TAX Accounting (AVP) – Financial Services
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
Industry: International Financial Services
Reports To: SVP, Accounting
An international financial institution is seeking an experienced Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Accounting to join its U.S. team in New York City.
This role is responsible for overseeing the company’s tax compliance activities, managing relationships with third-party tax preparers, ensuring accurate general ledger entries, and supporting broader accounting operations as needed.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in tax reporting, solid accounting expertise, and experience working within financial services organizations. This is a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance and maintaining the integrity of financial reporting.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage relationship with 3rd party tax providers, responding to requests for data in order to meet various government imposed due dates.
- Coordinate the tax responsibilities with the Accounting SVP to meet regulatory requirements.
- Provide sales tax guidance to other departments as necessary in the course of getting a new loan or lease ready for funding.
- Review, approve and maintain sales tax exemptions for new contracts.
- Provide monthly sales tax data to the 3rd party provider, ensuring that all tax liabilities are submitted for payment.
- Record payment of sales tax to the accounting system each month.
- Monitor and maintain a list of contract equipment that would be subject to property tax. Provide the list to the 3rd party preparer as requested.
- Ensure that all paid property tax is invoiced back to the customer for collection.
- Prepare annual tax data requested by the 3rd party preparer for the calculation of income tax.
- Ensure that all tax payments, extension payments, and other income tax related payments are made in a timely manner and recorded in the accounting system.
- Calculate the annual deferred tax and income tax expense true up along with the SVP of Accounting.
- Reconcile the tax accounts on the balance sheet to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting records.
- Any other tax related assignments, along with accounting operations such as AP and AR.
Qualifications and Skills
- BA / BS (or equivalent experience) – preferred Accounting or Finance.
- 2-6 years of experience in an accounting or finance role with a focus on tax compliance.
- Experience with sales tax, property tax, and income tax reporting.
- Knowledge of USGAAP, financial regulations, and compliance standards.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to decision-making.
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure and time constraint.
- Must have intermediate skills with excel to handle multiple manual processes, using formula like vlookup, sumif and pivot tables.
- Strong background in financial reporting and accounting controls in a small to mid-sized organization.
- Japanese language skills are a strong plus but not required.
To apply, please send your resume to nkagaya@pasona.com