Job Title : Tax Manager
Department : Accounting
Property : Harrah's Corporate Las Vegas
Shift : Day
Status : Full-Time

Job Description:
* Teams with the Tax Directors and other Tax Department personnel to prepare quarterly and annual income tax provisions (under FAS 109 and FIN 48) for inclusion in the corporate financial statements and SEC filings.
* Works with the Tax Directors and other Tax Department personnel to prepare the consolidated federal income tax return, state income/franchise tax returns, and other income tax related filings.
* Works with Tax Directors to determine the tax implications of corporate initiatives, gaming property programs, and other operational events.
* Assists the Tax Directors in identifying planning opportunities, developing strategies to address such opportunities, and then implementing the strategies to achieve greater tax efficiency.
* Supports the Tax Directors on federal and state income tax audit defense.
* Prepares tax journal entries to be booked in the General Ledger system.
* Works with staff/seniors to maintain and reconcile tax accounts.
* Works with other managers to ensure that the tax compliance software is properly maintained, ready for e-filing, etc.
* Identifies opportunities for process and/or technical tax improvements and leads efforts to implement approved changes.
* Attends external meetings, seminars, webcasts, etc. to increase/maintain technical tax knowledge.
* Attends internal meetings to increase/maintain understanding of company procedures and their tax implications.
* Assists in documentation of Tax Department’s compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley/404.
* Promotes and maintains a cooperative relationship with other departments to achieve satisfaction of organizational objectives and goals.
* Supervises, develops, and manages the income tax senior and staff tax accountants
* Identifies training opportunities for self and other members of the Tax Department for discussion with Tax Directors and VP of Tax.

Qualifications:
* Must have experience (5+ years) with federal corporate income tax compliance and FAS 109 tax provision preparation/review for publicly traded corporations, either as an employee of a public corporation or through public accounting client service.
* Must be familiar with federal consolidated corporate income tax regulations and the filing of consolidated, combined, unitary, LLC, and partnership returns.
* Must have excellent research skills (using CCH, Lexis-Nexis, BNA, etc.) and understanding of federal income tax.
* Must have strong verbal communication and writing skills for documenting tax issues and their resolution and treatment in tax returns and provisions.
* Must have good organizational skills and demonstrate the ability to prioritize competing tasks, anticipate resource needs, and meet deadlines.
* Must have strong team-building and interpersonal relationship skills.
* Must have good command of accounting and tax terminology.
* Must have strong Microsoft Excel skills.
* Must have experience with one or more common tax compliance software systems (e.g. InSource, CorpTax).
* Experience working with General Ledger systems (extracting reports, reviewing journal entries, etc.) preferred.
* Experience with TaxStream tax provision software a plus.
* Experience with International Tax issues a plus.
* Experience with State Income Tax issues a plus.

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.

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