Description
Tax Compliance: Preparation of federal, state, and local tax returns for the utility company, ensuring compliance with tax laws and regulations.
Tax Provision & Reporting: Preparation of quarterly and annual tax provisions, including compliance with ASC 740 (Income Taxes), for utility-related operations.
Tax Remittance Management: Preparation of tax-related deposits and ensure timely and accurate remittance of tax payments.
Tax Forecasting: Part takes in the tax forecasting process by preparing projections of the company’s tax obligations, assessing potential impacts from new tax laws or business changes, and advising senior leadership on tax strategies to optimize future cash flow.
Regulatory Compliance: Prepare reporting for utility-specific tax regulations, including energy, state and local tax, and environmental tax issues.
Tax Strategy & Planning: Develop and implement tax planning strategies aimed at minimizing tax liabilities, managing risks, and optimizing tax benefits within the utility industry.
Audit Support: Lead and coordinate tax audits, collaborate closely with external auditors, tax authorities, and legal teams to resolve issues and ensure favorable outcomes.
Requirements
Cultural fit - We look for attitude, aptitude, work ethic and self-awareness as key attributes in our candidates. We hire people who others want to be around, learn quickly, have the grit to work through the inevitable roadblocks and the capacity and desire to produce a lot of great results for our customers.
- Ability to deliver high quality results.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changes.
- Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic organizational structure.
- Skillful in developing and building successful internal and external relationships.
- Strong communication, organizational and analytical skills.
- Strong technology aptitude to learn and leverage technology solutions for communication, analysis, and efficient workflows. Excel experience required.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance. Seeking a minimum of 3-5 years of tax accounting/advisory experience (multistate utility experience is a plus). - Predominately sedentary light office position with high frequency of keyboarding/computer work required (67% - 100% of the workday).
- The employee is occasionally required to walk.
- The employee is required to regularly use hands and fingers; talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to focus.
- Availability to travel to Montreal once per year and to Vermont up to three times per year, as business needs require.
