Tax Director

Overview

Work Where it Matters

Akima is not just another global enterprise and federal contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At Akima, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, Akima provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, Akima delivers agile solutions in the core areas of facilities, maintenance, and repair; information technology; logistics; protective services; systems engineering; mission support; furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E); and construction.

As an Akima employee , you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

Job Summary:

Responsible for the overall tax function, which includes tax planning and strategy, tax research, tax accounting, preparing all Corporate State and Local income apportionment schedules, and manage process around state and local transaction tax compliance. The specific areas of tax compliance include state income tax, sales and use tax, international tax, VAT, gross receipts tax, property tax, and business license tax

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of appropriate technical tax conclusions, ensure proper filing of tax returns and provide assistance with data collection, compilation and tax advisement.

• Research and analyze U.S. state and international tax issues including SOFA and/or Tax Treaty applicability.

• Advise business and functional leaders on tax risks/opportunities on contracts and other proposed transactions.

• Minimize audit exposure by ensuring compliance within the various subsidiaries.

• Ability to work with and assist Company's upper management with Tax research and analysis on state and local compliance issues, project control, procurement, accounts payable and billing issues.

• Develop and maintain internal sales and use tax training and taxation guides and implementation of tax minimization strategies.

• Prepare technical and non-technical memoranda and correspondence for files and internal subsidiaries.

• Manage state and local tax audits in a timely and professional manner.

• Assist on managing external tax advisors as needed.

• Review all state and local tax returns including sales, use, gross receipt, personal property, business license, and VAT returns.

• Review and approve all Tax Check requests and ACH Requests.

• Manage and/or assist internally with Tax environment within Deltek's Cost Point.

• Capital Fixed Asset and depreciation review including maintaining acquisitions and dispositions, running various Cognos reports, reviewing and updating direct project expense allocations and monthly depreciation calculations.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong process engineering skills and extremely detail oriented.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adhere to strict deadlines is critical.Bachelor's degree in business administration with an accounting major.

• Strong Excel and accounting systems skills.

• 10 years of general tax experience (Experience with a Big 4 or Mid-size accounting firm or large corporate tax department of a multinational company is a plus).

• CPA Certification preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).

Job: Finance & Accounting

Travel: None

Organization: Akima

Clearance: Not Applicable

Work Type: Hybrid

Remote: No

ReqID: 2024-11671