Tax Specialist

The posting, as SPS North America wrote it

Tax Specialist

Work Setting: Hybrid (in-person/remote)

Location: Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of one of the following locations: New York City, NY; Nashville, TN; or Pittsburgh, PA.

Role Purpose

The Tax Specialist supports tax compliance, reporting, and planning across SPS North America. The role helps optimize the effective tax rate while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, local, Canadian, and international tax requirements and alignment with accounting, legal, and financial reporting standards.

Scope of the Role

• Support tax compliance, reporting, and planning for SPS North America, including coordination of Canadian tax reporting and filings with external tax advisors.
• Cover corporate income tax, sales and use tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, and other applicable business and franchise taxes.
• Assess tax implications of new business activities, contract amendments, expansion into new states, M&A transactions, and transfer pricing requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Tax Compliance & Filing

o Coordinate with external tax advisors on federal, state, and local corporate income tax returns.

o Support sales and use tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, and other business and franchise tax filings.

o Monitor filing obligations and maintain an accurate tax compliance calendar.

o Maintain appropriate documentation and supporting schedules for tax filings.

Nexus & Business Activity Assessments

o Complete and maintain tax nexus analyses by tax type for states in which SPS North America operates.

o Assess potential tax implications before business activities begin in new states.

o Perform sales and use tax analyses for new business opportunities and amendments to existing customer contracts.

o Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify potential tax exposures and recommend appropriate actions.

Tax Reporting & Accounting

o Support tax reporting in alignment with applicable accounting, legal, and financial reporting standards.

o Perform return-to-provision (RTP) calculations to support the company's tax positions during year-end audits and serve as the primary point of contact for tax-related inquiries from external auditors.

o Review tax depreciation and related deferred tax impacts recorded in IFRS financial statements.

o Maintain tax attributes, tax elections, and applicable tax credits, including empowerment-related credits.

Tax Audits & Technical Analysis

o Coordinate tax audits and inquiries in collaboration with external tax advisors.

o Gather supporting documentation, respond to information requests, and assist in resolving audit matters.

o Support Section 382 limitation studies and other technical tax analyses, as required, in collaboration with external advisors.

o Conduct tax research to identify potential compliance risks and business implications.

Canada, M&A & Transfer Pricing

o Coordinate Canadian tax reporting and filings with external tax
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