Sr. Accountant

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Serves as an important team member responsible for tax accounting and other compliance-related matters, with special emphasis on regulated businesses. The position will build strong relationships with finance function and business line tax counterparts in the US SBU and corporate office, reporting into the Senior Manager, US Tax Reporting. Travel within the US may be required.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage the preparation, review for accuracy and prepare complex aspects of the Domestic income tax provision process, including maintenance of deferred taxes, uncertain tax positions and return to accrual adjustments meeting all KPI targets, with a focus on regulated businesses.
• Work collaboratively with the tax team, as well as those outside of Tax, to provide high quality tax reporting and ensure the correct application of unique industry specific rules.
• Support regulatory filings and rate cases including assisting in the preparation of testimony, responding and reviewing questions from the Commission(s) and other interested parties, preparing and reviewing tax amounts included in regulatory filings and other work as needed.
• Understand legislative changes to U.S. federal and state and local tax laws and find opportunities and adverse consequences.
• Identify, manage and capture efficiency improvement opportunities in line with annual targets.
• Manage and review federal tax audits, and other regulated utility industry tax matters.
• Manage and develop direct reports and other members of the US-Domestic tax team.

Qualifications:

• BS Accounting; CPA / MST strongly preferred.
• Big 4 accounting firm and large corporation tax department experience and/or regulated entity tax experience preferred
• Able to self-organize and coordinate with other tax team members across different offices where appropriate.
• Excellent judgment and verbal communication skills; Ability to synthesize large volumes of information quickly and accurately to advise on ASC740 implications; tailor information to convey, timely, the most relevant data and decision points with various audiences (e.g. supervisors, tax peers and financing and business teams).
• Solid understanding in the ASC 740 impacts of complicated acquisitions / dispositions / reorganizations; intermediate understanding of an array of tax free, taxable, partnership and consolidated return technical provisions as well as Separate Company Financials, Rate Cases, and strategic transactions.
• Build and supervise team member, with particular attention to accuracy and efficiency, and mentor other members of the US-Domestic tax team.
• Strong organizational, management and writing skills.
• Willingness to challenge current processes and procedures emphasizing the development of process improvements to gain overall efficiencies.
• Prior experience preparing Microsoft Excel based tax models and review of M&A prepared financial models. Familiarity with Power BI and Power BI Desktop a plus.
• Excellent problem solving, strategic & creative thinking and interpersonal skills.

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