Tax Accountant

General Summary:

Daily Instruments is seeking a Tax Accountant to join our rapidly growing accounting & finance team. The qualified Tax Accountant is responsible for preparing and processing all tax payments and returns for the organization. This role requires prior accounting experience, along with extensive knowledge of current law, regulations, and tax requirements. The successful candidate will have a keen attention to detail, be highly organized, and know a significant deal about tax management. The Tax Accountant should also know how to recommend best tax processes that strictly adhere to all legal requirements while simultaneously promoting our company’s financial prosperity.

Objectives of this role:

• Ensure that the organization produces and delivers tax reports to tax authorities in a timely fashion
• Assist with shaping the organization’s financial management strategies
• Identify tax savings opportunities
• Advise and update Executive Management of all tax operations and concerns
• Follow and educate colleagues on current tax regulations and industry trends
• Assist in other tax projects such as ERC or streamlining current processes.
• Align Daily Instrument’s tax presence with all legal rules, regulations and ethical conduct

Essential Job Functions:

• Prepare tax provisions schedules, returns, payments, reports and maintain a company’s tax database
• Find tax solutions to complicated tax issues or errors from incorrect tax filings
• Identify legal tax savings and recommend ways to improve profits
• Use accounting procedures to identify any potential risks for fraud
• Make sure that the organization complies with federal, state and local tax regulations
• Advise Executive Management about the impact of tax liabilities and corporate strategies or new tax laws
• Coordinate outsourced tax preparation work
• Accurately prepare quarterly and annual tax reports
• Keep up-to-date with tax changes and industry trends by participating in educational opportunities, participating in professional organizations, keeping up with professional networks and reading professional publications.

Job Qualifications:

• 3-5 years tax accounting experience in a manufacturing environment or public tax experience
• Thorough understanding of current tax laws, rules, and regulations (sales, federal, state, city, payroll, corporate, franchise, etc.)
• Proven track-record of extensive, up-to-date bookkeeping abilities
• Knowledge of accounting software packages; as well as ERP or SAP, manufacturing/inventory software
• Excellent accounting skills, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Strong Project Management skills, with fluid priorities
• Sharp numeracy, arithmetic abilities
• Deep analytical thinking skills for solving difficult problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Close attention to detail and accuracy
• High degree of computer literacy

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possession of a professional license (ex: certified public accountant license in the United States)
• Significant experience overseeing an organization’s tax documentation
• Self-driven initiative to respond to fluid work environment and rapidly changing priorities
• Enthusiastic team player, Creative thinker, focus on bottom-line results while managing for Total Quality Assurance Compliance

Other:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer other than current employer
• Must be fluent in English with ability to communicate highly technical terms/ideas; any other language skills are beneficial]
• This is primarily a sedentary position, but may require the physical ability to work in a busy shop/warehouse environment including sitting, standing, lifting/moving up to 20 pounds, infrequently.

Daily Instruments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.