Employment Opportunities

Company: Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
Position: Tax Accountant
Location: Orange, CA
Contact: Adriana Estrada
(310) 316-8186x214
aestrada@volt.com

Company Profile:
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. is a publicly traded staffing and information services company based in New York with corporate offices in Orange, CA. The company's annual revenue exceeds two billion dollars and was founded in 1950. The organization has grown organically and employs a wide-range of tenured professionals who have contributed to the overall success and innovation of the business. Please visit the company website at www.volt.com.

Job Description:
The role of the Tax Accountant is to provide support in areas of Indirect Tax, ensuring the most efficient methods of tax compliance which result in timely filings and a reduction in tax exposure where applicable. Specific job functions will include:

• Assist in the preparation and timely filing of federal, state and local taxes including employment tax, sales and use tax, property tax, B&O, Canadian GST/HST, QST, and PST returns.
  
• Provide support in the filing of workers’ compensation and escheat.
  
• Identify opportunities and develop solutions to improve tax compliance and reporting efficiencies, including developing tax guidance for the company’s affiliated groups.
  
• Perform tax research as required.
  
• Draft tax technical memoranda as necessary to formalize internal tax compliance policies.
  
• Work directly with other departments to coordinate the gathering of information necessary for compliance and other projects, including assistance with monthly account reconciliations to the General Ledger
  
• Correspond with multiple state and local authorities to resolve tax issues.
  
• Prepare journal entries, EFTs and AP vouchers as related to sales tax
  
• Cross train in all areas of tax in order to respond to a variety of needs within the department

Required Skills:

• A minimum of 3 years professional tax experience working in a mid to large corporate environment and/or Big 4 CPA firm
  
• Ability to perform tax research and to summarize tax research findings in writing.
  
• Skilled at writing summary reports, memos and documenting processes.
  
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to analyze tax issues and summarize issues in a clear, concise manner to non-tax professionals.
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment working with high volume transactions.
  
• Detail oriented and deadline driven.
  
• Expertise with automation tools and transitioning manual process to automated systems is a plus
  
• Proficiency in general ledger accounting principles
  
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or related discipline is required