Iftikhar Siddiqui

Directly responsible for the company's sales and use tax compliance obligations.

• Filing of all state sales/use tax returns and Canadian returns; including return preparation, wire and check request creation
• Collect and analyze data from accounting and billing systems to consolidate and prepare monthly work papers
• Manages state sales/use tax audits
• Maintain Vertex tax software involving product exceptions, customer exemptions, rate overrides, material group mappings, etc
• Preparation and analysis of monthly general ledger reconciliations for assigned tax accounts in Blackline accounting software
• Provide research solutions to questions and issues posed by various internal and external business partners including Business Development, Credit/Billing, Legal, Accounts Payable, Supply Chain Management and vendors
• Identify opportunities to maximize tax refunds and minimize tax payments
• Review sales tax exemption certificates
• Indirect supervision and mentoring of junior staff and interns on various business processes/applications
• Assist in design and implementation of robust internal controls to ensure accurate recording and reporting of indirect tax transactions

• Performed monthly and quarterly sales and use tax compliance requirements for various state and local jurisdictions
• Implemented process improvement by using technology to make current tax processes more efficient
• Prepared and filed annual unclaimed property returns and payments using unclaimed property software
• Contributed to successful implementation of Vertex sales and use tax compliance software
• Reviewed and calculated annual franchise tax filing for different entities
• Indirect supervision of temporary employees assisting with vertex data loads.