State and Local Tax, Telecom Associate

About the Role

CLA is seeking State and Local Tax, Telecom Associates for their Atlanta, GA location.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates, compiles, analyzes, and distributes accurate and timely information to prepare and file documents related to telephony regulatory matters and compliance functions.
• Assists with the preparation and filing of revisions to regulatory documents.
• Prepares correspondence and responsive materials to third parties and regulatory authorities.
• Tests basic tax mapping scenarios within the CLA tax lab and/or clients’ tax engines to ensure appropriate and expected tax results.
• Supports testing and implementation of systems and/or process changes to increase efficiencies or ensure conformance with tax rules.
• Reviews jurisdictional laws pertaining to exemptions and validates forms provided by clients’ customers to ensure good-faith standards are met and help indemnify clients from tax liability.
• Contributes to the development of requirements for new and existing client projects.
• Works with clients to understand and resolve general and complex customer issues and achieve appropriate results.
• Prepares and imports data files using Databricks and other ETL tools.
• Handles routine client tax data-related questions and works with clients to collect necessary information, including understanding the billing systems and processes represented by the data.
• Completes data-related research and special projects as needed.
• Works within time constraints and manages multiple tasks against critical deadlines.
• Manages and prioritizes workloads during first-of-month import processing periods.
• Analyzes indirect tax and regulatory data to identify inconsistencies or issues with underlying data under limited supervision.
• Participates in other operational and strategic projects or duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree required – Degree in Accounting or Finance strongly preferred.
• General knowledge of accounting principles and reporting of financial data.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Proficient with Microsoft (MS) Windows and Office products.
• Reliable transportation and willingness to travel to client sites.
• Experience preparing and importing data files using Databricks and other ETL tools.
• Experience analyzing indirect tax and regulatory data.