• Prepare and review proforma and finalized tax returns under the guidance of experienced tax professionals, for client types including individuals, trusts, estates, partnerships, and S & C corporations
• Assist in preparing amended tax returns
• Support the review and response process for tax notices
• Contribute to the development of tax projections
• Ensure accurate and timely filing of tax returns
• Assist clients with estimated tax payments, IRS correspondence, and audit support as needed
• Serve as the in-house tax resource for advisors and investment professionals
• Participate in client meetings to explain tax implications of investment and planning decisions
• Stay current on tax law changes and assess their impact on client strategies
• Contribute to white papers, newsletters, and client education materials on tax topics

Tax Consultant

• Manage complex tax planning initiatives and collaboratively work with business units and executive management to implement recommendations and actions.
• Tax planning advisor for renewable and utility income tax matters and leads associated communication with external tax counsel on various topics including all relevant OB3 provisions.
• Evaluate business opportunities and global strategic initiatives through documentation analysis in support of financing and investing decisions.
• Provide strategic tax support to Corporate Development for entity and organization structuring heavily weighted with partnerships and LLCs.
• Provide authoritative support as a subject matter expert on federal prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for all relevant projects.
• Perform technical tax research and analysis on various issues.
• Compose memos that identify the tax implications of potential business investment, divestment and financing decisions as part of Management’s investment decision review process.
• Manage tax development monitoring, communication and Management engagement on business relevant topics.
• Lead due diligence for sales and acquisitions of assets and entities.
• Respond to audit information data requests.
• Furnish recommendations on global tax and transfer pricing issues, including review of inter-group financing arrangements and support of annual US transfer price study.
• Assist with tax capacity forecasts and valuation allowance analyses, including support of technical tax matters that impact deductions, credits, and cash flow timing.
• Contribute to the growth and development of team members.

Senior Manager – Tax

• Lead the preparation, review, and filing of all multistate sales and use tax returns and related filings for Networks operations.
• Ensure timely and accurate payment of sales and use taxes, including reconciliation of tax accruals, reserves, and general ledger accounts.
• Oversee use tax compliance related to capital projects, construction activity, materials, services, and intercompany transactions.
• Support regulatory filings and rate case proceedings, including preparation of analyses, responses to information requests (IRs), etc.
• Serve as a sales and use tax subject matter expert, including providing testimony in rate cases as needed.
• Lead sales and use tax audits, including audit defense, data production, negotiations, appeals, and resolution with taxing authorities.
• Manage exemption certificates, resale certificates, and utility‑specific exemptions, ensuring accurate application and documentation.
• Identify and pursue refund opportunities, voluntary disclosures, and strategies to mitigate historical and prospective tax exposure.
• Monitor and interpret changes in sales and use tax laws and regulations, including utility‑specific guidance, and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Lead technology‑enabled process improvements related to sales and use tax data gathering, validation, controls, and reporting.
• Enhance data governance and reporting processes to improve the accuracy, transparency, and defensibility of tax positions reflected in rates.
• Support the transition of sales and use tax activities from external providers to an in‑house function, ensuring continuity, quality, and effective risk management.
• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Accounts Payable, Engineering, Capital Accounting, Finance, and IT to ensure proper tax treatment of transactions.
• Advise management on sales and use tax risks, exposures, and strategic considerations affecting regulated operations.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop sales and use tax staff, fostering accountability, professional growth, and high performance.

Tax Manager

• Advise clients on the tax implications of their business objectives.
• Evaluate and select alternative actions to lessen tax burden and cost of compliance.
• Identify different methods of complying with tax regulations while acting as the primary client contact for complex tax issues.
• Apply knowledge to understand potential tax issues, recognizing and communicating potential risks and changes in tax policy.
• Make top-level decisions regarding filing, preparation and resolution of questions from federal/state agencies.
• Be a critical member of the office/region leadership team and actively participate in marketing, networking, and business development within an area of expertise and specialization while maintaining client relationships.

• Provide excellent, responsive customer service and issue resolution to complex tax questions from claimants, policyholders, field personnel, home office personnel and tax authorities that contact the Tax Reporting Group (TRG) via the 1-800 call center, Tax unit Questions (e-mail) and NaviLink
• Receives inquiries and complaints from above parties and works to resolve and correct issues in a timely and courteous manner and maintain proper documentation of resolution
• Consult with field personnel, brokers, DBS, claimant and policyholder in proper tax adjudication of claims, including communication of Unum’s tax procedures, guidelines and services and complex subjects such as the methods of calculating taxability
• This position provides information but does not give tax advice which at times is a fine line
• Calculate and submit corrections to W-2s, W-2Cs and 1099s, obtaining proper documentation
• Identify/respond to existing taxation discrepancies between contract, system coding, and clients’ documentation and collaborate with proper parties for resolution
• Conducts policyholder audits with consultation from management, as needed, for proper tax withholding and reporting
• Able to perform all aspects of the audit, including generation of needed reports, obtaining needed supporting documentation and communicating with internal and external parties
• Reviews and revises policyholder reports from all legacy systems to assure they accurately reflect third party sick pay reporting and are distributed in a timely manner
• Calculate and process FICA, FIT and SIT tax refunds and underpayments in legacy systems
• Provide verification of claimant sick pay income to Federal and State governments, Social Security Administration and Department of Veteran Affairs
• Consistently demonstrates high quality results identified through quality reviews
• Perform other duties as assigned

Benefit Tax Service Representative

• Prepares and files tax returns and reports in compliance with established deadlines.
• Responsible for determining tax implications of company actions and develops strategies for minimizing liability.
• Keeps abreast of changes in federal, state, and local tax legislation.
• Utilizes appropriate internal and external resources to monitor changes in applicable foreign tax legislation.
• Responsible for managing the tax reporting, tax planning, and compliance function.
• Oversee the completion of accurate tax returns to minimize the tax obligations of the organization.
• Manage international resources to ensure proper compliance of subsidiaries in all applicable jurisdictions.
• Provide innovative tax planning and review complex income tax returns.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks.
• Manage tax provision and tax compliance process.
• Own the sales/value-added tax process and compliance.
• Manage and coordinate tax audits.
• Maintain tax balances on general ledger.
• Prepare all tax papers in regular basis and handle all information data requests.
• Coordinate and manage transfer pricing policy compliance process.
• Lead projects on a cross-functional basis.
• Help develop and implement new projects, policies, and procedures for a department to meet key corporate initiatives.
• Develop key relationships with internal and external consultants and stakeholders.

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