Compensation
Compensation:
- $175K - $225K (Offers Bonus)
- Essential Responsibilities
- Tax Function Leadership
- Establish and maintain the Company’s tax framework, including policies, procedures, calendars, controls, and documentation standards
- Serve as the primary internal point of contact for tax matters
- Partner closely with the Controller on tax strategy, risk assessment, and execution of key tax initiatives
Recommend to the Controller which tax activities should be managed internally versus through external advisors, and manage the external advisor relationships (tax advisors, accounting firms, valuation specialists, and property tax consultants), including review of advisor recommendations and monitoring of external tax spend
- Translate complex tax issues into clear, commercially relevant recommendations for the Controller and, as needed, senior leadership
- Support Organizational and REIT Structure
- Oversee tax matters associated with the Company’s legal entity structure
- Support ongoing compliance with REIT requirements and related taxable subsidiary structures, where applicable
- Coordinate with technical accounting and external advisors on periodic review of income, assets, revenue streams, and contracts that may affect REIT qualification
- Work with the Controller, Legal, and external advisors on entity formations, reorganizations, intercompany arrangements, and other structural matters
- Support Development Projects, Fixed Assets, and Tax Incentives
- Provide tax input throughout the lifecycle of development projects, from site acquisition through construction, commissioning, and operations
- Ensure tax assumptions and project-specific tax benefits are incorporated into project budgets, forecasts, and investment analyses
Develop processes with support from accounting organization for tracking tax obligations, incentive commitments, compliance milestones, and realized benefits across projects and jurisdictions
Partner with the Economic Development team to monitor property tax abatements, sales and use tax exemptions, and other project-specific tax incentives, and provide tax technical support for incentive negotiations, applications, agreements, and ongoing compliance
- Evaluate alternative ownership and transaction structures with the Controller, Legal, and external advisors to ensure available tax advantages and incentives are fully leveraged
- Lead fixed asset tax planning for significant capital investment, including cost segregation studies, depreciation methods, and asset classification
- Evaluate tax treatment of equipment, construction costs, owner-furnished equipment, leasehold improvements, and other capital expenditures
- Support Transactions and Commercial Agreements
Support the Controller, Legal, and external advisors in evaluating the tax implications of financings, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and other transactions, including tax diligence
- Review significant commercial agreements for tax implications, including customer agreements, leases, procurement contracts, and development arrangements
- Manage Tax Compliance and Reporting (Income, State and Local, Property, and Indirect)
- Manage federal, state, and local income and franchise tax compliance prepared by external firms, including filings, extensions, estimated payments, and elections
Maintain appropriate support for significant tax positions and conclusions.
- Assist with tax-related audit requests, lender diligence, investor diligence, and other third-party inquiries
- Manage sales and use tax considerations associated with construction, equipment purchases, and ongoing operations
- Manage property tax assessments, appeals, exemptions, and related advisor relationships, and coordinate property tax budgeting and forecasting with Finance and Accounting
- Education, Skills, and Experience
