Tax Intern, State and Local Tax – US Indirect Tax Compliance | Chicago Winter 2023

Description

At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the world’s top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMG’s extensive network of specialists & enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring.

At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it’s an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.

KPMG is currently seeking a Tax Intern to join our State & Local Tax practice.

Responsibilities

• Review sales, use and telecommunications tax data received on a monthly basis from KPMG compliance clients to determine if it is in the proper format for input into KPMG’s mechanized tax processing systems
• Arrange the monthly data received into the proper tax location codes, tax types, tax categories, authority levels, taxpayer entities and tax amounts
• Apply client specific business rules to the tax data received from tax compliance clients to modify the data for input into KPMG mechanized tax processing systems
• Once the data is ready for input, process the data for the returns using one or more of KPMG’s mechanized tax systems
• Identify, document and recommend client technological business requirements for sales, use and telecommunications tax compliance processes and system improvements
• Design, test and troubleshoot indirect tax technology solutions developed using Microsoft Access, Excel, or SQL Server

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing the following degrees/majors: Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in business, accounting, management information systems, or a related course of study
• Must have a current/most recent GPA of 3.00 or above
• Development knowledge using Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Access required and experience developing in .NET is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Alteryx, Access, SQL Server, XML, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, or process mapping software
• Basic tax or accounting knowledge
• Ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed, at times with relatively short notice
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future

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