Senior Tax Analyst - Indirect Tax

About the role

Ecolab has established a Latin American Tax and Statutory Accounting Center of Excellence (COE) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is expanding it with a U.S. indirect tax Senior Tax Analyst role supporting U.S. sales and use tax work. The role covers all aspects of indirect tax, including data provision to a third-party tax return preparer, payment processing, GL reconciliations, audit support and reserve calculations. It reports to the COE Tax Senior Manager in Buenos Aires, with direction from the U.S. Indirect Tax Manager in St. Paul, MN.

Key responsibilities

• Review monthly SAP reports used for U.S. sales and use tax reporting and upload the data to the external tax return preparer.
• Review fixed asset and inventory reports for annual personal property tax returns and coordinate with the outside property tax firm.
• Analyze sales data, Workday and other tools to determine employee count by jurisdiction for the annual business license process, maintain business license files and support business units.
• Support monthly tax payments, including coding for accounting purposes, and use annual estimates of real estate, personal property and business license costs to set up recurring journal entries; reconcile accounts monthly.
• Monitor the sales tax exemption certificate inbox, answer basic U.S. sales tax questions, research state tax rules and collaborate with the U.S. indirect tax team.
• Prepare responses to audit data requests (sales and purchases by state, fixed asset records) and coordinate with the fixed asset team, AP, AR and others.
• Finalize tax account reconciliations, monitor online tax accounts and notices, and work with an external service provider on resolving notices.

Required profile

• Senior Tax Analyst-level role with 4+ years of experience in a relevant position.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, processes and account reconciliation.
• Hands-on experience with U.S. indirect tax matters (sales and use tax, property tax, business licenses) and working knowledge of U.S. state and local tax regulations.
• Analytical skills, verbal and written communication, stakeholder interaction, willingness to learn new tools, collaborative attitude and English fluency.

Required skills

• SAP or similar ERP experience preferred.
• Microsoft Excel and Word; Alteryx, Power BI or similar tools preferred.
• Ability to automate and standardize monthly and quarterly data management and reconciliation processes.