Personal Property Tax-Associate

Global Supplier Services manages the operation for the Procure to Pay process within the firm, incorporating Contract Management, Purchase Orders, Corporate Accounts Payable (Expense, Corporate Card, Non-PO payment requests, Fixed Assets), Supplier set-up and maintenance, Indirect Tax, approval authorities and event ticket management.

This function sits within the Indirect Tax Operations team, part of Payment Operations within Global Services Solutions (GSS). The team prepares and files U.S. Sales & Use and Personal Property Tax (PPT) returns for JPMorgan Chase, remits related payments, and supports all related audits. The team also manages supplier-related foreign and domestic U.S. income tax withholding and reporting, and performs a broad range of indirect tax activities tied to Accounts Payable for international locations. The team operates across Columbus, Tampa, Bangalore, Bournemouth, Buenos Aires, and Warsaw.

As a Personal Property Tax Associate, in Global Supplier Services, you will serve as a subject matter expert supporting the end-to-end PPT process. Primary responsibilities include preparing personal property tax returns; reviewing and analyzing assessment notices; proactively appealing overassessments to help minimize tax expense and reduce audit risk; preparing tax bills for payment; and supporting additional assignments and projects as needed.

 Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and file annual personal property tax returns for multiple legal entities across the firm.
• Review and analyze asset listings and lien-date transaction data to ensure correct asset classification.
• Adapt to evolving filing requirements, systems, and standards while maintaining accuracy and control.
• Analyze property tax assessments and file appeals for overassessments.
• Partner with tax assessors/collectors to resolve billing issues and address assessed value differences.
• Analyze and submit personal property tax bills for payment, including follow-up on unbilled assets.
• Coordinate outreach to tax collectors to obtain missing bills and facilitate timely payment.
• Research and resolve general ledger reconciliations related to property tax activity.
• Extract and analyze property tax data from legacy systems using ad hoc reporting tools to identify issues and trends.
• Develop cost-savings and efficiency strategies and support ad hoc projects as needed.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills: 

• Minimum of 3 years professional experience, including minimum 1 year in financial analysis/accounting with an understanding of financial reporting.

• Deliver high quality work with urgency, meeting deadlines through strong prioritization and multitasking.

• Demonstrate self-direction, motivation, attention to detail, and precise execution with minimal supervision.

• Apply strong independent problem-solving and analytical skills, adapting to evolving requirements, systems, and standards.

• Communicate exceptionally well (written and verbal), collaborate effectively, and show emotional intelligence in high pressure environments across locations/time zones. 

• Leverage intermediate to advanced Excel skills with PTMS and SAP, while maintaining procedures, guidelines, policies, and the highest professional standards.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (or equivalent experience) with strong analytical skills and minimum of 3 years of professional experience (including financial analysis/accounting exposure) with an understanding of financial reporting and controls.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills; strong written and oral communication skills; ability to work independently as well as part of a team, with ability to self-manage work responsibilities and associated deadlines with minimal supervision.
•  intermediate-to-advanced Microsoft Excel skills; utilize PTMS knowledge (advantage) and SAP familiarity (desired) to support reporting and processing.
• Adapt quickly to evolving and increasingly complex filing requirements, systems, and standards while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Communicate effectively (written and verbal) and collaborate with internal partners and external tax authorities to resolve billing issues and support audits.
• Negotiate constructively with tax assessors/collectors to resolve assessed value differences, appeals, and other inquiries.
• Operate effectively in deadline-driven environments by prioritizing, multitasking, and remaining flexible across a virtual, multi-location team.