TAX AUDITING ASSOCIATE**

About the Role

This is the entry-level class in the Tax Auditor series, responsible for learning to perform professional auditing work of routine difficulty under immediate supervision.

This position is designed as work from home 80%, with one day per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn to develop critical thinking and problem-solving techniques in audit work.
• Learn to plan and prioritize work, schedule appointments, and meet goals or deadlines to maximize continuous workflow.
• Learn to collect and evaluate detailed tax information, verify completeness of records through reconciliations in order to determine tax compliance and/or compute tax liability in accordance with Department of Revenue policy and procedure for office or field audits.
• Learn to pursue knowledge in new tax areas by attending departmental training and ongoing coaching.
• Learn to prepare Audit reports that explain the procedures and findings of the audits to the taxpayer, including attending taxpayer conferences to define the scope of their records in both written and oral form.
• Learn to cite Tennessee state tax law and Department of Revenue positions and record objections from the taxpayer.
• Learn to prepare tax audit correspondence, including responding to inquiries about tax liability and tax law for internal and external customers.
• Learn the policies, procedures, and resources to identify potential audit issues and non-compliance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Computer
• Telephone/headset
• Other standard office equipment
• Motor vehicle

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.
• Qualifying full-time professional experience in accounting or auditing may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.
• OR Six semester (nine quarter) hours of college coursework in accounting and three years of experience as an Accounting Technician or Tax Compliance Technician with the Tennessee Department of Revenue.
• Additional college coursework in accounting may be substituted for the required experience at the rate of six semester (nine quarter) hours for one year of experience with a maximum substitution of twelve semester (eighteen quarter) hours for two years of experience.
• Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants may be required to possess and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator's license and personal vehicle insurance.

Competencies

• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Business Insight
• Instills Trust
• Manages Conflict

Knowledges

• Economics and Accounting
• Customer and Personal Service
• Clerical
• English Language
• Law and Government

Skills

• Active Learning and Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Time Management
• Writing Abilities
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Selective Attention
• Written Comprehension