Job Responsibilities
- Perform key property tax tasks such as evaluating assessments and tax increases, making timely tax payments, and ensuring that fixed assets are properly added to the property tax compliance software
- Prepare personal property tax returns
- Prepare state income tax returns and supporting work-papers and document any positions or issues that are relevant in addition to understanding various state tax concepts/regulations
- Prepare state income tax payments and review the history of payments and accruals to ensure that appropriate payments are made
- Analyze payroll tax notices and issues and prepare responses to those as needed
- Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual tax accruals such as property tax accruals and payroll tax accruals
- Perform tax research and prepare written correspondence to state tax authorities
- Prepare monthly and/or quarterly account reconciliations
- Prepare and file sales and use tax returns
- Assist Koppers personnel with sales and use tax questions and issues
- Assist with specific calculations such as the foreign tax credit, UNICAP, tax depreciation, R&D tax credit, etc.
- Act as liaison with external auditors and respond to their questions and requests
- Prepare specific forms for the Federal income tax return and analyze necessary trial balance accounts to identify potential adjustments
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required, accounting degree preferred
- A minimum of three years of corporate tax experience required
- Must have strong written, interpersonal, and computer skills
- Experience with OneSource Income Tax system and OneSource Tax Provisions system preferred
Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law, state or local law.
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What We Do
Koppers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global wood preservation technology company that creates safe and environmentally responsible solutions to solve our customer’s most important challenges. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end-markets including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber and construction industries. With more than 2,100 employees, we maintain a global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities in North America, South America, Australasia, China and Europe.
Koppers is committed to living a culture of Zero Harm that places the care of our people, our environment and our communities first at all times. The company is also a member of the American Chemistry Council and dedicated to adopting its Responsible Care® initiative at all of our locations worldwide.
