Consultant, Severance Tax/Royalty

About the Role

The Severance Tax Consultant works with the team to identify severance tax incentives and deductions to reduce overall severance tax liabilities for clients. The Consultant will gain an understanding of the mechanics of severance taxes on a multistate basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs fieldwork at client site to review support documentation necessary to substantiate incentive applications and refund claims.
• Communicates and interacts with clients and external contacts at Regulatory and Taxing Authorities.
• Researches and analyzes state severance tax issues and communicates to management.
• Gathers data, performs data entry, and performs detailed calculations.
• Works with data and software in Microsoft® Access and Excel to prepare refund claims.
• Performs company research for utilization in proposal and prospect development initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient utilization of databases.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Business Analytics, Business Computer Information Systems, Statistics or other degree with Master's in Business Discipline or JD.
• Must have 9 Accounting hours or substitute technical courses for accounting hours with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
• Major GPA of 3.25 or higher.
• Zero to two years audit or tax related experience.
• Valid driver’s license required.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Standard indoor working environment.

Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.

Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm in person and via e-mail and telephone.

Position requires regular interaction with clients and interface with external vendors in person and via e-mail and telephone.

Independent travel requirement: Up to 10-20%.