What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Accountant - Indirect Tax position at AccruePartners?
The Team You Will Be Joining
- Privately-held, diversified equipment and services organization with operations across the Southeast
- Financially strong and steadily growing with a legacy of industry leadership
- Multi-entity enterprise supporting manufacturing, sales, rentals, and service operations
- Known for strong leadership and a collaborative company culture
- Committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and empowering its teams
- A respectful, employee-first environment with long-tenured team members across departments
- Business casual dress code and open communication at every level of the company
- Opportunities for professional growth and leadership exposure
- Ongoing system implementations and process improvement initiatives that create opportunity for innovation
- Family-friendly company events, employee recognition, and transparency from leadership through forums, newsletters, and direct engagement
- Prepare and file multi-state indirect tax returns (sales, use, excise, and heavy equipment tax) for all legal entities across the enterprise
- Serve as the primary contact for operations teams to resolve tax-related inquiries, including exemption support, billing issues, and miscellaneous tax concerns
- Manage and maintain tax exemption certificates using Vertex, ensuring system accuracy and compliance
- Perform quarterly audits of exempt transactions to confirm proper documentation and audit readiness
- Reconcile sales and use tax accounts monthly using SAP and Vertex, with thorough documentation
- Review and validate accrued use tax from AP, including invoice review and correcting inaccurate entries
- Coordinate indirect tax audits, including preparation of documentation and responses for sales, use, and excise tax reviews
- Monitor and prepare entries for monthly sales tax reserves across multiple business units
- Register for new sales tax, business licenses, and related obligations based on jurisdictional sales analysis
- File quarterly and annual returns for heavy equipment tax and remit excise tax payments semimonthly
- Utilize Alteryx to maintain and improve tax-related workflows and data transformation
- Participate actively in SAP and Vertex ERP implementation projects, with potential to serve as Team Lead for Vertex integrations
- Provide process improvement recommendations, participate in training development, and support change management initiatives
- Assist and potentially lead junior team members on compliance tasks and special projects
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in sales and use tax or indirect tax compliance
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and experience with SAP
- Experience with Vertex preferred; knowledge of other platforms like Avalara is a plus
- CPA candidate preferred
- Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and a collaborative work ethic
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-volume, multi-jurisdictional tax filings with accuracy and efficiency