Scope
Boise Cascade is seeking an Indirect Tax Accountant to support the Company’s indirect tax function, with property tax compliance and related activities as the primary focus. The role will work with the Corporate Tax team, operating divisions, finance teams, taxing authorities, and outside service providers. The scope of the role will align with the selected candidate’s experience and may include compliance preparation, review, workflow coordination, and process improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and review property tax returns, assessments, tax bills, payment requests, accruals, and related workpapers.
- Maintain filing calendars, organize information from internal teams, and help meet multi-jurisdictional deadlines.
- Gather and validate fixed asset and operational data required for filings. Facilitate data import into property tax software.
- Review tax notices, valuations, and assessments; assist with exemptions, abatements, credits, appeals, audits, and inquiries.
- Communicate with taxing authorities, assessors, operating division personnel, and outside consultants.
- Maintain accurate records and supporting documentation for filings, payments, accruals, and tax projects.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, templates, and data quality.
- With applicable experience, review work prepared by others, coordinate workflow, provide feedback, and support consistent work standards.
- Support sales and use tax compliance, audit preparation, research, and issue resolution, as needed.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Two or more years of accounting, tax, finance, compliance, fixed asset, reconciliation, or related experience; property tax experience is preferred.
- Experience working with financial data, reconciliations, deadlines, and multiple priorities.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with both tax and non-tax partners.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Ability to work independently, collaborate effectively, and provide timely follow-up.
- Experience reviewing work, coordinating assignments, or improving processes is preferred.
- Experience in an asset-intensive, manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, or multi-location organization is preferred.
- Familiarity with property tax software such as PTMS or similar systems is preferred.
- Familiarity with sales and use tax is a plus, but not required.
Work Location and Schedule
Boise, Idaho — Corporate Headquarters. Hybrid schedule requires Monday–Thursday in office; Friday is optional work from home. This position is not open for remote hire.
Career Development
Boise Cascade is a leading distributor of building materials and manufacturer. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a complex, multi-jurisdictional property tax function while working with experienced tax, accounting, finance, and operational professionals across the Company.
Our Benefits:
- Medical + Prescription Drug
- Dental + Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare + Dependent Care)
- 401(k) Retirement Savings with company contribution
- Paid Time Off (20 days per year)
- Paid Holidays (10 per year)
- Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks)
- Life Insurance
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- Two or more years of accounting, tax, finance, compliance, fixed asset, reconciliation, or related experience
- Experience working with financial data, reconciliations, deadlines, and multiple priorities
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with tax and non-tax partners
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Ability to work independently, collaborate effectively, and provide timely follow-up
- Property tax experience
- Experience reviewing work, coordinating assignments, or improving processes
- Experience in an asset-intensive, manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, or multi-location organization
- Familiarity with property tax software such as PTMS or similar systems
- Familiarity with sales and use tax
Boise Cascade Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, and prescription drugs, administered through recognized providers. This breadth is presented as part of a comprehensive Total Rewards package and serves as a meaningful component of overall compensation.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) savings plan is provided, and company materials and filings reference a longstanding baseline employer contribution with potential additional contributions for some groups. This structure signals substantial support for building retirement savings.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Annual raises are indicated for many roles, with progression often tied to performance or divisional results. These patterns point to upward pay movement for a portion of positions even as levels vary by role and location.
Boise Cascade Insights
What We Do
As a leading manufacturer and distributor of building materials, we bring people, products and services together to build strong homes, businesses and communities that stand the test of time. We have 60 locations across North America and it's truly our people and culture that sets us apart. We keep long-term relationships in mind, every day in everything that we do. To us, integrity goes beyond the structural strength of our products – it is our uncompromising commitment to do the right thing for our coworkers, customers, suppliers, investors, the environment and communities where we operate.
