Tax Advisor - Partnership (1588)

Job description

At ENGIE North America, innovation and excellence create a platform for growth. We have a range of businesses in the United States and Canada, including clean power generation, cogeneration, and energy storage; retail energy sales; and comprehensive services to help customers run their facilities more efficiently and optimize energy and other resource use and expense. Nearly 100 percent of our power generation portfolio is low carbon or renewable. Globally, ENGIE is the largest independent power producer and energy efficiency services provider in the world, with operations in 70 countries employing 150,000 people, including 1,000 researchers in 11 R&D centers.

We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to create the future of energy and customer solutions. Join a rewarding and flexible work environment that encourages innovation and creativity to help customers meet their energy challenges today and in the future.

The Role: Tax Advisor-Partnership

Purpose
Acquisitions of SoCore, Infinity, Longwood, OSU as well as and ENGIE’s strategy of Design Build Sell Operate (DBSO) have substantially increased the number, scope, and complexity of partnership federal and state income tax compliance filings. The incumbent will build specialized partnership expertise that can be leveraged in M&A, dispositions, compliance, and financial reporting activities.

Location/Department
Houston/Tax

Essential Job Functions
·  Prepare ENGIE’s federal partnership’s tax compliance, and build expertise with complex income allocations and capital account maintenance.
·  Manage outside tax partner relationships to build trust and transparency including meeting information reporting deadlines and working with their tax advisors.
·  Managing outside accounting relationship to minimize ENGIE’s external costs while ensuring ENGIE’s internal work is held to highest IRS standards.
·  Reconcile tax capital accounts to books and validate deferred taxes.
·  Review and validate partnership models and forecasts
·  Monitor partnership tax legislation

Requirements

·  Knowledge and experience in partnership taxation is essential. Tax knowledge and experience in renewables is a plus. Proven ability to manage multiple responsibilities with critical deadlines. Highly adaptable to change. Works well independently as well as collaboratively in a team setting.
·  Experience with Onesource or Corptax or equivalent tax software, exposure to SAP and BNA Research tools a plus.
·  Ability to explain tax regulations to non-tax experts

Essential Physical Abilities

·  Ability to meet highest attendance requirements
·  Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally.
·  Ability to handle multiple assignments on a timely basis with a high degree of accuracy.
·  Ability to use personal computer, calculator, etc.
·  Could involve some lifting.

Education/Experience

·  Bachelor Degree required. Accounting and Finance preferred
·  CPA/MA/MBA preferred
·  7-10 years of accounting and/or finance experience

Working Environment
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

For this role you must have authorization to work in the United States. Qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or expression, genetic information or any other legally protected status.

 

This job advertisement is supported by the ENGIE Talent Acquisition team. Agency involvement is not required. All related inquires must be done to the Talent Acquisition team, not direct to ENGIE North America Managers.

 

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Oct 4, 2019