INTERN-GRID

Job Description DEPARTMENT

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$15.00 / $17.00 hourly

Under the direct supervision of the Tax Department Management, the intern is responsible for performing various routine and/or assisting with non-routine professional tax accounting functions of the Tax Department.

- Enrolled as a Full-Time Student (Undergraduate – 12 hours, Graduate – 9 hours) and have completed at least two (2) semesters at an accredited college, or university in the United States, majoring in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or a related fielder relevant to El Paso Electric’s business model

- Must be classified as a Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Graduate student.

- Must have an overall minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 or above.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

- Effective verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with officers, managers, fellow employees, and the general public.

- Ability to maintain a strong sense of propriety concerning confidential matters.

Essential Job Functions

- Prepares or assists in the preparation of tax data for various reports such as monthly internal financial reports, FERC Form 1, and E.E.I. statistical analysis reports and the filing of various tax reports.

- Prepares or assists in the preparation of schedules to support state and local and/or federal tax returns, special projects, research and analysis of tax issues, and audit workpapers for tax.

- Reviews literature on public utility updates for issues directly affecting the Company from a tax accounting standpoint.

- Prepares and/or reviews tax account reconciliations from various tax returns to the General Ledger.

- Valid driver’s license and be in compliance with the Company’s Driving Program policy.

- Complies with all applicable Company policies, procedures and code of ethics as well as all applicable governmental laws and regulations to include employment, safety and environmental standards and regulations.

- Perform other related tasks that are not included, but are within the context of the duties defined.

- Ability to maintain a strong sense of propriety concerning confidential matters

About Us

El Paso Electric (EPE) is a regional energy provider that is engaged in generation, transmission, and distribution service to power approximately 460,000 customers in a 10,000-square mile area of the Rio Grande Valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. We invite you to visit epelectric.com to learn more about EPE and our strategic initiatives. Join our EPE Team, and TOGETHER, we will transform the energy landscape.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).