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Managing Tax Counsel
- Vistra (Irving, TX)
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If you have what it takes to become part of the Vistra family and would like to start a promising career with a global leader, take a look at the exciting employment opportunities that are currently available and apply online.
Job Summary
Legal tax advisor for broad range of Company activities including corporate development projects, power plant and retail operations advice, legal, treasury and commercial initiatives and tax minimization efforts for all type of taxes
Tax audit, appeals and litigation advisor for federal and multistate income tax, multistate transaction taxes, state and local property taxes and other miscellaneous taxes
Provides high quality client service to other tax team members, corporate clients throughout the Company and Company management, with a focus on process improvements to capture tax savings where possible
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
+ Capable of evaluating wide range of potential corporate activities to identify federal, state and local tax consequences and advise clients
+ Adept at performing high level assessment of due diligence to determine any key tax concerns
+ Able to translate complex tax advice into plain language that is actionable for business clients
+ Proficient at tax research and concise written documentation
+ Strong advocate for tax positions in audits, appeals and litigation
+ Knowledgeable of tax procedural rules of controversy
+ Capable of selecting and interfacing with outside counsel and other tax consulting advisors as needed
+ Effective at training other tax team members on corporate transactions that have been executed and assist with integration and implementation by other tax team members
+ Manages multiple projects and prioritizes effectively to achieve maximum business results
+ Self-starter who is highly effective in managing a team and project deadlines
Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
+ J.D. (with Tax coursework), LLM optional, from well recognized legal and tax legal programs
+ Experience gained through college degree programs and/or certification in business majors
+ Minimum 8–10-year major law firm or Big 4 accounting, with assignments in corporate income tax and mergers and acquisitions strongly preferred
+ Energy sector experience highly preferred
+ Knowledge of in house legal and tax operations highly preferred
Key Metrics
+ Timeliness, quality and volume of documentation of tax advice provided
+ Number of client relationships and feedback from clients and stakeholders
+ Business results from projects (dollar amount of tax positions sustained, financial impact of efficient tax structuring, etc.)
+ Number of and quality of formal and informal training provided in the normal course on relevant tax topics and current developments
+ Creativity in using tax knowledge to yield Company competitive advantage on taxes
+ Feedback from team on role as trusted team member
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Job Family
Tax
Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company
Locations
Irving, Texas
Texas
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If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us** **at [email protected] to** **make a request.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.
Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.
As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/ .
Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3967404-1&h=3533293724&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vistracorp.com) .
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_It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws._
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] to make a request.
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