Senior Tax Analyst
@ R. L. Polk Mobility LLCSenior Tax Analyst
About the job
Mobility Global, including brands like CARFAX, is building as an independent company. The Senior Tax Analyst will handle tax compliance, reporting, automation, and support various teams to ensure accurate tax processes and strategic insights.
Requirements
- Strong accounting fundamentals
- Proficient in Excel formulas
- Experience with tax software
- Deadline management skills
- Automation and data analysis
Qualifications
- Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance
- Experience with ASC 740
- Knowledge of tax laws
- Strong communication skills
- Problem-solving ability
Full job description
Senior Tax Analyst
Why Mobility Global?
At Mobility Global, our mission is to provide the trusted information that helps billions of people build, sell, and own vehicles with confidence. As we shape the next generation of automotive intelligence through innovation, AI, and industry-leading data, we're creating new opportunities for our customers, our business, and our people.
Join a team singularly focused on transforming the automotive industry. S&P Global Mobility is Mobility Global — the company behind CARFAX, automotiveMastermind, Market Scan, and Polk Automotive Solutions. Our strength comes from our people, and here, the progress you make helps the entire automotive ecosystem move faster and with greater confidence.
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What You'll Do:
Tax Technical & ASC 740 Compliance
- Tax Returns & Calculations: Assist in reviewing federal, state, and non-US corporate income tax returns for a multinational consolidated group. Help prepare and review book-to-tax adjustments and US international tax calculations.
- Financial Reporting (ASC 740): Support quarterly and annual income tax provisions for financial statements. Help draft clear, fully supported tax footnotes, rate reconciliations, and related disclosures.
- Research & Planning: Research federal, state, and local tax laws to ensure compliance, identify tax-saving opportunities, and analyze the tax implications of evolving business activities and corporate initiatives.
Audit Support, Notice Management & Controls
- Audit Support: Compile data and documentation to respond to tax inquiries and support internal or external tax audits.
- Tax Notice Management: Log, track, and monitor incoming corporate tax notices from federal, state, and local authorities. Investigate GL records and prior-year returns to draft technically accurate response packets.
- GL Account Reconciliations: Prepare and maintain comprehensive monthly and quarterly GL account reconciliations for tax accounts (e.g., deferred tax assets/liabilities, income tax payable).
- Tax Payments: Formally initiate, track, and reconcile corporate tax payments with Treasury, securing required management approvals and confirmation documents.
Data Analytics & Process Automation
- Data Extraction & Analysis: Extract and manipulate financial data directly from ledger and ERP systems (e.g., procurement, billing, inventory, HR, payroll) to spot inconsistencies in transactional data and complex system logic.
- Automation Initiatives: Proactively design, test, and implement automated data pipelines to eliminate manual workflows, complex spreadsheet formulas, and VLOOKUP dependencies.
Project Management & Stakeholder Communication
- Compliance Calendar: Proactively manage the tax compliance calendar, tracking deliverables from third-party service providers and managing RFIs for global, federal, state, and local filings.
- Cross-Functional Partnering: Serve as a primary point of contact for ad-hoc requests outside the tax department. Translate complex tax and data logic into clear, actionable business insights for Treasury, IT, Legal, and Accounting leadership.
Key Competencies & Strategic Scope
- Specialized Expertise: Recognized as a subject matter expert who interprets business challenges and develops effective solutions aligned with organizational goals.
- Complex Problem Solving: Capable of resolving highly complex technical tax and data issues while leading initiatives that improve overall performance.
- Influence & Partnership: Influences cross-functional teams, mentors team members, and builds trusted partnerships to achieve key business results.
- Independent Judgment: Exercises significant judgment; decisions directly influence multiple teams, projects, and key business objectives.
What We're Looking For:
Required Technical Skills
- Accounting Foundation: Strong foundation in core accounting fundamentals and US GAAP (specifically ASC 740).
- Advanced Excel Capabilities: High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex lookup/reference formulas, pivot tables, and macros.
- Deadline Management: Proven track record of managing tight statutory timelines across tax authorities, treasury cutoffs, close cycles, and external providers.
Preferred Technical Skills
- Data & Automation Tools: Hands-on proficiency with data automation and ETL tools such as Alteryx or Power Query is highly preferred.
- Tax Software: Experience with enterprise tax systems, particularly Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE tools, is a plus.
- Process Improvement Mindset: Takes initiative to identify manual inefficiencies and propose technical, automated solutions.
- Project & Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage timelines, cross-functional dependencies, and multiple external service providers simultaneously.
- Clear Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex tax matters to non-technical business partners.
The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $120,000. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on a variety of factors, including geographic location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
Mobility Global is committed to providing competitive compensation that reflects local market conditions and individual contributions. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for incentive compensation, long-term incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package, where applicable.
This is a hybrid role with in-office expectations determined by location and subject to change based on evolving business needs.
What’s In It for You
- Competitive compensation package, including base salary and incentive opportunities where applicable.
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for employees and eligible dependents.
- Retirement savings programs, including company matching contributions where available.
- For more information on benefits, please visit us at https://mobilityglobalbenefits.com/ourbenefits
Equal Opportunity Employer
Mobility Global is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and empowered to succeed. We provide reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process and employment for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Recruitment Fraud Alert
Mobility Global will never ask candidates to pay money at any stage of the hiring process, including for applications, interviews, background checks, training, or equipment. If you receive a suspicious communication or request for payment or personal financial information, please exercise caution and report it immediately.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
It is the policy of Mobility to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Mobility will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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