Overview

We are designing the Grid of the future!

Electric Power Engineers, LLC (EPE) partners with power and energy clients across the globe to address complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. We have partnered with power and energy clients across the globe for over 50 years. With locations in Texas and Illinois in the United States, Canada, Panama, and Lebanon, we serve clients internationally. Our executive team has more than 160 years of experience in the industry working with hundreds of generating facilities and dozens of energy storage installations.

We serve the needs of key client groups such as investor-owned utilities (IOUs), municipal-owned utilities (MOUs), cooperative utilities, independent system operators (ISOs), project developers, owners, and independent power producers, as well as other grid stakeholders. We provide our clients solutions for generation interconnection, reliability planning, long-term strategy development, economic planning, and load interconnection. Our highly experienced team of detail-oriented consultants are passionate about helping clients.

We entered the renewables industry early and have seen significant growth in power engineering consulting services, establishing a unique and well-respected position in the power industry as a leading expert in power grid and energy integration. Our goal is to continue this growth three-fold over the next five years and enhance the services we currently provide. We are at the forefront of progressing the electric power/energy industry forward by creating a “grid of the future”!

Responsibilities

Join us in leading the change!

We are seeking an experienced Corporate Tax Manager to join our team, and this role is integral to our strategic growth and expansion plans. They will assist the CFO with the design of global tax (income, sales, transfer, and other taxes) and treasury strategy and coordinate the implementation of the strategy for a multi-state and multi-national, private equity backed company. This includes all aspects of the Company’s effective tax rate and cash tax profile, tax compliance, tax planning, cash management strategy, and integration of the tax functions. The successful candidate will work within an interdisciplinary team, including external tax advisors and banking partners, to minimize cash taxes, proactively optimize the effective tax rate, and maintain cash and working capital targets.

How you can make an impact:

Taxation

• Coordinate with CFO to implement cohesive, efficient tax strategy.
• Model internal restructuring projects to provide CFO with recommendations on structuring which will optimize and stabilize effective tax rate.
• Responsible for oversight/completion of federal, international, state income tax returns, and state/local sales tax returns including all related analysis and support. Manages the tax reporting process with third-party vendors.
• Oversight of the tax returns for the Company’s international subsidiaries.
• Responsible for audits of federal and state income tax and state and local filings of any non-income tax returns.
• Prepare quarterly and year-end tax workpapers and support and assist external accountants in the preparation of company and shareholder tax returns.
• Responsible for accounting for income and sales taxes in the US and International subsidiaries.
• Responsible for estimating and monitoring annual cash taxes.
• Maintenance and organization of the company’s corporate, tax, and other compliance related tax documents.
• Coordination of accounting for income taxes for international subsidiaries with third party vendors.
• Ensuring appropriate internal controls are in place over accounting for income taxes.
• Responsible for responding to inquiries from regulatory authorities and coordinating appropriate responses.
• Maintain online tax accounts for numerous state and local agencies and manage credentials for company access.
• Assist in identifying, mitigating, and assessing tax risks. Find areas of cost reduction.
• Liaison with operating management on tax issues and accounting staff on tax accounting issues

Qualifications

Bring your passion, here what’s needed:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Master’s degree in taxation preferred. CPA Preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in corporate taxation both at the federal and state level, with some experience with international tax issues. Experience with multi-state income tax issues along with parent/subsidiary tax issues required.
• Proven experience in managing and all stages of tax preparation, filing and compliance processes.
• Strong multi-tasking competencies and ability to manage workload to meet US Federal/State and Global reporting deadlines.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent negotiation and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments and teams.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Prior experience in the engineering or tech services sector, whether through previous Tax, Treasury or Audit, consulting, or operational roles, is highly desired. Understanding the engineering and tech services sector's specific challenges, trends, and dynamics will be a significant advantage.
• Significant experience in Tax with consolidated organizations (multiple national and international subsidiaries) with annual revenues of $75m or more and with complex reporting structures, including multiple divisions, lines of business and departments.
• Demonstrable experience in managing all stages of tax strategy, risk management, compliance and reporting for federal and state income taxes, sales and local taxes and international taxes.
• Solid experience in financial modeling of tax scenarios. Experience in creating complex financial models.
• Operational treasury experience including experience with multiple bank platforms or treasury management systems.
• Experience or knowledge related to the following tax credits a plus:
  • IRC section 48 Investment Tax Credit
  • IRC section 45 Production Tax Credit
  • IRC section 45Q Carbon Capture Tax Credit
  • IRC section 45V Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

How we support you:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision with 100% premium coverage for you.
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Continuous Education Benefits
• Work with industry leaders
• 401K, up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)
• Flexible Work including hybrid and remote possibilities based on position.

Location: This position will be located in Austin, TX

Travel: The job may require occasional travel (US and International) to meet with taxing authorities and/or stakeholders, including overnight stays

EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster, and its supplement are available using the following links: EEOC is the Law Poster

If you are interested in applying for employment with EPE and need special assistance to apply for a posted position, please send an email to: applicationassistance@epeconsulting.com

Third-Party Recruiting Notification

EPE does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to EPE via our career page or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency. EPE will not pay a fee to a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed third-party agreement and has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Talent Acquisition team.