Tax Counsel

Description
Key Accountabilities

• Capable of evaluating wide range of potential corporate activities to identify state income and all non-income 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

• J.D. (with Tax coursework), LLM preferred, from well-recognized legal and tax legal programs
• Bachelor’s degree, business majors preferred
• Minimum 4-5 years major law firm or Big 4 accounting, with assignments in state income tax and SALT matters required
• Energy sector experience strongly preferred
• Knowledge of in-house legal and tax operations useful

• 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

Tax

Vistra Corporate Services Company

Irving, Texas Texas

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