Senior Tax Accountant

LE12 Warrior Met Coal Shared Services, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LE12 Warrior Met Coal Shared Services, LLC is seeking a Senior Tax Accountant for their Brookwood, AL office. The ideal candidate will direct tax functions, engage in compliance activities, and collaborate on significant transactions.

This role demands a detail-oriented professional with a Bachelor's degree in accounting and a CPA designation preferred, along with at least 2 years of corporate tax experience. Environmental and safety standards are also a focus within the operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of progressive corporate tax experience.
• Advanced understanding of international and multi-jurisdiction regulations.
• Ability to work effectively with management across locations.

Responsibilities

• Directing all tax functions including planning, compliance, and preparation.
• Collaborate on mergers and acquisitions.
• Prepare income tax compliance activities.

Skills

Tax planning

Compliance

Tax research

Accounting principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

CPA designation

MBA or law degree

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for a senior tax accountant at our central mining office in Brookwood, AL. We expect this person to be a role model for the "Warrior Way" and uphold the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and teamwork.

About the Role

As a senior tax accountant, you will assist in directing all tax functions of the corporation including tax planning, research, preparation, compliance and litigation; collaborate with management on planned transactions such as mergers and acquisitions; develop methods of reporting to minimize tax risk and maximize tax savings opportunities; oversee and interpret international, federal and state tax laws; and interface, negotiate and settle disputes with external auditors and tax authorities.

Responsibilities

• ASC 740 Accounting for Income Taxes.
• Provides Accounting and Internal Audit departments with tax accounting details and information for financial forecasts, year‑end closing, and disclosure purposes.
• Income Tax Compliance: Assist in tax compliance activities throughout the corporation to meet all international, federal, state, local and foreign tax laws, and tax filing due dates. Work with third‑party firms to prepare returns and with tax authorities to ensure compliance with regulators.
• Tax Planning: Make recommendations on short and long tax planning initiatives to place the company in the most efficient tax posture.
• Tax Internal Controls: Assist in ensuring appropriate tax internal controls under SOX 404 including internal control testing, remediation, documentation, and ongoing maintenance.
• Tax Strategy: Actively participate in due diligence and other activities associated with acquisitions, liquidations, corporate structuring, stock offerings, and debt restructuring to create the most tax efficient transactions for the company.
• Tax Advice: Assist Tax Director in providing tax advice to corporate departments and business units, and assist business units in resolving tax‑related questions and issues and preparing tax reporting packages (e.g., depreciation, R&D).
• Sales and Use Tax Compliance:
  • Prepare monthly Use tax calculation from tax engine, prepare monthly Sales and Use tax returns, proactively manage monthly Sales return compliance and procurement to ensure efficient and correct tax is paid to appropriate jurisdictions.
• Business Personal Property Reporting: Prepare all business personal property tax reports to ensure they are accurate and coordinate with Engineering departments on proper treatment reporting for large projects, in conjunction with the legal departments, and appeal assessments when appropriate.
• Tax Incentives:
  • Work with outside counsel to obtain income and non‑income tax incentives.
  • Coordinate with operations to identify areas for application.
  • File exemption requests for vendors to obtain abatement benefits.
  • File project status reports with local counties on tax incentive projects.
• Unclaimed Property: Identify unclaimed property held by the Company, prepare due diligence letters and appropriate state unclaimed property reports.
• Intercompany Debt: Calculate intercompany debt expense between subsidiaries and identify appropriate timing of dividend distributions and equity transfers of subsidiaries.
• Investor Compliance: Monitor investor stock transactions to ensure compliance with Charter restrictions; contact investors as needed to confirm compliance.
• Maintain tax history, documentation and records for appropriate prescribed statutory time periods.
• Industry Groups and Associations: Participate in industry groups and associations to stay abreast of recent tax development and tax law changes, interpret and analyze changing regulations, identify areas requiring modifications, and set up required programs as needed.
• May be required to travel to other Company sites, external meetings, conferences, etc. Significant increase in workload during tax compliance season, quarterly accounting close and SEC reporting which requires working additional hours/days as needed.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Administration or Finance.
• Minimum of 2 years progressive corporate tax experience.
• CPA designation preferred.
• MBA, Master of Law (LLM) in Taxation or law degree desired.
• Must be skilled at research with advanced understanding of international and multi‑jurisdiction income, transactional and regulations for a large public corporation.
• Requires ability to work effectively with and through management in various locations on a wide range of issues.
• Must be client oriented and exhibit willingness and ability to advise and assist on all tax matters within the company.
• Requires high degree of detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage tax department staff worldwide and direct workload with fixed deadlines is critical.

Environment and Safety

Improve safety standards by holding safety meetings, conducting safety interactions, and taking corrective action where required. Ensure adherence to State, Federal and Company workplace policies and standard work procedures for risk identification, risk assessment and risk control. Maintain a high level of safety performance through effective communication, monitoring, and revision of standard work procedures. Identify and report safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries, and property damage at the workplace. Attend and participate in all scheduled safety meetings and training. Investigate accidents and near misses with a view toward positive action, through training, equipment set‑up or equipment repair and report on findings and conclusions. Maintain environmental awareness amongst the workforce by holding meetings and involving the environmental department in related subjects. Ensure adherence to environmental policy, work standards, management plans and regulatory obligations and requirements. Integrate environmental policies, programs, and practices into all activities of the organization.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting: Being able to sit at a computer for extended periods.
• Lifting: Being able to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally or a negligible amount frequently.
• Repetitive motion: Being able to move the hands, wrists, and/or fingers substantially.
• Visual acuity: Having close visual acuity for reading, preparing data, and viewing a computer terminal.
• Walking: Being able to walk short distances.
• Noise: Working in moderate noise.
• Confined spaces: Working in a confined area.
• Environmental factors: Being exposed to environmental factors that could stress or pressure the worker.