Tax Accountant I, Transactional Tax at Crown Castle in Canonsburg, PA

Job description

• Position Title: Tax Accountant I, Transactional Tax (P1)
• For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.
• Entry-level role with focus areas including sales, use, and similar transactional taxes. This includes interpreting and applying the laws of all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and Canada, including county and municipal taxing authorities. This position will work closely with the Director Tax and Senior Tax Accountant to ensure Crown’s transactional tax compliance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assist outside consultants in the completion of the transaction tax returns.
• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly transaction tax billing reports, general ledger account reconciliations and tax compliance data files.
• Prepare tax billing adjustments and journal entries.
• Perform tax research to assess the taxability of products, services, and customers.
• Responsible for setup and routine maintenance of transaction tax software.
• Setup, administration, and filing of electronically filed transaction tax returns, including periodic reviews to identify necessary sales and use tax registrations.
• Respond to sales and use tax notices.
• Administer sales tax exemption certificates for customers and vendors.
• Monitor Sales Tax ServiceNow ticketing queue for routine sales and use tax requests from Crown Castle business partners and external parties. Assist with collecting-audit defense information.
• Assist with other duties and projects related to transaction taxes as needed.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of Vertex, Avalara, or similar sales tax software application preferred but not required
• Working knowledge with accounting systems and software preferred
• Ability to work collaboratively in an office environment
• Ability to interact professionally and communicate effectively with vendors, customers and Crown Castle business partners
• Software skills and application knowledge, including AI tools and the Microsoft suite of products preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Zero (0) to one (1) or more years of relevant work or academic experience
• Transaction tax experience preferred, but not required

Skills

Required

• Accounting systems and software
• AI tools
• Microsoft suite of products

Benefits

• At Crown Castle, we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.
• We are proud to offer a full suite of health and wealth benefits for you and your loved ones. Below are a few of the key highlights of the many benefits we provide.
• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.
• The pay range offered for this position is $27.60 - $37.98 per hour. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.