What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Tax Specialist position at Delta Air Lines?
How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)
We are seeking a highly skilled Sales Tax Specialist with strong technology expertise in SAP and Vertex or a similar tax engine to join our dynamic tax team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with sales and use tax laws, leveraging technology to optimize tax processes, and supporting system implementations and upgrades. This role requires a combination of tax technical knowledge, software proficiency, and problem-solving skills to enhance efficiency and accuracy in sales tax operations.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Use Tax Compliance
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way.
Why You'll Love Delta
We are seeking a highly skilled Sales Tax Specialist with strong technology expertise in SAP and Vertex or a similar tax engine to join our dynamic tax team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with sales and use tax laws, leveraging technology to optimize tax processes, and supporting system implementations and upgrades. This role requires a combination of tax technical knowledge, software proficiency, and problem-solving skills to enhance efficiency and accuracy in sales tax operations.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Use Tax Compliance
- Manage and support sales and use tax compliance, including tax return preparation, filing, and remittance
- Research and analyze sales tax laws, regulations, and rulings to ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions
- Assist in handling sales tax audits, including responding to notices and inquiries from tax authorities
- Advise internal stakeholders on sales tax implications for business transactions, system changes, and process improvements
- Work with SAP and Vertex or similar tax engine to ensure accurate tax calculations and reporting
- Collaborate with IT, finance, and tax teams to troubleshoot and resolve tax-related system issues
- Support implementation and upgrades of SAP and Vertex or similar tax engine for sales tax automation
- Identify opportunities to streamline tax processes using automation and technology
- Analyze large datasets from SAP to ensure accuracy, detect discrepancies, and enhance reporting capabilities
- Assist in developing and documenting best practices for sales tax processes and system controls
- Minimum 4 years of sales and use tax experience, preferably in a corporate tax or consulting environment
- Proficiency working in SAP and Vertex or similar tax engine
- Strong understanding of U.S. sales and use tax law
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong attention to details in order to analyze large datasets and create reports using Excel, Power BI, or similar tools
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
- Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
- Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, tax, information systems, or a related field
- Experience with tax automation projects or system implementations
- Knowledge of SQL, Alteryx, or other data analytics tools for tax data analysis
- CPA, CMI, or other relevant tax certification
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way.
Why You'll Love Delta
- Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
- Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
- World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
- Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
- Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
- Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare