Director SALT ITO PwC Houston

Job Description: • 2-minute read •
For companies with substantial sales or purchasing volumes, making accurate taxability decisions around each transaction is important to manage indirect tax costs. However, making these decisions is not always easy. The processes and systems that support indirect tax reporting cut across not just tax, but other functions within the organization. As a result, the indirect tax function is inherently decentralized, leading to inefficient processes, inaccurate data and, perhaps more significantly, excess costs.

Addressing these issues is critical in today's regulatory environment as companies are forced to shift their focus from tax compliance to tax accounting. Companies need indirect tax processes and supporting systems that provide real-time access to transactional data across functions to make accurate, timely, well-informed tax decisions to avoid over/underpayment of indirect taxes.

PwC works with companies to evaluate and enhance indirect tax processes and/or systems to get better control over data and manage costs, including implementation of technology.
Position/Program Requirements Minimum Years of Experience: 8

Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Certification(s) Required: CPA, Enrolled Agent or Member of the Bar Accounts Payable Manager, Accounts Payable Specialist, Certified Accounts Payable Professional or Certified Member of Institute for Professionals in Taxation

Degree(s) Preferred: Juris Doctorate with Accounting or Tax, or Master's degree in Taxation

Knowledge Preferred:
Demonstrates proven expertise and success leading a practice, emphasizing the direction of client engagements involving the evaluation and enhancement of clients? indirect tax processes and/or systems to get better control over data and manage costs, including:
State and local tax sales and use tax laws, regulations, policies and procedures
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Tax planning, restructuring, due diligence, audit defense, reverse audits and state controversy work.
Utilization of Sales Tax software applications, such as Vertex, Avalara.
Sales and use tax implications on FAS 5 and software tools available to automate sales and use tax compliance decisions.

Skills Preferred:
Demonstrates proven expert-level technical skills in a wide range of multistate sales and use tax matters, including the following:
FAS 5, reverse audits, tax planning, consulting, compliance, automation, mergers and acquisitions, controversy and audit defense.
Management and oversight of implementations of Sales Tax software applications.
Process improvement and technology implementation with respect to indirect taxes, including Sales & Use, VAT, and Excise taxes.
Implementation of sales tax software tools in the context of ERP implementations and upgrades.
Demonstrates proven expert-level abilities and success with identifying and addressing client needs: developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection.
Demonstrates proven expert-level abilities and success as a team leader, leading teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.

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