Senior Accountant

Senior Income Tax Accountant I & II Positions

Senior Income Tax Accountant I & II positions are integral members of the Southern Company Services (SCS) Income Tax Reporting and Forecasting Team. This role reports to the Income Tax Accounting Supervisor and primarily supports the income tax provisions of both large corporate consolidations and partnership entities in accordance with ASC 740 for Southern Company GAS.

Responsibilities :

• Design, test, implement income tax accounting process improvements for large consolidations.
• Calculation & review of differences between book (GAAP) and complex income tax positions, tax adjusting journal entries, & supporting workpapers, for both federal, state, & local authorities.
• Calculate both the current year and future federal, state, & local income tax impacts due to changes in both statutory rates and apportionable state income changes.
• Research and analyze complex state tax transactions including apportionment methodology, unitary filings, tax allocations, and intercompany state income tax payable reconciliations.
• Process actualization of complex sub-consolidations for both Federal and state income tax provisions versus final tax return filing positions ensuring reconciliation of income tax accruals.
• Preparation and review of complex tax basis balance sheets, corresponding accumulated deferred income tax balances, through supporting reconciliations and supporting workpapers.
• Analyze and communicate drivers of year to date and year over year income tax variances.
• Support regulatory tax filings and income tax portions of the ratemaking process as needed.
• Identify information gaps and data flow problems, coordinate solutions for process improvements and efficiency, including assisting in both software design and implementation.
• Actively engage in knowledge transfer, job training, mentoring, and guiding less experienced members of the team and organization on assigned projects.
• Develop and manage both relationships and communications between the Tax Accounting department and its stakeholders, including Financial Reporting; Financial Planning; Tax Compliance; Accounting Research, Indirect Tax, Property Accounting, and Auditors.

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