Description
Company Overview
The HdL Companies help cities, counties and special districts maximize revenues through research and discovery efforts, financial and economic analysis, and provision of software that supports local government operations in a variety of important ways. We are regarded as a leader, occupying a specific niche in the financial services sector, and serving over 600 local governments nationwide. Leveraging our talented team of professionals, along with leading edge software and database systems, HdL discovery efforts have recovered over $3 billion for our local government partners.
Core Values
HdL team members individually and collectively aspire to the following core values:
Deliver Excellence In Everything We anticipate needs and believe that delivering extraordinary service, inside and outside our organization, is key to our success. We passionately pursue excellence in everything we do.
Do The Right Thing We always act in the best interests of our company and our clients. We are respectful, have high integrity, and are accountable for our actions.
Foster Relationships We build lasting relationships based on trust with our teams and our clients. We value collaboration toward our common goals and inspire each other to improve and progress.
Give Generously We give generously of our time and resources with our teammates, clients, and communities. We impart information for best practices, encourage professional development, and support charitable community organizations.
Enjoy The Journey We enjoy our journey and enthusiastically celebrate our successes. We have fun and find fulfillment working with our colleagues and clients.
Be Authentic, Grateful, and Humble We are thankful for the success we have achieved individually and as a company and never take it for granted.
Job Title
Tax Analyst I
Job Responsibilities
- Automating quarterly and annual Client Health reports.
- Monitoring data quality in our internal software.
- Working with operations management, creating a dashboard for key performance metrics.
- Compile economic and tax data to be used in tax studies and public presentations. Assist with and improve the automation of forecasts and tax study models.
- Automating standing weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for clients.
- Forecasting revenues for our clients and operations managers.
- Take assignment of ad-hoc requests from clients and complete a polished report that can be provided to the client. Suggest, test, and implement improvements to the process for automating these reports.
Skills and Qualifications
- Basic scripting in data-oriented programming language like R or Python.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Solid numerical reasoning.
- Visual storytelling.
- Strong excel skills.
- Ability to pull data from SQL and to clean and prepare the data for use in analysis.
- Ability to think critically about the meaning of the data compared to the real world.
- Training or experience in predictive analytics or forecasting.
- Experience with Power BI a plus.
- Experience with classification models and use of deep learning a plus.
- Be able to handle challenges to your analysis and respond logically.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and to take direction and critique of the work well.
- Ability to deliver bad news tactfully.
- Handle change and be willing to contribute to a dynamic, growing work environment.
- Experience leading without authority a plus.
Education and Experience
- Associate's degree in accounting, finance or related field preferred
- Two years' experience as a tax analyst, accounting or financial role.
- Any combination of education and experience.
Compensation
The starting base salary for this position is expected to be between $26.00 to $30.00 per hour. Actual pay rate will be determined based on skills, experience (to the extent relevant) and other job-related factors, consistent with applicable law.
Benefits
- Competitive Base Pay
- Opportunity to participate in 401k
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, LTD and Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off for Vacation, Sick and Holidays
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (learn more about the HdL ESOP at: https://www.hdlcompanies.com/about/careers)
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