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.