Senior Associate - US Sales Tax Compliance (SALT)
Job Description
Senior Associate – Sales Tax Compliance Outsourcing
About the Role
Cherry Bekaert is seeking a Senior Associate to join our growing Sales Tax Compliance Outsourcing practice. This role is responsible for managing multi-state sales tax compliance engagements, supporting client relationships, and driving efficient delivery across U.S. and offshore teams.
The Senior Associate will serve as a—leading select client engagements while supporting team members, improving processes, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance Management
- Oversee end-to-end sales tax compliance processes, including data intake, return preparation, review, filings, and payments
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of multi-state filings in accordance with client deadlines
- Review workpapers, returns, and reconciliations for quality and completeness
Issue Resolution
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day compliance issues, including data variances and filing discrepancies
- Review, analyze, and resolve sales tax jurisdiction notices related to ongoing compliance
Global Team Coordination
- Act as liaison between U.S. and India-based teams to ensure alignment on deliverables and timelines
- Coordinate workflow, communicate priorities, and support team development
Process Improvement & Training
- Identify opportunities to improve compliance workflows, automation, and review efficiency
- Assist in training on compliance processes, tools, and client service expectations
Qualifications
- 3-5 years of sales and use tax compliance experience
- Strong experience managing multi-state compliance engagements and management of filings and payments
- Experience addressing jurisdiction notices and compliance-related inquiries
- Familiarity with tax software (e.g., Vertex, Avalara) and data processes
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
Key Skills
- Strong technical knowledge of sales and use tax compliance
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail
- Effective communicator across clients and cross-functional teams
- Ability to collaborate across global teams
- Process-oriented with a focus on continuous improvement
Why Cherry Bekaert
Join a rapidly growing outsourcing practice focused on delivering scalable, high-quality compliance solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with leadership, expand your client-facing experience, and play a key role in shaping process improvements across the practice.
