Senior Tax Associate, Indirect Tax

Capital One Capital One · Banking · McLean, VA

This role focuses on indirect tax compliance, specifically sales and use tax, for Capital One. Responsibilities include preparing tax returns, journal entries, researching technical tax issues, and responding to audit requests. The role involves partnering with various internal departments to manage tax risk and ensure compliance with sales and use tax laws. An ideal candidate has strong technical knowledge of state and local sales and use tax laws, analytical skills, and good communication abilities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepare indirect tax returns for Capital One Travel, including calculating tax in each jurisdiction
  2. Prepare monthly journal entries to record sales, use and other local tax accruals, taxes paid and use tax expense
  3. Work closely with business units, finance and procurement functions to coordinate data collection, and ensure timely and accurate tax reporting
  4. Partner with the Tax Controversy team to respond to questions from tax auditors
  5. Prepare responses to indirect tax notices

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
  • At least 2 years of tax experience in a public company or accounting firm or law firm or a combination
  • Strong technical knowledge of state and local sales and use tax laws, regulations, and administrative rules
  • Experience preparing and filing indirect tax returns
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

  • Masters of Science (MS) in Tax or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • 3+ years of indirect tax experience, including experience in the travel industry and addressing hotel, accommodations and lodging taxes
  • Direct experience with sales & use tax reporting and payment engines (e.g., Avalara, Vertex, TR One Source)
  • Experience with invoicing and accounts receivable systems for indirect tax collection
  • Experience researching sales and use tax laws and advising companies on the impacts of those laws and regulations
  • Direct experience with the testing and implementation of a sales and use tax reporting and payment engine
  • Experience with Alteryx or other data automation products
  • Experience with Microsoft Suite or Google Suite

What the JD emphasized

  • indirect tax compliance
  • sales and use tax
  • tax returns
  • research technical issues
  • respond to indirect tax audit information requests