Senior Tax Accountant - BWI Airport, United States - Veridian National Search

Description

• Role is hybrid - 2x per week in office
• Targeting 3+ years of experience, strong tax, or internal payroll experience, helping with 941 and state filings, strong excel skills, will look at straight public accounting experience or public/private mix
• Focus is on employment tax
• Higher education experience is a plus
• Tuition benefits for employees and their children

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or related field
• Three years of progressively responsible related work experience. If a bachelor's degree is in an unrelated field, four years of progressively responsible experience is required
• Additional education may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

• Preparation and review of federal and state employment tax returns and/or tax remittances.
• Preparation and review of state unemployment tax returns and/or remittances.
• Review of federal and state correspondence related to employment and unemployment taxes and preparation of draft response letters for manager review.
• Preparation of reports, account reconciliations, work papers and journal entries as part of the tax return preparation process.
• Development and execution of analytical reviews designed to ensure accuracy and completeness of data sets related to employment taxes.
• Employment record set-up and treaty facilitation for international students and scholars.
• Providing tax technical support to various University stakeholders related to employment, tuition reporting, vendor reporting and nonresident tax reporting and withholding.
• Tax research projects related to employment, tuition reporting, vendor reporting and nonresident tax reporting.
• Identification and implementation of work process improvements.
• Preparation of materials to inform administrators about various federal and state tax compliance related to their department.
• Presentations to groups and individuals, providing information relating to special tax issues, such as residency status and international tax treaties.
• Other special projects as assigned by the management team.