About us:

Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy expansion solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through its transmission business, LS Power Grid, the company built and operates 780+ miles of high-voltage transmission and 7 transmission utilities and has another 375+ miles currently in construction or development. LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are meeting the growing needs of the energy expansion, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised more than $76 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.

Our Purpose, Mission, & Values:

Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world

Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem

Our Values are the willingness to participate in and help strengthen our culture of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership

Our People create value and are our Most Valuable asset.  We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.

Benefits

We provide our team the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $95,000-$110,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New Jersey.  This salary range may also be modified in the future.

About the Role:

The Senior Tax Associate will be part of the New Jersey based team and directly work with the Tax Managers and Sr. Vice President of Tax.  This role will have exposure to a combination of business entities operating in the traditional & renewable energy and private equity funds. The position provides for potential long term career advancement and will encompass numerous facets of tax compliance, planning, and research in a dynamic organization with a proven track record of growth and expansion.

What you will do:

The Senior Tax Associate position responsibilities include:

• Preparation and/or review of domestic federal and state income tax workpapers utilized for estimated tax payments, investor tax projections, and timely tax filings of returns and reports
• Aspects of tax compliance, which vary based on assignments, may include preparation or review of tax basis trial balances, incentive carry waterfalls, depreciation calculations, federal and state tax withholding, E&P adjustments, ASC 740 income tax provisions, etc.
• Coordinating with outside tax firms regarding review comments of prepared tax returns and interacting for research questions and projects
• Identification, research and analysis of tax technical issues
• Preparing written memos to document tax positions and memorialize meeting notes

We want you on our team because you…

• Have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related business field (advanced degree and/or CPA preferred)
• Bring 2+ years of experience in partnership taxation, with public accounting experience as a plus
• Have exposure to private equity funds and/or ASC 740 (a plus)
• Demonstrate strong project management skills along with excellent written and verbal communication
• Possess intermediate Excel skills, including working with formulas and navigating complex workbooks
• Have strong research skills and are comfortable using multiple resource platforms
• Are highly organized with a strong work ethic and the ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines

Ideally, you also have

• Have the ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within a team environment
• Are comfortable interfacing with external tax advisors, internal departments, and investors
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of tax and financial accounting concepts