Job Description

Job Description

The US spends $160 Billion per year on highways. Every new car model costs at least $1 Billion to develop. Yet cars spend only 5% of their time driving. Where do these cars spend the other 95%? PARKED!

LAZ Parking is one of the largest operators in the growing multi-billion dollar US parking industry. Founded in 1981, LAZ operates hundreds of thousands of parking spaces from offices all across the country. When it comes to parking, we’re the experts!

Most importantly, LAZ is a PEOPLE FIRST company with a mission to “create opportunities for our employees and value for our clients”. If you’re looking to join a growing company led by passionate people committed to being the best, contact us today!

The Spirit of the Position:

LAZ’s continued growth has created an opportunity in our Tax Department for a talented Tax Accountant to join our professional team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for a portfolio of managed clients, including certain aspects of monthly accounting and significant tax reporting. This position is at the Home Office located in Hartford, CT and offers a hybrid work option with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

****Responsibilities:

• Responsible for running monthly reports to identify the amounts of taxable and exempt revenue as well as tax rates.
• Prepares supporting workbook for sales & use and parking tax returns using Excel.
• Compile and prepare comprehensive monthly financial report packages and submit timely to the Regional Accounting Supervisor for review and approval.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate filing of sales & use tax and/or parking tax returns using state & local tax portals.
• Prepare and process funding and wiring requirements, including distributions, taxes, and intercompany settlements associated with tax filings.
• Responsible for updating and monitoring tax scorecard/calendar.
• Responsible for overseeing tax exempt transactions, which includes verifying, requesting, organizing, and maintaining client exemption certificates.
• Prepares and enters standard, recurring and adjusting journal entries as needed for reporting purposes and reconciles the tax accounts monthly.
• Handles tax questions from Field Operations and Accounting Department.
• Research technical tax issues using CCH.
• Assists with filing various state & local business tax licenses/renewals.
• Assists with certain property tax filings, including compiling data for the property tax declarations as well as making applicable property tax payments.
• Assists with a variety of audits, VDA’s and amnesty programs, including compiling information requests and responses to state & local auditors.
• Assists with various tax assignments/projects as needed.

Education

• BS degree in accounting or similar

Experience

• 3-5 years of indirect tax experience, including sales & use tax

Skills

• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of products is required.

FLSA STATUS : EXEMPT

To be hired, all candidates must submit to a background check and pre-employment drug screen.

LAZ Parking is an equal opportunity employer. In all our employment practices, including hiring, we are firmly committed to equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, disability or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. No question in our application process is used for the process of limiting or excluding any applicant's consideration for employment on such grounds.

This employer participates in E-Verify.