InTown Suites is one of America’s largest wholly-owned economy extended stay hotel brands with 196 properties in 22 states. Since 1989, this extended stay brand has experienced high occupancy rates, leading to sustained growth and stability for its employees, even during economic downturns. InTown and Uptown Suites are proud to provide our employees with a culture that embraces and is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. Join our 1,400 (and growing) team members!
Our Mission: To make every guest's stay memorable with small gestures that make a big difference.
Our Vision: To be the #1 choice for affordable extended stay living.
Position Summary:
The Tax Manager position is responsible for maintaining and overseeing the Company's planning, compliance, and accounting for the various federal, state, and local tax requirements and regulations. This position will work with multiple jurisdictions, service providers, and other tax professionals to accomplish these responsibilities.
This role will report directly to the Vice President of Accounting and manage a staff of two to three tax staff. This is a leadership role within the organization and will require forward-thinking analyses to support the executive team in developing and implementing strategies, policies, as well as meaningful reporting tools that will support the expected growth of the organization.
- Oversee the Tax department which includes two to three tax staff direct reports
- Manage and coordinate with our 3rd party tax providers to perform the following
- Filing and payment of federal, state, and local tax returns related to income and franchise taxes.
- Filing and payment of sales & use and hotel occupancy taxes.
- Filing and payment of property taxes.
- Oversee, manage, and coordinate responses to IRS, state, and local agencies regarding audits, inquiries, and tax notices.
- Review business licenses and permit applications.
Additional Responsibilities
- Supervise and train professional staff of four
- Ensure appropriate internal controls are in place regarding accounting for income taxes, cash, and revenue
- Develop communication integral to the organization's Operations and IT partners
- Assist VP Accounting with various projects and administrative tasks, including but not limited to ad hoc reports/analysis requested from various parties
Essential Skills/Credentials/Experience/Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required, Master's Degree in Business Taxation preferred
- Current CPA certification is strongly preferred.
- Minimum 6 years of related work experience
- Strong oral and written communication skills - able to articulate key insights to management and interact effectively with employees in finance, IT, and operations
- Solid leadership skills that demonstrate a hands-on approach to working in a team-based environment
- Comfortable and able to achieve results in a dynamic, changing environment
- Real estate, hospitality, and/or REIT experience a plus
Mental and Physical Demands
Work Environment:
Typical office environment - moderate noise level.
Physical Demands:
- The position will be physically located in the Atlanta office. Hybrid with 2 days remote/3 days in the office.
- Indoor work with hard and carpeted surfaces
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
- This position is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Extensive use of hands and fingers for manipulation of the keyboard, answering phone calls, calculator, copy machine, computer printer, and other office productivity machinery.
- Use of a computer terminal, which requires extensive eye contact with a video display
- The person in this position frequently communicates with employees/vendors. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- The position will be physically located in the Atlanta office; working remotely (outside of Company Directed Guidelines) is not permitted. Currently, the in-office work model is a hybrid with 2 days remote/3 days in the office.
Travel Demands:
- This position requires less than 5% travel; however, from time to time, and depending on the project, travel needs could change.
The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by managers/supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent an expressed or implied contract of employment nor does it alter your at-will employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.
