Lead Senior Tax Analyst- Sales & Use Tax Compliance

Walgreens
Deerfield, IL
Job Summary

This role is responsible for supporting sales and use taxability and compliance for the organization. The position serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for monthly sales and use tax processes, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to applicable tax laws and regulations. The role actively monitors business operations to identify tax impacts, provides recommendations on tax‑related matters, and collaborates with internal departments and external vendors to maintain compliant workflows. Additionally, this position oversees sales and use tax account reconciliations, resolves tax issues, applies best practices to complex business situations, and contributes to team development by coaching staff and building strong relationships with key stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities
  • Identifies, recommends, and communicates tax savings opportunities to management and key stakeholders through presentations and periodic reporting.
  • Provides advanced knowledge of new and existing tax methodologies by researching new law and attending conferences and seminars in the tax industry.
  • Participates in divisional and company-wide projects and programs to develop engagement for division-wide and company-wide initiatives.
  • Participates in projects and process improvements for the department.
  • Collaborates with other tax functions to implement optimal tax solutions.
  • Develops relationships with business units to serve as a partner in the business unit’s processes for value creation activities.
  • May coach and mentor more junior analysts. Leads and trains staff members on new and existing tax processes and value creation projects.
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens ( proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 4 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company.
  • At least 2 years of experience with technical tax laws, regulations and interpreting tax laws.
  • At least 2 years of experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
  • Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
  • Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
  • Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
  • Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or Economics.
  • Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company OR a high school diploma/GED and at least 6 years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company.
  • 2 years of experience with simple and complex account reconciliations

  • 2 years of experience with sales and use tax compliance

  • Experience handling high volume of returns

  • Experience with SAP, Vertex, and Ariba.

  • Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary Range: $86400 - $138200 / Salaried
Posted 2026-03-12

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