What are the responsibilities and job description for the (Temporary) Part-time Accounting/Tax Specialist position at APIC?
Brief Description
Knowledge/Skills:
- NOTE: This is a Remote Temporary Part-Time opportunity anticipated to end in end of 2025/early 2026.
- Sales tax nexus research
- Support Avalara risk assessment by gathering data on nexus, product taxability, and transaction volumes.
- Assist with Avalara implementation tasks such as:
- Mapping product codes to tax categories.
- Reviewing and reconciling tax reports.
- Request and collect sales tax exemption certificates from customers
- Assist with preparation and filing of sales tax returns (or assist with data prep).
- Support internal controls and process documentation for tax workflows.
- Help with onboarding new states or jurisdictions into Avalara.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Avalara AvaTax Experience (preferred but not required).
- Self-motivated and capable of managing tasks independently while following established procedures.
- Attention to detail in reviewing tax rates, exemption forms, and reconciling tax data.
- Strong skills in Excel spreadsheets for data analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Experience organizing and maintaining documents in SharePoint.
- Accounting/tax knowledge; understanding of general ledger, accounts receivable/payable, and tax accruals.
- Customer Service Skills: ability to request and follow up on exemption certificates professionally.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration; comfortable working with IT, finance, and operations teams during Avalara implementation.
- Clear and professional verbal and written communication for internal and external correspondence.