Syniverse is the world’s most connected company. We reach more people and devices than anyone on Earth, empowering you to transform how you connect, engage, and exchange with the world.
Syniverse seeks an energetic and highly motivated self-starter to join our Tampa, Florida Tax Department as a Tax Senior as we expand our domestic and indirect tax function to support the needs of the future.
Join the Syniverse team and experience firsthand how a U.S.-based multinational technology company meets the challenges of an evolving and progressively more complex global tax landscape, particularly in the digital service space.
Additional Information
Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will be a results-oriented, strategic thinker who enjoys working in a dynamic environment full of opportunities for growth and development.
What does Syniverse offer?
• Opportunity to work with an engaged tax team that is invested in your professional development
• Experience working in a U.S. based multinational technology company with multi-state operations, customers in over 200 countries, and the global tax exposure that comes with that profile
• Competitive salary and employee benefits (including, but not limited to, group health/vision/dental insurance, life/disability insurance, matching 401(k) plan, generous paid time off/holiday schedule, flexible work environment, maternity/paternity leave, access to affordable telemedicine, employee assistance programs, workplace retirement plan, and tuition reimbursement)
Duties
Position will work within a high-caliber team of tax professionals both in the U.S. and abroad to satisfy tax reporting requirements, defend historical tax positions, and capitalize on tax planning opportunities globally.
INCOME TAX COMPLIANCE AND TAX ACCOUNTING
• Prepare federal income tax and multi-state apportionment and tax attribute work papers and coordinate with external advisors for return processing
• Provide support for annual and interim ASC 740 tax provisions including support for annual audit and quarterly reviews with external auditors
• Preparation of tax-related reconciliations
• Prepare estimated tax and extension analysis and coordinate the processing of payments
• Monitor and research federal, state, and local income tax legislative changes to ensure compliance with rapidly changing taxation and capitalize on opportunities
• Research tax notices received and correspond with the taxing authority as needed
• Provide support, as necessary and often in coordination with external advisors, for federal,  state, and local income tax audits
• Indirect tax compliance and tax accounting
• Prepare work papers and coordinate with external advisors for processing of multi-state sales and use tax returns, business licenses, property tax, and other similar filings
• Prepare Canadian PST, HST, and GST returns
• Confirm and maintain proper taxation of products, with support from foreign colleagues and external tax advisors, ensuring necessary changes are implemented seamlessly
• Coordinate and maintain state registrations, customer exemption certificates, and reseller exemption certificates
• Monitor and research indirect tax legislative changes globally, including developments in digital service tax and often with support from external tax advisors, to ensure compliance with evolving taxation of technology and digital services
• Provide support, as necessary and often in coordination with external advisors, for indirect tax audits
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting or finance; Master’s in taxation and/or CPA preferred
• 3-5 years of tax/accounting experience with a public accounting firm and/or a tax department of a multi-state corporation
• Possesses an attention to detail and strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to drive tasks to completion autonomously
• Strong forensic accounting skills, including the ability to collect, prepare and analyze data and information to reconstruct, detect, support, or refute a position and ensure that explanation provided reconciles with the underlying data
• Exceptional written, presentation, and communication skills including the ability to translate technical tax issues clearly and succinctly to individuals without technical tax backgrounds
• Proficient in Excel
• Experience with OneSource Tax Provision, data analytical software, and/or SAP a plus
Job Type: Full time