Sr. Tax Specialist at Azenta Life Sciences in Burlington, Massachusetts

Job Description:

At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.


Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Burlington, MA, and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.



Sr. Tax Specialist -
The position reports to Sr. Tax Director



We are seeking a self-motivated individual to join our tax group as an experienced Sr. Tax Specialist. The ideal candidate is someone who has experience with ASC 740, federal and state compliance, tax notices and audits. Ideal candidate will leverage previous experience to bring fresh insights and process improvements to the group and be willing to take on new challenges.



What you will do:




Tax Provision

• Prepare monthly OneStream/HFM trial balance file.


• Timely obtain book fixed assets and depreciation information from accounting and prepare monthly/quarterly tax depreciation and fixed assets roll forward for all US entities.


• Prepare and review quarterly US book to tax differences schedules, state tax provision workpapers, NOL c/f schedules, and maintain data in tax provision excel file and/or OneSource Tax Provision.


• Prepare and review US federal and state tax provisions and related return to provision analysis in accordance with US GAAP. Ensure current and deferred tax provisions are correctly calculated.


• Review monthly tax payments prepared by tax accountant; maintain monthly US income tax account roll forward and reconciliations.


• Assist in income tax footnote preparation as needed.


• Support SOX 404 internal controls and testing as needed.

• Timely prepare/calculate tax return extensions, tax vouchers and quarterly estimated income taxes, work with accounts payable department to ensure payments are made/mailed and received by federal and state tax authorities.


• Roll forward and update the annual income tax compliance tracking list.


• Review and update final consolidated trial balance file for external tax return service provider.


• Review and update US federal and state income tax return workpapers for external tax return service provider.


• Review US proforma returns, state unitary and state single entity tax returns prepared by external tax return service provider.

• Support internal and external income tax audit requests, including preparing/updating requested workpapers and other information documentation etc.


• Research and prepare responses to tax notices from various tax jurisdictions.


• Assist in preparation or review of the monthly sales tax return, sales tax exemption certificates maintenance (Vertex Cloud) as needed.


• Assist in business tax filings and other tax submissions as needed.


• Tax research and analysis to ensure compliance with tax law and regulation.


• Attending tax training to keep up to date on technical topics and new legislation procedures.


• Other tax related special projects.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or similar field with accounting focus.


• CPA or advance degree with emphasis in taxation preferred.


• 3-7 years tax experience with both federal and state taxes, international is a plus.


• US GAAP Financial Accounting/ASC 740 knowledge.


• Sound understanding of the tax implications of a multi-national company.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving and good record keeping skills. Effective communication and business writing skills.


• Attention to detail, time management/prioritization skills. Respecting internal and external deadlines.


• Proficiency in excel, experience with OneStream, OTP, HFM, word, checkpoint and other automatic systems preferred.