Senior Income Tax Analyst

Houston, TX

Wells Blair, Ltd. is a specialized tax recruitment firm with markets in Chicago, IL and Houston, TX. We align with tax professionals seeking the next step in their career. If you are interested in this opportunity or are interested in discussing the current market and your interests, please submit your information below.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Tax Compliance:
  • Preparation and review of federal, state, local and foreign filings.
  • Perform analysis of financial statements, while utilizing strong analytical, accounting and tax technical skills, to prepare and file federal, state and local income, franchise and gross receipts tax returns;
  • Prepare and file estimated tax payments as needed for both Buckeye Partners, LP and parent company
  • Perform accounting for Income Tax functions, including Quarterly Tax Provisions and working with accounting personnel and departmental administrative staff to ensure proper recording of the results in the ERP system.
  • Manage preparation of Foundation tax return.
  • Maintains and oversees the tax calendar for required compliance and other filings for partnership and corporate entities; ensure all deadlines are
  • Earning and Profits – Calculate the accumulated earnings and profits of the company to assist in measuring the economic ability of a corporation to pay distributions

• Tax Research and Planning/Laws and Regulations Knowledge Keep current on new and proposed tax laws and regulations and communicate awareness to other members of the tax department; perform tax planning and research on various issues as needed.
• Tax Depreciation Preparation and review of fixed asset tax depreciation and gains/losses. Provide consolidated summary and tie out in order to reconcile differences between financial fixed asset rollforwards and tax income rollforwards.  
• Tax Authorities Liaison Respond to tax notices from federal, state and various taxing authorities.
• FERC Reporting Support the FERC filing process for income tax matters, including responding to data requests for audits or rate cases.
• Tax Budget Support Assist in the preparation of tax department budget for income tax compliance.
• Due Diligence Participate in the due diligence process and modelling exercises for mergers, acquisitions and dispositions along with or other special projects.
• Account Reconciliations Assistance with review, evaluation and reconciliation of tax accounts
• Other duties as assigned including –
  • Interfacing with outside tax and legal advisors on the company’s behalf, as well as Federal and State taxing authorities, as required
  • Identifying and implementing process improvements to increase efficiencies and ensure best practices.
  • Assisting with other tax department matters as determined by management

 Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline required.
• CPA or advanced degree is preferred but not required.
• 3 - 5 years of related experience is required, preferably in corporate and partnership tax filings.

Certificates & Licenses:

• CPA is required; if candidate does not have CPA, will need to work on obtaining CPA upon hire.