This role is HYBRID, on-site 3 days a week at our Northbrook or Chicago, IL Office.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a Tax Analyst to join our Global Tax department to support US domestic and Canadian compliance and tax accounting functions. This person will join a team of tax enthusiasts that keep up to date on tax technical skills and tax technology to drive advanced automated solutions and efficiencies. As a Tax Analyst, you will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with tax regulations and optimizing tax strategies. You will work closely with the finance team to analyze financial data, prepare tax returns, tax filings and supporting documentation, and provide valuable insights to support decision-making processes.

In this role, you will work with the tax manager and other management to assure Federal and state/local U.S. tax compliance requirements are met accurately and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Prepare various state and federal tax returns and analyze financial data and tax accounts as needed.

• Prepare quarterly federal and state estimated tax and extension calculations.

• Assist with the US tax provision portion for financial statement income tax disclosures.

• Prepare account reconciliations for federal and state income tax and non-income tax accounts.

• Prepare various indirect tax filings including property tax returns and business tax license renewals.

• Support state and local tax manager with state income and non-income tax audits.

• Assist in collecting and analyzing data for monthly sales & use tax filings prepared by outside service provider.

• Support Canadian income tax function by analyzing and providing data to outside service provider for income and non-income tax returns, calculating estimated tax payments, and assisting with audits as needed.

• Assist with process improvement projects related to tax forecasting and provision workstreams utilizing technology-driven solutions to streamline, improve process efficiencies.

• Assist with various projects such as research and development tax credit study and US state and federal tax liability and attribute modeling for various strategic initiatives and future planning.

Professional Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field - with CPA, MST a plus.

• Minimum 2 years of related experience in either public accounting or mid-to-large size industry.

• Solid project and process management skills.

• Self-starter that possesses strong communication, organization, problem solving and analytical skills and can multi-task with accuracy and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to drive projects and assigned work to completion.

• Solid understanding of tax and financial software applications and platforms, preferred.

  What you’ll experience working at UL:

• Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 129 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.

• People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.

• Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers’ create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.

• Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.

• Total Rewards: All employees at UL are eligible for bonus compensation. UL offers a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Additionally, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. We provide Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts that UL contributes to twice per year! Depending on your role, you can work with your manager on flexible working arrangements. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer time off.

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  Working at UL is an exciting journey that twists and turns daily. We thrive in the twists and revel in the turns. This is our every day. This is our normal.

  Curious? To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com.

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UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.