Jurisdictional Compliance Manager–Sites, Property & Equipment

About Us

ATP is the nation's largest flight school, providing students with the most efficient path to a successful airline pilot career. For over 40 years, ATP has been the leader in professional flight training and supplying pilots to regional and major airlines.

The role

ATP is hiring a hands-on compliance owner to lead nationwide business personal property tax compliance for a large equipment fleet and 80+ sites nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end aircraft personal property tax compliance across applicable state and local jurisdictions, including annual renditions/returns prepared for executive signature.
• Use ATP’s aircraft tracking and scheduling systems to establish situs exposure and days-in-jurisdiction, anticipate where filings and bills should occur, and reduce surprises.
• Use ATP’s aircraft and engine time tracking systems and Aircraft Bluebook to determine aircraft valuation used for renditions, filings, review of assessments, and review of bills. Build and run a controlled compliance calendar with internal deadlines, required inputs, and audit-ready documentation.
• Prevent duplicate renditions and duplicate payments by reconciling filings, assessments, and payments across jurisdictions.
• Manage notices, delinquency issues, and penalty/interest abatements; serve as the primary point of contact with taxing authorities for aircraft property tax matters.
• Manage early-stage audits and disputes (documentation, timelines, first-round discussions) and coordinate escalation to outside consultants/attorneys when required.
• Partner with Operations leadership to provide deadline-sensitive recommendations (e.g., January 1 positioning) while recognizing operational constraints.
• Develop internal tools/workflows and provide clear requirements to ATP’s developer team to reduce redundancy and manual data entry over time.
• Manage real property tax matters for company-owned facilities, including monitoring assessments, reviewing valuations, and coordinating challenges or appeals where assessments do not reflect market conditions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business personal property tax compliance/accounting or closely related multi-jurisdiction compliance work with high filing volume and deadline complexity.
• Experience with mobile assets/fleet compliance (aviation, transportation/logistics, shipping, trucking, heavy equipment, etc.) strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build repeatable workflows and controls (calendar discipline, reconciliation, documentation) and operate independently as the end-to-end owner.
• Comfort communicating with government agencies to resolve notices and negotiate abatements/waivers; strong written documentation habits.
• Strong analytical skills; able to work from RDBMS-derived movement/asset reports and produce defensible support and reconciliations.
• Ability to work on-site in Jacksonville Beach, FL.

Benefits

ATP offers a comprehensive employee benefits program, including:

• Starting pay commensurate with experience
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Medical coverage (Starting Day 1)
• Dental/Vision/Life Insurance (Starting Day 1)
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Enrollment (100% Vested with no employer contributions)
• 8 Paid Holidays
• 13 Paid Time Off Days per Year (PTO is earned on an accrual-basis)

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is regularly required to talk, hear, see, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms, lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

ATP is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.