Tax Business Consultant—Sales & Use Tax
Global service provider is looking for a Tax Business Consultant within the Sales & Use arena to be responsible for determining Sales & Use tax client solutions. Potential candidate will use their knowledge of both indirect taxes and business processes to prepare transaction tax scenarios, offering prospective clients practical automation solutions for the demands of determining, calculating, and recording transaction taxes. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Establishing strong relationships with customers/client tax professionals and providing business process consulting to ensure clients achieve maximum business return
• Working with for the Manager of Business Consultants to manage multiple customer prospects and develop client business cases, as well as actively identifying and pursuing transaction issues for prospective customers, participating in proposal development, and participating in product demonstrations
• Working with the account executives to achieve sales targets, qualify potential clients’ indirect tax situations, lower total cost of tax compliance, and strategize key accounts and opportunities
• Identifying industry trends, evaluating capability enhancements, and validating business cases with the Product Management and Tax Research departments
• Developing and maintaining demonstration tools and service descriptions with the Marketing department and the rest of the Sales Consulting team
• Delivering product/service enhancement presentations and trainings prior to releases to Corporate Sales with the Product Management and Engineering departments
Qualified candidates will fulfill the following requirements:
• 5+ years of expertise in Sales & Use tax consulting
• 5+ years of experience working in a customer-facing role or within a customer-facing team
• Consultative Sales & Use tax services selling experience
• Familiar with ERP (Oracle, SAP) and other financial systems and interaction with the tax returns
• Dealing with tax authorities on Sales & Use tax audits
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and oral communication abilities and training skills/experience
• Willing to travel to meet with the tax teams of clients and prospective customers
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, taxation, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Preferred skills:
• MST, JD – LLM Taxation, MBA, or equivalent financial/business experience
• Experience with an EU Governmental Sales & Use tax/customs agency
• Foreign work experience and foreign language skills
• Experience with a Big 4 firm
This position is located in California with relocation assistance provided.
If you meet these criteria please send your resume to cindy@velocityt.com.
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