Summary
This role at the South Carolina Department of Revenue involves guiding teams on tricky tax matters, creating training programs, researching laws, and helping shape policies and forms to ensure accurate tax collection.
It suits someone with strong tax knowledge who enjoys teaching, analyzing details, and communicating clearly to solve complex problems.
Ideal candidates are organized professionals passionate about public service and staying current with legal changes.
Full Job Description
Who we are:
At the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR), we are funding a better state to live, work, and play.
Offering excellent benefits, hybrid work schedules, tuition assistance, and self-development opportunities, we are a trustworthy partner to our customers and an innovative workplace that supports work-life balance and empowers our employees to reach their highest potential.
Open the door to a career at the SCDOR and discover why 93% of our employees see how their work contributes to the SCDOR’s success—by collecting 95% of South Carolina’s general fund, our team serves with purpose and impacts the success of our community.
Learn more about why you should join our team at dor.sc.gov/careers.
We are looking for teammates who are:
- Motivated by opportunities to teach and guide others
- Very knowledgeable of tax laws and regulations
- Organized, detail-oriented, and capable of independently prioritizing tasks
- Inquisitive with analytical and research skills
- Confident communicators who can explain complex topics
What you will do:
Provides technical guidance, training, and policy support on complex tax issues while assisting with legislation, forms, and procedures.
Primary job duties include:
- Partnering with leadership to develop, implement, coordinate, and communicate various training and workshop requirements for complex tax laws
- Researching legal precedents, case reports, and other documentation to prepare responses to complex correspondence and appeals
- Making recommendations for legislation and policies
- Researching new legislation and changes to existing legislation to prepare a draft design for form documents, instructions, worksheets, and other documents for tax processing
- Conducts audits on tax credits to regulate approvals and ensure compliance
- Assisting other sections on specific problems concerning complex reporting, filing, technical, and procedural requirements
- Analyzing tax return data to enhance and assist with audit selection
This position may require some travel and public speaking.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree and relevant program experience
- Relevant experience or education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis with an approved equivalence by the Division of State Human Resources (DSHR)
Academic degrees must be from an accredited institution of higher learning.
Qualifications
- Tax-related experience and accounting hours
- Experience preparing training curriculum
- Experience developing and delivering employee training programs
- In-depth tax knowledge
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) interested in teaching others
- Public speaking and communication skills
Additional Information
- EEO: The SCDOR is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation.
- Hours: Flexible hours may be available from 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week).
- Telework schedule: This position may be eligible to work remotely up to two days per week after one year of employment with SCDOR.
Ready to apply?
- Apply online and complete the application fully, including all current and previous work history and education.
- You may submit a resume, but it will not be considered as a substitute for completing the entire application.
- Please include work samples, transcripts, etc. (if applicable) by attaching them to your application or emailing employment@dor.sc.gov.
- Candidates selected to move forward in the hiring process will be contacted to complete an aptitude or skills assessment and personality profile (using Criteria Corp) and may be contacted to complete a one-way virtual interview (using Spark Hire).
- Candidates selected for hire are required to comply with all SCDOR tax requirements and are subject to a National Criminal Background Check, which includes fingerprinting.