What are the responsibilities and job description for the Indirect Tax Analyst position at Best Buy?
As the Indirect Tax Analyst, you’ll play a key role supporting the ongoing maintenance of the transaction tax technology solutions and processes to comply with state and local tax laws. You will mitigate risks, respond to customer sales tax and fee inquiries, and investigate and resolve identified issues. You’ll support maintenance of the Vertex sales and use tax applications, as well as related applications. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, interest in developing new technical skills, and the ability to collaborate with internal tax teams to ensure accurate and compliant sales tax processes.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
Basic qualifications
Preferred qualifications
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:
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.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
- Maintain and update the Vertex tax application, including tax drivers, taxability mappings, location setups, tax assist lookup tables, and more.
- Investigate and resolve customer sales tax inquiries by obtaining relevant data, researching taxability issues, and providing clear, accurate, and timely responses.
- Maintain accurate taxability for marketplaces.
- Configure taxability for use tax on procurement.
- Participate with periodic Vertex tax content updates.
- Participate in fiscal period close tax compliance activities.
- Assist with business operation risk mitigation efforts.
- Assist with testing tax applications as a part of projects, application patching, and holiday preparation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other areas of Indirect Tax (Tax Audit, Compliance, Planning, and Operation teams) to support periodic/seasonal efforts, and other Indirect Tax efforts.
Basic qualifications
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills
- Strong research/investigative skills
- Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
- Intermediate organization and documentation skills
- High level of ethics, integrity, judgment, discretion, and confidentiality
Preferred qualifications
- Associates or Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
- 2 or more years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Office applications and tax applications such as Vertex
- Experience in accounting or sales, use, and excise tax within a retail organization
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.