What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tax Associate position at LS Power Development, LLC?
Overview
About us:
Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy transition solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired over 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through LS Power Grid, the Firm has built and operates approximately 780 miles of high-voltage transmission with another 350 miles and multiple grid infrastructure projects currently under construction or development. Across its efforts, LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are accelerating the energy transition, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised $65 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.
Our Purpose, Mission, & Values:
Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world
Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem
Our Values are the willingness to participate in and help strengthen our culture of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership
Our People create value and are our Most Valuable asset. We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.
Benefits
We provide our team the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.
About the Role:
This role supports both bookkeeping and tax functions, including preparing holding company workpapers, assisting with journal entries, and ensuring accurate tax documentation. Key responsibilities include preparing and reviewing federal and state tax workpapers and returns, handling tax notices, and performing research on complex tax issues, including PTET elections.
Responsibilities
What you will do:
- Prepare book, federal and state tax workpapers for corporations, partnerships, and disregarded entities along with corresponding journal entries.
- Initial review of federal and state tax returns for corporations and partnerships.
- Experience in preparing pass-through entity tax calculations for PTET elections in place at pass-through entities.
- Review and prepare responses for any tax notices received for corporations and partnerships.
- Performing, documenting, and summarizing research and conclusions regarding specific tax issues.
- Performing, documenting, and summarizing research and conclusions regarding specific tax issues.
Qualifications
We want you on our team because you…
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business field required. Advanced degree and/or CPA preferred.
- 2 years of professional experience in partnership taxation, public accounting and/or private equity experience a plus.
- Can demonstrate strong excel skills.
Ideally, you also...
- Demonstrate solid knowledge and understanding of tax and financial accounting concepts.
- Have a strong work ethic and well organized - ability to manage multiple projects/assignments, while meeting deadlines.
- Have an intermediate level of Excel skills including formula efficiency and workbook navigation.
- Are an effective communicator both written & verbal.
- Have the ability to work independently as well as within a team structure.
