Tax Sr Advisor

Enbridge•Houston, TX

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a key part of Enbridge’s U.S. Tax Group, where you’ll help ensure compliance with federal, state and local tax laws while supporting efficient tax processes and important tax planning. Your primary focus will be U.S. income tax compliance for our regulated Utility entities, with additional involvement in tax provision and regulatory reporting! In this role, you’ll prepare and review federal, state and partnership tax filings, support ASC 740 processes, assist with audits, and contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and tax modeling. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams-including Financial Reporting, Regulatory and external auditors to ensure accurate, timely and well supported tax reporting. You’ll also help drive process improvements through new technology and workflow enhancements, while providing guidance and training to newer team members. Are you looking to deepen your technical expertise and make an impact in a fast-paced tax environment? If so, this role offers a strong opportunity to grow and contribute. We encourage you to apply to this outstanding opportunity!

Requirements

7+ years of progressively responsible experience in federal and state income tax preferably in the energy industry along with a bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related subject area
Show a proven understanding of tax accounting along with working knowledge of Corptax, OneSource, tax research tools and Power TAX/BNA/OFA fixed asset software preferred
An excellent written and verbal communicator who is analytical and an advanced user of the MS Office Suite (Excel and Word)

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
Masters Degree

Responsibilities

Prepare federal corporate and partnership tax returns
Prepare separate and combined state income tax and franchise tax returns
Work with tax depreciation system to calculate tax depreciation and other property related tax adjustments.
Participates in recognizing and implementing new processes and technology to streamline current processes.
Participates in audit team activities to facilitate audits and minimize tax expenses.
Assists the Income Tax Reporting Manager in reviewing activities associated with the consolidated income tax provision processes (ASC 740 and FIN 48), ensuring proper workflow and due dates are met.
Assists in the preparation of internal budgets and forecasts.
Assists tax research and planning in modeling transactions.
Review of tax legislation, rules and regulations, including identification of issues impacting the Company
Coordinates the preparation of the FIN 18 Forecast used for ASC-740 accrual computations.
Assists the Income Tax Reporting Manager in the financial statement footnote disclosure process associated with the consolidated tax provision (interacting with Financial Reporting, PWC, and Corporate Tax in Calgary).
Assists the Income Tax Reporting Manager in the preparation and/or review of individual company GAAP tax provisions, interfacing tax calculations with ORACLE, SAP and OneSource and Corptax Tax Provision software.
Participates in the state effective tax rate computations used in provision process, state tax true ups and federal tax true-ups, ensuring proper workflow and due dates are met.
Prepares tax calculations needed for FERC/PUC compliance (including tax disclosure associated with FERC Form 2 and FERC Form 6, as well as tax support in rate cases)
Monitors statutory guidance associated with tax provisions (ASC 740, FIN 48, etc.)
Responsible for training individuals new to the group on processes and systems.
Quantify impact of developments in tax legislation and communicate results appropriately
Assist in other non-specific tax activities as needed