Senior Tax Analyst Job in Minneapolis 55420, Minnesota US

POSITION SUMMARY:
This position will support the tax compliance area by providing experience in all phases of tax, sales/use, property, and income. Will assist and be a back-up for Tax Manager as needed.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Prepare the monthly sales tax files (Taxmast) necessary to complete sales tax returns for the Central Regions MB 07 and MB 06.
2. Prepare Annual Secretary of State/Franchise Returns and assist with the business license process.
3. Reconcile activity in the G/L sales tax accounts monthly.
4. Coordinate the sales/use tax audits and work with auditor.
5. Research tax issues and assist with questions from locations.
6. Coordinate and assist with the preparation of the federal tax packages.
7. Responsible for the transport tax activities.

SCOPE DIMENSIONS:
Have 5-7 years experience in all phases of tax with a large company (500+) and filings in 50% of the states.
Ability and knowledge of CCH Tax Research or equivalent programs.

FORMAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
Required Level: Bachelors, Minimum Experience- 1- 5 years.
-Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in the area of Accounting or Finance.
-5-10 years experience in a Tax environment with supervisory responsibilities.
-A high level of compuer literacy is required with particular emphasis on Microsoft EXCEL, ACCESS and WORD -skills; experience with Oracle and Khalix is desired.
-Excellent verbal/written communication and organizational skills, detail oriented, and highly motivated.

KEY COMPETENCY: Assign a relative weight to each Key Competency on a scale of 1 to 5.
Business Focus: Demostrates understanding and applies functional/technical knowledge to the tax process with the understanding of State Statues and Regulations. (5)
Integrity: Act with the highest moral and ethical principles. (5)
Handling Complexity: Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines. (5)
Innovation: Recognizes improvememnt opportunities and developes alternatives while anticipating potential consequences. Demostrates flexibility and creative problem solving. (4)
Stature, Credibility, Respect: Communicate and act in a way that demostrates the highest respect to others and value other’s opinions and decisions. (4)
Team Work: Partner with others to solve tax issues, reach descions and achive objectives. (4)

Looking for a person with a VERY strong sales/use tax background…..filing, state registrations, issue resolution, tax audits, systems, VAT, GST/HST, etc. Needs to be a person that can “run” with the projects with some direction from manager. The projects are already defined but to do them, the contractor needs to know what online resources to access, have a good way with talking with the state tax personnel, be very organized, be able to create documentation on resolution and on how to do some specific activities forward going, etc.