What are the responsibilities and job description for the Indirect Tax Analyst - Audit position at Best Buy?
As the Indirect Tax Analyst, you’ll support the ongoing management of indirect tax audits to help ensure compliance with state and local tax laws, mitigate risk, and identify refund opportunities. In this role, you’ll manage a portfolio of audits, analyze data, develop audit strategies, and partner with auditors and cross-functional teams to defend tax positions and achieve optimal outcomes. You’ll play a key role in resolving complex tax issues, communicating audit results, and driving continuous improvement across indirect tax processes.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
- Obtain, validate, and analyze data to support tax audit defense and compliance activities
- Manage a portfolio of indirect tax audits, including audit tracking, submissions, and workpaper review
- Develop and implement audit strategies to defend tax positions and reduce assessments
- Review preliminary and final audit work papers, develop plans to reduce assessments, and provide recommendations to management
- Build and maintain relationships with tax auditors and communicate audit results to management
- Partner with tax and business teams to mitigate risk, improve processes, and identify refund opportunities
- Negotiation of tax positions supported by factual and legal analysis
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field—or equivalent experience
- 1 years of corporate tax, public accounting, or related experience
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, and investigative skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Advanced experience with Oracle, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Tax Software such as Vertex
- Experience with sales, use, or excise tax in a retail environment
- Experience with data and analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Power Apps, or Tableau
- Experience managing indirect tax audits and auditor relationships
- Knowledge of state and local indirect tax regulations
What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Physical and mental well-being support
Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Position Type: Full time