Sr. Tax Accountant - White Plains, NY

The role

The Senior Tax Accountant – Indirect Tax will support the state and local tax function with a focus on sales and use tax, personal property tax, and other indirect tax matters. This person will manage recurring compliance, reconciliations, taxability analysis, notices, audits, and process improvements.

What you will do

• Own and support multistate sales and use tax compliance.
• Support personal property tax compliance including data gathering and return preparation.
• Research and analyze state and local tax issues.
• Review and resolve notices, assessments, audits, and information requests.
• Manage state and local tax registrations and account maintenance.
• Perform reconciliations of tax filings, payments, and general ledger accounts.
• Support indirect tax technology and process administration.
• Work cross-functionally with Accounting, Finance, Accounts Payable, Real Estate, Operations, and Legal.
• Coordinate with external advisors and third-party tax service providers.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and increase automation and AI use.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or a related field.
• 3–4 years of relevant state and local tax experience.
• Public accounting experience with a large national or regional accounting firm, or comparable experience in a complex multistate corporate tax environment.
• Strong understanding of multistate sales and use tax concepts.
• Experience with personal property tax compliance, assessments, or related jurisdictional requirements.
• Experience researching and resolving state and local tax issues and communicating with taxing authorities.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and tax jurisdictions independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Avalara or another sales tax automation and compliance platform.
• Experience working in a Big Four, large national, or large regional public accounting firm with exposure to complex multistate clients.
• Experience with personal property tax software, exemption certificate management, or other indirect tax technology.
• CPA or progress toward CPA

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits that start on day one
• Access to free therapy or counseling
• Paid parental leave, up to 12 weeks at 100% of regular salary
• Inclusive fertility and family-building care
• Unlimited PTO
• Employee referral program
• Casual office attire
• Ability to bring your fur baby to work
• VEG swag
• Food in the fridge
• Free lunches twice a week

About the company

VEG was born in 2014 with a mission to help people and their pets by challenging norms and fixing the ER experience. The company has hospitals nationwide open 24/7/365.