Tax Accountant

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and timely file the company’s recurring indirect tax returns and remit the associated payments, including property tax, sales and use tax, and business & occupation (B&O) tax, ensuring all obligations are met accurately and by their deadlines.
• Maintain the property tax compliance calendar, including property tax renditions and returns across the company’s jurisdictions.
• Prepare and file federal excise tax forms, including Form 720 (quarterly federal excise tax return) and Form 8849 (excise tax refund/credit claims), and submit required zero filings.
• Prepare monthly tax journal entries and accruals as part of the month-end close.
• Prepare monthly terminal and gallon reconciliations and the supporting schedules that feed the company’s excise tax filings and information returns.
• Manage the company’s surety bonds and related premium payments — ensuring timely renewals, and that premium and bulk bills are accurately prepared, posted, and paid — and maintain licensing and registration requirements.
• Complete periodic regulatory and energy reporting (such as Department of Energy filings) on the required cadences.
• Support annual information reporting, including Form 1099 preparation and filing.
• Research and resolve jurisdictional notices and discrepancy letters.
• Maintain the standardization of returns, supporting schedules, and work papers; document and improve procedures (SOPs); and identify opportunities to streamline and automate.
• Assist with jurisdictional audit requests by providing supporting documentation as needed.
• Provide cross-functional support to other areas of the Finance team as needed, particularly during peak periods.
• Assist management with various projects and tasks as needed; other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficiency with core accounting concepts, such as debits/credits and account and inventory reconciliation.
• Familiarity with SAP (or a comparable ERP/accounting system).
• Ability to multitask with attention to detail across competing priorities and deadlines.
• Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Excel required, including comfort using functions and pivot tables.
• Adheres to professional standards for the protection of confidential, proprietary, and personally identifiable information.
• Ability to independently develop solutions to problems/challenges as they arise.
• Flexibility to work additional hours during peak periods.

Experience/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Corporate tax and/or general accounting experience is preferred but not required.