International company with more than $60 billion in managed assets, serving 2.3 million customers,  seeks a Senior Tax Audit Analyst.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

---Assist tax audit manager in preparing for income / franchise, sales, property & premium taxes audits.
---Responsible for collecting all tax audit related information. Work closely with tax auditors to provide responses to notices under instruction of tax managers.
---Coordinate on combined state income / franchise tax audits to achieve optimal audit results.
---Proactively evaluate tax exposures and develop audit strategies to defend tax positions.
---Work closely with business leaders to provide guidance in implementation audit strategies and provide support to business operations to minimize exposure of tax audits.
---Timely communicate to internal customers tax audit status. Project potential cost of tax audits and work with Tax / Financial Reporting to assess impact of tax audits on financial statements.
---Work with tax managers on special tax projects including but not limited to amended return filings.
---Assist implementation of Like-Kind-Exchange related projects
---Conduct tax research on tax audit and other tax project related issues (changes to International, Federal, State, Local tax codes).
---Support compliance with income, sales & property taxes laws. Assist in tax return preparation during busy season.

PROFILE:

---Minimum 5 years or more experience at a Big 4 accounting firm and /or private industry
---Excellent communication skills
---Strong tax compliance experience
---Strong tax audit experience
---Strong tax research skills
---Strong analytical ability & problem solver
---BS in Accounting or related area
---Master in Business Taxation or LLM desired
---CPA and/or JD required
---Excel and Access, Peoplesoft, CORPTax compliance software experience a plus.