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Req ID: 440144

This is a hybrid position located at our Houston office

BASIC PURPOSE : The primary purpose of this position is to ensure indirect taxes are accrued, collected, and remitted to taxing authorities accurately, timely, and efficiently. This position will assist in all areas of the tax department as needed.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage audits from taxing jurisdictions

• Analyze returns and communicates trends of inconsistencies to tax leadership

• Assist with and/or implement automation efforts

• Mentor and train tax analysts

• Assist tax leadership with special projects.

• Assist and advise other departments within the company to prevent or resolve tax issues.

• Reconcile work papers as assigned.

• Research and identify applicable tax law

• Review, Prepare and file fuel excise, occupancy, sales and use, and other various tax returns across multiple taxing jurisdictions

• Prepare and file appropriate refunds.

• Assist with amendments of prior returns to correct any past issues.

• Assist with resolving tax notices

• Assist with researching and verify tax rates and tax codes

• Assist with analyzing, configuring, and updating tax software.

• Review contracts for indirect tax implications

• Make recommendations for improvement

• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business

• CPA/CMI a plus

• Experience:

• 2-3 years of sales and use tax or motor fuel tax, accounting, reconciliation, or research

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Skills

• Hard skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suit; operation of standard office equipment

• Soft skills: Strong verbal and oral communication skills; keen attention to detail; self-motivated; the ability to work closely with coworkers to resolve and correct tax issues

• Typical Physical Demands:

• Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping

• Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds

• Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard

• Requires normal range of hearing and vision

Job Function(s): Accounting and Finance

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is the industry-leading travel stop network in the United States. For more than 55 years, we’ve provided customers with highway hospitality and “Clean Places, Friendly Faces.” We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies. We offer meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers and everything needed to get back on the road quickly. The Love’s Family of Companies includes:

• Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets

• Speedco, the light mechanical and trucking service specialists

• Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader

• Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert

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