26-730.B - Sr. Sales Tax Accountant

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Manage sales and use, motor fuels, and excise tax compliance activities across multiple states and legal entities, including preparation, review, reconciliation, and timely filing of tax returns.
• Research and interpret state and local sales and use tax, motor fuel tax, and excise tax laws and regulations, particularly as they apply to upstream oil and gas operations.
• Review purchase and operational transactions to determine proper tax treatment and identify potential tax exposures, exemptions, or overpayments.
• Provide tax guidance to Accounting, Accounts Payable, Operations, and other business groups regarding the taxability of purchases, services, equipment, fuel usage, and operational activities.
• Support sales and use, motor fuel, and excise tax audits by gathering documentation, analyzing transactions, preparing workpapers, responding to auditor requests, and assisting with development of tax positions.
• Identify and pursue tax savings and refund opportunities, including transaction analysis, exemption reviews, refund claim preparation, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with tax controversy matters, including researching technical issues, developing factual support, preparing responses, and coordinating with taxing authorities and outside advisors.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments and evaluate potential impacts to Hilcorp's operations and tax obligations.
• Review and maintain tax rates, tax codes, exemption information, and system tax determination rules to promote accurate tax treatment.
• Analyze large volumes of transactional and operational data using SAP, Excel, and other tax or reporting systems to identify errors, trends, exposures, and opportunities.
• Perform tax account reconciliations and investigate differences between tax returns, general ledger accounts, tax accruals, and underlying transaction data.
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• Assist with motor fuel and excise tax determinations involving fuel purchases, consumption, exemptions, taxable uses, and applicable reporting requirements.
• Partner with field and operational personnel to understand how fuel, equipment, and services are used and determine the appropriate tax treatment.
• Develop and maintain procedures, documentation, and internal controls related to sales and use, motor fuel, and excise tax processes.
• Assist with implementation of process improvements, system enhancements, and automation initiatives designed to improve tax accuracy and efficiency.
• Review work prepared by other team members and provide guidance on compliance, taxability, research, and technical issues.
• Assist with training and development of less-experienced tax staff.
• Participate in special projects involving acquisitions, new operations, new entities, system changes, tax planning, and other business initiatives.

• Proactively identify opportunities to reduce tax risk, recover overpayments, improve processes, and provide value to the business.
• Support team members with compliance, audits, research, special projects, and other priorities as needed to help meet department objectives and deadlines.
• Collaborate across the Tax Department, share knowledge and best practices, and serve as a resource to help resolve issues and improve overall team performance.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance the quality of the department’s work.
• Maintain flexibility to assist with new or changing responsibilities as business needs and department priorities evolve.
• Contribute to a positive, accountable, and team-oriented work environment by communicating effectively, taking ownership, and supporting the overall success of the Tax Department.

Other Job Responsibilities:·        

• Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment, and innovation.
• Supports company vision and mission.
• Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
• Ability to remain professional, positive, determined, and focused when facing challenging situations.
• Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in sales and use tax or indirect tax, preferably within the oil and gas industry, including upstream, midstream, and/or oilfield services operations.
• Strong knowledge of state and local sales and use tax laws and regulations, with particular emphasis on Texas.
• Experience supporting state and local tax audits, including audit defense, transaction analysis, development of tax positions, and interaction with taxing authorities.
• Experience with indirect tax compliance, tax research, planning, refund opportunities, and tax controversy matters.
• Experience analyzing the tax implications of oil and gas operational activities, including drilling, completions, production, facilities, equipment, and services.
• Experience with motor fuels and excise taxes preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze large volumes of transactional and operational data, identify issues, and develop practical solutions.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to understand operational activities and translate them into appropriate tax treatment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate complex tax and operational matters to both tax and non-tax personnel.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across departments, with field personnel, taxing authorities, and external advisors.
• Ability to independently manage multiple assignments and competing priorities while meeting established deadlines.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to maintain accurate and well-supported documentation.
• Proactive and achievement-oriented, with a willingness to take ownership of responsibilities, identify opportunities, and contribute to the overall success of the Tax Department.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, support team members, share knowledge, and adapt to changing department and business priorities.
• Proficiency in the use and application of the following software:
  • Required: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook).
  • Preferred: Advanced Excel skills.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college with a degree in accounting, finance or a closely related field.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:·CMI, Preferred.