Job description
Job Title: Tax Analyst
Location: Omaha, Nebraska, 68124
Type: General Staffing (Contract)
Duration: 5 Months initially.
Pay Range: $35/Hr.
Job Id: #144898
Job Description:
- Prepare monthly and quarterly sales/use tax returns, ensuring timely submission and payment, including Minnesota compressor fuel use tax liability accruals (25-30%).
- Review monthly tax accruals for appropriateness.
- Answer technical questions about sales and use taxes on specific transactions or invoices, and adjust tax rates in proprietary software (10-15%).
- Review tax holds daily, research and resolve issues (10-15%).
- Assist with updating the monthly tax forecast (10-15%).
- Support FERC regulatory reporting and rate case filings regarding sales/use and property tax, and prepare Form 2 schedules related to taxes (10-15%).
- Assist in preparing responses for audits by federal and state tax authorities with the help of the manager (5-10%).
- Research complex tax questions as needed (5-10%).
- Prepare special projects or tax filings as assigned (5-10%).
- Identify potential tax issues, opportunities for tax savings, and ways to enhance tax compliance efficiency (5-10%).
- Help maintain permanent tax files and records (5-10%).
- Enhance tax knowledge through reading technical newsletters, attending tax seminars, and networking within Berkshire Hathaway Energy (5-10%).
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field (finance, business administration) or equivalent related work experience (typically six years of related, progressive work experience is needed for candidates without a bachelor's degree).
- Two or more years of practical accounting experience, with at least one year of relevant tax experience.
- Experience with Vertex or tax engine software is preferred.
- Effective oral and written communication skills, including the ability to create schedules and reconciliations that summarize the company's tax position succinctly.
- Effective interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects concurrently.
- Extended work hours will be required, especially during critical periods such as planning or tax compliance filing processes.
- Intermediate computer skills and aptitude necessary to operate work-related software efficiently.
- Working knowledge of taxation principles.
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