with hands-on sales tax system configurations, custom taxability matrices, and exemption certificate management implementations.  The successful candidate would be involved in sales tax software implementation projects, tax technology process improvements, and general sales and use tax consulting projects.  

Responsibilities

• Assist with nationwide nexus studies for both sales tax, income tax, and other tax types  
• Assist with nationwide risk assessments quantifying exposure for sales tax, income tax, and other tax types  
• Assist clients with indirect tax engine evaluation and selection. 
• Overseeing complex sales tax system implementations for clients with diverse ERP/Ecommerce platforms.  
• Assist with voluntary disclosure projects  
• Prepare memoranda on state and local tax issues/taxability of products or services  
• Maintain active communication with clients – direct client interaction within your first week  

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. degree or equivalent from an accredited university preferred  
• 4-5 years’ experience in state and local experience consulting, specifically sales and use tax. 
• Meeting education requirements for CPA certification or CMI in sales tax (or in line with CMI expectations.   
• Avalara CIP certification. 
• Avalara, Vertex, implementation experience 
• Exemption Certificate Management Experience 
• Ecommerce and ERP experience (NetSuite, Microsoft Business Central, QBO, Shopify, Woo Commerce, Big Commerce) 
• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving, organizational, interpersonal, project management, communication skills and solid Microsoft Suite skills required