HEI - Director, Corporate Taxes

JOB FUNCTION :

Provides leadership in all aspects of taxation to HEI and its subsidiaries, including technical, regulated industry (utility) and practical tax expertise, strategy, research and compliance, to enable senior management to make informed decisions on potential strategies and transactions as well as to properly present its financial statements and related disclosures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Proactively provides tax advice on potential strategies and planned transactions to optimize value, minimize tax exposure, or defer taxes for HEI and its subsidiaries.
• Provides financial and tax expertise to properly record the tax impact of transactions and prepares tax disclosures in financial statements, tax returns and other reports, such as regulatory filings. Maintains compliance with other tax requirements, such as general excise, use, and fuel excise taxes.
• Ensures tax compliance, including the filing of all federal, state, county and other jurisdictional tax returns, pension and other postretirement benefit reports, manages the government examination (RAR) process, and negotiates settlements.
• Proactively and timely communicates tax strategies and issues related to the operating subsidiaries with their management and staff and involves them in determining the implications and process of resolution. Advises the utility on the tax aspects of all regulatory issues and provides expert witness support for rate case and other proceedings, as requested.
• Actively reviews all current and proposed tax legislation, regulations and rulings and apprises senior management and the board of directors of the significant tax issues affecting HEI and its subsidiaries, including regulatory tax matters.
• Manages the tax department by preparing and / or reviewing administrative reports and schedules including department goals, plans and budgets. Develops staff, provides effective supervision and conducts performance evaluations for direct reports.
• Other strategic tax and financial matters or projects, as assigned.

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Role :  Director

Number of Vacancies :  1