Sr. Tax Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Tax Accountant to support a corporation in Richmond, Virginia. This Long-term Contract opportunity focuses on sales and use tax compliance, including return preparation, tax analysis, and accuracy reviews across source data and reporting. The role offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly sales and use tax filings by compiling data, validating calculations, and completing returns on schedule.
• Investigate tax compliance questions and perform research to support accurate treatment under applicable regulations.
• Maintain and revise tax rate information in tracking spreadsheets as the business expands and adds new entities or locations.
• Examine tax and sales activity to identify fluctuations, explain discrepancies, and highlight unusual variances.
• Review underlying source records for completeness and accuracy to help ensure reporting aligns with tax requirements.
• Support use tax reporting by analyzing transactions and confirming proper taxability and accrual treatment.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to gather financial data needed for compliance reporting and issue resolution.
• Demonstrated experience preparing sales and use tax returns in a corporate or high-volume business environment.
• Strong knowledge of sales tax, use tax, and related compliance practices.
• Ability to research tax issues and apply findings to practical reporting situations.
• Experience analyzing financial data, reconciling variances, and identifying reporting inconsistencies.
• Proficiency in tax preparation and spreadsheet-based work, including maintaining detailed tax rate data.
• Background reviewing source documentation to confirm accuracy and compliance with applicable tax laws.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage recurring deadlines in a flexible part-time schedule.