What are the responsibilities and job description for the Indirect Tax Analyst position at Best Buy?
As the Indirect Tax Analyst, you’ll be responsible for supporting the ongoing management of the indirect tax audit inventory to comply with state/local tax laws, mitigate risks, pursue refunds for overpaid tax and investigate/resolve issues discovered within audit. You will manage a portfolio of audits, utilizing reporting functionality to collect audit related information, proactively evaluating tax exposure, developing and implementing audit strategies to defend tax positions and maintaining successful auditor relationships. Additionally, the Indirect Tax Analyst will review preliminary/final work papers, create work plans to reduce assessments and make recommendations to the management.
This role is hybrid, which means you will work some days at our corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
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:
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 work some days at our corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota, and some days virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
- Obtain, organize, and validate data to support audit defense.
- Manage audit workflows, e.g. audit repositories for tracking/reporting purposes.
- Perform data analysis and support reverse audit projects to ensure accurate sales and use tax compliance and identification/capture of refund opportunities.
- Preparation of audit submissions and audit work paper review.
- Manage a small portfolio of audits.
- Create and maintain relationships with tax auditors for successful negotiation of tax positions.
- Negotiation of tax positions supported by factual and legal analysis.
- Timely communication of audit results to management.
- Provide guidance on the implementation of audit strategies and support business operation risk mitigation efforts.
- Cross-functional collaboration and coordination with other areas of tax (Indirect Tax Compliance, Planning and Systems/Ops teams) to achieve optimal audit results, advance Indirect Tax efforts and provide education on issues creating audit assessments.
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field
- 1 or more years of experience in corporate tax, public accounting, or other relevant experience
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills
- Strong analytical/investigative skills
- Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
- Intermediate organization and project management skills
- High level of ethics, integrity, judgment, discretion and confidentiality
- Advanced experience with Oracle, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Tax Software such as Vertex
- Experience in accounting or sales, use and excise tax within a retail organization.
- Experience with data/analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Power Apps and Tableau
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
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.