Senior SALT Tax Accountant - Automation & Compliance

Constellation Energy Corp.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 97,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Constellation Energy Corp. in Austin, TX seeks a SALT Senior Transaction Tax Accountant to lead monthly reconciliations, investigate variances, and validate data in a highly automated environment.

You will support planning, audits, and related journal entries while coordinating with Accounting, Finance and business teams. The role requires a CPA or advanced degree; 5+ years in tax accounting; strong Excel and ERP experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Tax, Business, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of accounting, tax accounting, sales and use tax, indirect tax, or transaction tax experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong documentation and organizational skills.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical, research, problem solving, and reasoning skills.
• Experience preparing account reconciliations, researching variances, and preparing journal entries.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and similar applications and detailed financial or transactional data.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, reserves, and transaction tax compliance processes.
• Ability to reconcile tax returns and transactional data to source information and general ledger balances.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for monthly and quarterly transaction tax liability account reconciliations.
• Research, identify, and resolve reconciling items and variances; validate transaction tax data to source records, return adjustments, and general ledger balances.
• Tie transaction tax returns to source data and adjustments, manage return-related adjustments, and prepare or coordinate related general ledger entries.
• Support accrual and payment journal-entry processes, including preparation, validation, documentation, issue resolution, and timely follow-through on identified accounting matters.
• Support bad-debt compliance reviews, ASC 450 reserve reconciliations, journal entries, and other assigned transaction tax accounting processes.
• Support SALT Planning through audit documentation, internal audit responses, account analysis, reconciliations, and other accounting-related support needs.
• Partner with Accounting, Finance, Business, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, improve workflow consistency, support automation, and identify process improvements.
• Respond to Tax and business-team inquiries and support additional accounting tasks, Transaction Tax initiatives, business initiatives, and assigned projects.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal & written communication

Documentation

Analytical thinking

Research skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Journal entries

Tax accounting

Account reconciliations

Automation mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Tax, Business, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ARCS

ERP systems

Tax software

Job description

Constellation Energy Corp. in Austin, TX seeks a SALT Senior Transaction Tax Accountant to lead monthly reconciliations, investigate variances, and validate data in a highly automated environment.

You will support planning, audits, and related journal entries while coordinating with Accounting, Finance and business teams. The role requires a CPA or advanced degree; 5+ years in tax accounting; strong Excel and ERP experience.