Tax Researcher

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.  Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance. Position Details:  Industry: Mass Media Work Location: Carrollton, TX   Job Title: Legal Analyst Duration: 3+ month Summary: • The Legal Analyst is responsible for the multi-state tax technical research for various products and services, which entails documentation of the states’ laws regarding taxability of these items and maintaining all records to support our taxability position. • This information will be used to update multiple tax data systems with sales, use, telecommunication, and other special tax rates and rules in U.S. jurisdictions. • Review and analyze test cases for tax scenarios.  Job responsibilities include:  • Research, analyze, and document sales, use and other special tax rate and rule changes.  • Monitor statutes, legislative activity, and tax publications to stay abreast of changes in laws and regulations affecting sales and use tax.  • Enter tax data changes in multiple tax applications.  • Develop and analyze test cases for tax compliance.  • Correspond with state and local tax authorities.  • Research and write memos on complicated sales tax issues.  • Communicate and work with other internal teams to complete timely and correct tax data updates  • Conduct presentations on areas of content responsibility.  • Perform special projects as assigned by management.  Job and work experience requirements:  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance or related field.  • Law degree  • Ability to utilize online research tools (e.g. CCH, Lexis-Nexis, RIA)  Special skills and knowledge requirements:  • Ability to consistently meet rigid and recurring deadlines  • Ability to communicate effectively and handle multiple tasks.  • Knowledge of multi-state sales tax laws and requirements  • Ability to interact successfully with various tax authorities.  • Software systems: Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Access  To schedule an interview, please contact: Monil Narayan, 973-929-3861