Senior Accountant - Tax

  • Full-time

Company Description

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., is a Fortune 500 publicly traded service based logistics company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The company employs trained professionals in 177 district offices and numerous branch locations located on six continents linked into a seamless worldwide network through an integrated information management system. Services include the consolidation or forwarding of air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing and distribution and customized logistics solutions.

Job Description

Expeditors is seeking a Senior Accountant - Tax to join its US Tax Team. This position requires working from an Expeditors office in the US with immigration qualifications to work in the US; a hybrid or remote work environment is not available. This position will prepare/review state income tax filings, personal property tax filings, indirect tax filings, defend filing positions in audit proceedings, and will assist in income tax research & analysis. This position may work from any location in the US that has an Expeditors office, with multiple locations in the metro Seattle area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required.

• Minimum two years of experience in public accounting and/or industry preparing corporate income tax, sales & use tax and property tax returns.

• Technically proficient and have strong accounting and analytical skills.

• Experience in tax controversy preferred.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient in MS Office applications (specifically Excel), electronic tax compliance systems (preferably, CorpTax), and financial query tools (preferably, Hyperion Financial).

Additional Information

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