Accountant - Indirect Tax

About Us

For over 60 years, M. J. Electric, LLC, a Quanta Services company, has built-long standing working relationships and an industry-wide reputation as the single source solution to our customer’s electrical utility construction and maintenance needs.

MJE values integrity, is inspired by our work, and is invested in delivering quality projects for our customers. Our culture is a product of our core values and operating principles which unite our personnel. Their professional competence and intelligent innovation result in outstanding customer satisfaction. We stand by everything we do.

We are committed to investing in our employees and their growth through training, tools, equipment, industry-leading safety measures, advancement opportunities and more. At M. J. Electric, you aren’t just applying for job, you are building a career.

About this Role: Accountant – Indirect Tax

We are looking for a talented Accountant who has a passion for quality construction. This position ensures payroll and indirect business tax compliance for multiple companies working nationwide, while maintaining general accounting controls and supporting financial reporting requirements.

What You’ll Do

-          Prepare and file multi-state payroll, sales and use, gross receipts, excise and personal property tax returns, payments, necessary supporting documentation, and reports.

-          Coordinate remittance of payroll tax files to third-party provider and resolves discrepancies.

-          Manage and maintain the company’s tax database.

-          Ensure compliance with regulations by forwarding required information to federal, state, and local authorities.

-          Gather supporting documents for state and local audits and respond to notices and correspondence from state and local taxing authorities.

-          Assist with internal year-end tax reconciliation process and has oversight of the distribution of accurate annual statements of earnings.

-          Assist with income tax related reporting effort for Parent company.

-          Research and monitor the taxability of purchases and project-related expenditures; communicate findings to project accounting and procurement teams.

-          Manage and reconcile indirect tax-related general ledger accounts.

-          Assist with testing transactions in ERP system to determine if set up yields correct results. Develop the test cases and test plans that are needed to validate that systems compute and behave properly.

-          Assist in directing and providing oversight to the company’s accounting principles, practices, and procedures.<