Accounting Specialist

Accounting Specialist – Exciting Industry!

About the Company and Accounting Specialist role:

• This client is a growing tech company.
• This opportunity is a hybrid role in Hillsboro, OR.
• They offer highly competitive comp packages and benefits including Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance along with PTO and a 4% 401(K) match.
• A former employee says: “Really nice people. Feels like everyone's on the same team and there's not the adversarial approach that sometimes happens between different groups.”

What You'll Do as the Accounting Specialist:

• Assist with federal and state income tax audits and inquiries from tax authorities.
• Assist with research on various federal, state, and international tax issues.
• Assist with Sales & Use tax compliance and advisory support to the business operations.
• Accounting Specialist will assist with International Tax issues including VAT/GST compliance, reporting and planning, and special projects as needed, including coordination with other departments and foreign offices. Supports specific global income tax issues throughout tax reporting life cycle (planning/forecasting, tax accounting, compliance, and audit).
• Contributes to overall international/domestic tax planning by preparing scenarios of alternative outcomes and fact patterns; calculates, documents, and effectively explains cost, benefits, and risks.
• Effectively utilizes available technology and internal reporting tools to gather and analyze data to support complex calculations. Identifies and implements improvements to the underlying work papers.
• The Accounting Specialist will navigates organization to expand network of cross-functional peers both in order to assist in support of compliance and reporting efforts
• Tax Financial Reporting
  • Assist with preparing quarterly and annual worldwide consolidated income tax provision calculations under ASC 740.
  • Assist with preparation and reconciliation of uncertain tax positions, deferred tax assets/liabilities, income tax payable, and effective tax rate including financial statement disclosures.
• Federal and State Income Tax Compliance
  • Prepare federal and state income tax returns and supporting schedules.
  • Prepare federal and state extension and estimated tax payment calculations.
  • Coordinate of R&D credit, Foreign Derived Intangible Income deduction studies and other complex tax provisions.
  • Prepare and maintain federal, state, and ADS fixed asset depreciation schedules.

What You'll Need as an Accounting Specialist:

• Experience working with tax software (CorpTax) and financial reporting tools.
• Working knowledge of ASC 740, income tax laws, and ability to research complex tax issues.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Office products (primarily Excel and Word).
• Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

What You'll Need To Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or CPA candidate, MST preferred
• 2+ years of relevant corporate tax experience. May include public accounting experience.

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