Position Summary

The Senior Tax Analyst is responsible for indirect tax compliance and tax operational support for an assigned portfolio of managed and franchised hotels. This role serves as the primary tax contact for designated properties and supports sales and use tax, occupancy tax, tax rate management, POS/PMS tax configuration, registrations, licenses, annual reports, audits, and tax-related compliance initiatives.

Job Details:

• Work Setup: Work from home
• Shift/Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time | 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM Manila Time
• Holidays: U.S. corporate holiday calendar

Responsibilities:

• Prepare/Manage sales, use, occupancy, tourism, and other indirect tax compliance activities for an assigned hotel portfolio.
• Coordinate with Deloitte and other service providers to support timely filing of tax returns, payments, workpapers, and reconciliations.
• Maintain tax rate and taxability matrices and oversee implementation, testing, and validation of tax configuration changes within PMS and POS systems.
• Support tax registrations, annual reports, business licenses, and other state and local compliance requirements.
• Research tax law, taxability, and rate changes, and assess impacts to hotel operations and compliance processes.
• Assist with sales, use, occupancy, and tourism tax audits, notices, and information requests from taxing authorities.
• Support process improvements, hotel acquisitions/transitions, and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or related field.
• 2-4 years of indirect tax compliance experience.
• Experience preparing tax workpapers, analyzing financial data, reconciling accounts and supporting tax filing deadlines.
• Working knowledge of accounting and general ledger processes, good Excel skills and strong written communication.
• Experience supporting multi-state sales, use, occupancy, lodging, or similar indirect tax compliance.
• Experience supporting tax audits, notice resolution, and interactions with taxing authorities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to Have:

• Hospitality, lodging, restaurant, franchise, or other multi-location industry experience.
• Experience working with third-party tax compliance providers.
• Knowledge of PMS/POS systems and hotel revenue taxability concepts.
• Experience with Oracle OPERA, Yardi, Vertex, Avalara, or similar tax technology solutions.

Originally posted on