Lead Senior State Tax Analyst

Job Summary: Participates in the implementation of state tax strategy with a focus on income/franchise taxes and transfer pricing. Collaborates in minimizing tax liability through advanced knowledge of tax laws and regulations and best practices. Identifies new opportunities as well as maintaining current tax processes.

Job Responsibilities: Identifies, recommends, and communicates tax savings opportunities to management and key stakeholders through presentations and periodic reporting. Provides advanced knowledge of new and existing tax methodologies by researching new law and attending conferences and seminars in the tax industry. Participates in divisional and company-wide projects and programs to develop engagement for division-wide and company-wide initiatives. Participates in projects and process improvements for the department. Collaborates with other tax functions to implement optimal tax solutions. Develops relationships with business units to serve as a partner in the business unit's processes for value creation activities. May coach and mentor more junior analysts. Leads and trains staff members on new and existing tax processes and value creation projects.

About Walgreens: Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

External Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 4 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company. At least 2 years of experience with technical tax laws, regulations and interpreting tax laws. At least 2 years of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions. Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).Preferred

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or Economics. Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company OR a high school diploma/GED and at least 6 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company. Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits Job Function Finance/Accounting Common Location108 WILMOT RD, DEERFIELD, IL,60015-05145-01108-2 Pay Grade IDCORP-F2Pay Type SalariedStart Rate100000Maximum Rate$175,000.00: 1834544BR: 108 WILMOT RD, DEERFIELD, IL 60015