Associate, Indirect Tax

About the Team:

The US Tax Team is based in Newton, MA and supports the four business divisions of RELX in the US.  Its primary responsibility is to provide deep technical expertise on all aspects of tax management. It is part of a global tax team which is headquartered in London and led by the Head of Tax and Treasury. The US Tax Team is a highly visible group and highly business focused. 

RELX Tax has published its tax principles since 2017:   https://www.relx.com/go/TaxPrinciples.

About the Role:

The US Tax Department is a strategic, centralized global organization with primary responsibilities for the US.  The Associate – Indirect Tax will be a key member of the Tax Team, and the successful candidate will bring solid experience in the areas of current and emerging US state and local sales/use tax law.

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Indirect Tax, the Associate – Indirect Tax will be involved in sales/use tax compliance, controversy defense, business support (e.g., product taxability reviews) and other discreet projects. 

Main Tasks and Accountabilities: 

• Managing the outsourced compliance process to ensure that all tax filings and payments are timely filed and paid:
  • Work with our Tax Operations team, businesses, and KPMG (outsourced service provider) to ensure all sales/use tax returns and payments are timely filed and paid.

• Supporting sales and use tax audits across multiple jurisdictions:
  • Understand the applicability of the sales and use tax rules to the Company’s specific facts to advocate and strategize on positions.
  • Work with business contacts and outside providers to gather information and respond to auditor information requests.

• Providing support to and responding to questions from the Company’s businesses.
  • Perform taxability reviews of internally developed product and service offerings.
  • Perform analysis related to RELX’s taxing engines including reviewing updates on taxability, analyzing tax engine codes for applicability, and assisting with UAT activities.

• Assist global indirect tax personnel with U.S. indirect tax inquiries

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• JD, LL.M, or MST CPA not required, but is a plus.
• Experience with state and local indirect tax experience working for an accounting firm or corporation preferred.  Public and private experience is a plus.
• Excellent researching skills using Lexis Advance or a similar research tool.
• Extensive knowledge of indirect taxes in the high technology/e-commerce service industry preferred.
• Experience managing and directing sales and use tax audits across multiple jurisdictions preferred.
• Excellent skills with project management, problem identification and resolution, written and oral communication, and quantitative analysis.
• Experience using Alteryx and/or Tableau is a plus.

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave and study assistance  we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

About the Business

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than 36,000 people over 40% of whom are in North America. The headquarters is in London. The market capitalization is about £60bn ($80bn), making it one of the 10 largest listed companies in the UK. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext and NYSE.

The company has four market segments. It develops information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers in the Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions sectors.

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