Senior Tax Accountant

L. L. Bean, Inc. • Freeport, ME • 12h ago

Freeport, ME

Full time

JR11101

At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome-both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.

Senior Tax Accountant

Finance Team

Reports to: Tax Manager

The Senior Tax Accountant independently manages recurring tax accounting, compliance, reporting, and related processes from planning through completion. The role focuses primarily on income taxes; with indirect tax responsibilities expected to represent less than 50% of the position. Core responsibilities include income tax filings, data analysis, technical research, audit support, and practical issue resolution. The Senior Tax Accountant partners with internal stakeholders, external advisors, and system owners on tax projects and contributes to documentation, cross-training, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

Manage concurrent deadlines for tax compliance and reporting processes, ensuring timely filing of tax returns, payments, and other assigned deliverables.

Gather and reconcile tax and ownership data, resolve discrepancies, coordinate reviews, and escalate issues.

Prepare well-organized workpapers, ensuring documentation is complete and conclusions are fully supported.

Manage responses to audits, tax notices, and other tax authority inquiries.

Research tax law changes and technical issues, assess risk, and recommend practical actions.

Manage fixed asset tax reporting, depreciation methods, state conformity adjustments, and cost segregation studies.

Partner with stakeholders, advisors, and system owners to advance tax projects, data needs, and process improvements.

Provide less experienced team members with technical guidance, coaching, and cross-training.

Handle confidential information with a high degree of integrity and discretion.

Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

Education and Experience

Education: Bachelor's degree required; CPA preferred

Experience: 5-10 years of relevant tax experience

Skills and Qualifications

Progressive corporate income tax experience, including federal, state, local, and international matters; S corporation, Canadian, and indirect tax exposure preferred.

Demonstrated accountability in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to manage shifting priorities, track commitments, and resolve open items.

Strong research, analytical, and technical writing skills, including the ability to clearly document and support tax positions.

Sound judgment and disciplined self-review, with the ability to identify patterns, inconsistencies, and risks while producing accurate, review-ready work.

Ability to independently apply prior experience and feedback to new or evolving situations.

Collaborative approach, with the ability to partner across functions and provide informal technical guidance.

Clear, proactive communication skills, with the ability to summarize risks, recommendations, and open questions.

Advanced Excel skills and experience with tax data analysis and reconciliations.

Experience with tax or financial systems; ONESOURCE, Vertex, Sage, CCH, and SAP ECC experience preferred.

L.L.Bean uses a market-based compensation approach. The anticipated starting base pay for this position is $89,000-$111,200. Individual compensation may vary based on factors such as a candidate's experience, qualifications, education, geographic location, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.

If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you! At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging.

Over a century ago, company founder Leon Leonwood Bean set out to make a boot to keep hunters' feet warm and dry. Today, we continue to follow the trail he blazed, adding new paths to help more people discover the outdoors, whether it's the thrill of sea kayaking, the quiet of early morning fishing or the pleasure of walking in your local park . Of course, we remain true to L.L.'s core values, and are committed to quality, service, and putting the outside, inside everything we make. So join us, adventure awaits...

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