Description

For over a century, American Packaging Corporation (APC) has been a leading flexible packaging converter for customers throughout North America. We nurture our employees by providing competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs. These are just a few reasons why we were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best Workplaces in the Americas awards for 12 years in a row. APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out, and we consistently seek to improve our internal operations to propel that success into the future.

SENIOR TAX ANALYST

DEPARTMENT: Corporate Finance

REPORTS TO: Manager of Tax, Treasury & Risk

LOCATION: Columbus - Deforest, WI

SUMMARY: The Tax analyst is responsible for supporting the company’s compliance with tax laws and regulations, assisting with annual and quarterly accruals, support tax audits, assisting in the development, implementation, and maintenance of strategies to minimize our taxes, and mentoring interns.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Compliance

• Preparation of annual Federal and State including; coordination with external CPA firm to ensure timely and accurate filings, liase with business units for financial information to support tax compliance workpapers, prepare M-1 adjustments for 1120-S
• Prepare apportionment workpapers for state returns
• Review and trace amounts from 1120-S to workpapers, state returns, and share holder K-1s to ensure accurate filings
• Prepare and/or review monthly, quarterly, and annual Sales, B&O, Franchise, and business filings
• Lead preparation of Form 1099s
• Manage exemption certificate compliance and administration
• Develop and execute monitoring process of APC’s tax footprint; as required own VDA process
• Coordinate and lead specific engagements with third party providers on items like R&D tax credit, LIFO, Unicap, etc..
• Coordinate, review, and prepare tax payments required for corporate and shareholders
• Timely filing of extensions

Advisory

• Provide guidance to business partners internally, vendors, and customers on tax legislation
• Ad-hoc research to support business decisions and planning initiatives
• Support and advise HR on payroll tax requirements including Nexus implications

Planning

• Evaluate and execute on potential PTE filings where shareholders may benefit from a federal deduction
• Drive discussions with third party providers around tax planning to reduce shareholder tax liabilities and/or increase tax benefits
• Support the design and implementation of automated solutions (IT) to better support the tax function at APC
• Manage state credits with COE finance leaders
• Review existing processes and identify areas for streamlining and process improvement

Budget and Reporting

• Develop and own quarterly analysis of APC corporate and shareholder tax liability and cash tax impact
• Owner of all tax accounts and accruals required for month end, quarterly, and annual reporting
• Own and prepare with/without analysis 

Audit

• Lead and be main contact for any Federal and/or State tax audits
• Support COE tax audits in Use, Sales, and Property tax audits

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Effective communication skills, both oral and written
• Excellent time management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Superior organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Competent PC skills, including Microsoft Office Suite with prior experience in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint preferred
• High degree of accuracy and strong attention to detail 
• Ability to handle confidential information
• ERP knowledge a plus
• Comfortable working in Excel with large sets of data
• Preference for prior experience in finance/accounting function
• Understanding of GAAP and IRC tax code
• Preferred experience in pass through entity and payroll tax 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or similar discipline; 3 years of experience in a tax role; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

Basic understanding of finance and accounting.

REASONING ABILITY 

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at 

APC-Careers@americanpackaging.com.