Sr Tax Accountant

Requisition Number: 25927

UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) is a holding company that distributes and markets energy products and services through our subsidiaries and the company's common stock is a balanced growth and income investment. UGI Corporation has paid common dividends for more than 135 consecutive years.

In addition to a challenging career and competitive compensation, our employees enjoy:

Generous and Family-friendly Health & Welfare Benefits Including:
Medical, Vision, and Dental Plans
Optional Health Savings Account
Optional Dependent Care Savings Account
Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
Work from home policy
Employee Assistance Program

Additional Benefits Include:
401K with a generous company match
Tuition Reimbursement
Assistance with Professional Credentialing
Referral Bonuses
Employee Discount Programs

Job Summary

This position plays a critical role in managing and ensuring compliance on all taxes applicable to UGI Utilities, Inc. and other BU's as assigned. This role also plays a critical role in accounting for income taxes including considerations required by the regulated nature of the utility. This includes managing the regulated tax depreciation and deferred taxes, as well as crucial involvement in preparation of Rate Case and other regulatory filings. The position will have responsibility for managing, monitoring, tracking, and reporting various International, Federal, State, and Local tax compliance obligations. Tax research and special projects as assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Sr. Manager of Natural Gas Tax Accounting with accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC740 which includes:
• preparation of the quarterly and year-end effective tax rate and income tax entries
• reconciliation of tax related accounts
• preparation of the tax basis balance sheet support
• preparation of the provision to return calculations.
• preparation of tax estimates for budget and forecast purposes
• Support the Regulatory Accounting and Rates groups with regulatory tax reporting including quarterly and annual FERC, annual PUC, rate case filings, and other requests.
• Managing the preparation of tax packages for the filing of federal and state income tax returns. Preparation of quarterly estimated tax calculations.
• In coordination with service provider, managing the federal and state non-income tax filings and non-income tax related audits
• Assist with ad hoc projects, process improvement initiatives, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience with tax compliance and reporting requirements and deadlines, specifically ASC740
• Experience with income tax accounting, generally accepted accounting principles, and SOX to perform key controls over financial reporting.
• Prior experience in a corporate tax group or tax accounting firm and the ability to recognize potential issues and to communicate accordingly.
• Ability to work across disciplines such as payroll, accounts payable, plant accounting and G/L accounting in the finance department as well as other applicable departments to gather information.
• Requires excellent time management and organizational skills as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• 5+ years of tax experience in Corporate Tax or Public Accounting environment
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or taxation or MBA a plus
• CPA preferred
• Regulated utility experience preferred

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screen, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

UGI Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company maintains and observes employment policies that do not discriminate against any person because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability, age, ancestry and any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. This applies to recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, job classifications, work assignments, promotions, demotions, layoffs, terminations, transfers, and all other conditions of employment.