NextEra Energy Resources

Principal Tax Attorney

LocationJuno Beach, FL
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job


Requisition ID: 87154

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale generators of electricity, leveraging all forms of energy across renewables, storage and nuclear. We offer customized energy solutions that drive economic growth, protect the environment, support communities, and help customers meet their energy needs. Ready to make a lasting impact? Join our innovative, world-class team today!


Position Specific Description

We are seeking a Principal Tax Attorney to work on NextEra’s Federal Tax Planning & Policy team. NextEra has the largest team of tax attorneys in Florida and one of the largest teams of tax attorneys of any public company. This role will focus on the negotiation and structuring of NextEra’s financing structures, including tax equity partnerships and other joint ventures, tax credit transfer deals, and securities offerings. This role will also involve reviewing and commenting on tax aspects of financial models for various transactions NextEra participates in.


Professional Experience

Strong transactional tax background with experience working on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, Financings, and reorganizations.
Significant experience working with the rules in Subchapter K and Subchapter C and structuring complex transactions, including preparing steps plans laying out economic and tax aspects of transactions.
Reviewing and revising transaction documentation, including drafting of economic and tax provisions of purchase and sale agreements and LLC/partnership agreements.
Research and drafting of legal memoranda or opinions analyzing federal income tax law issues.
Serving as a primary tax adviser to business clients, including by explaining technical tax issues in layman’s terms.
Energy industry experience is a plus, but not required.


Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in the Tax department of an AmLaw 100 law firm or the Washington National Tax or M&A group of a Big 4 public accounting firm
Tax LLM


Job Overview

Employees in this job drive value by providing support to the organization with respect to the tax aspects of pending acquisitions, dispositions, financings, reorganizations, restructurings, and joint ventures, with a view to optimize taxes.


Job Duties & Responsibilities

Serve as the US federal income tax single point of accountability for assigned projects and identify state income tax and non-income tax issues
Support various worldwide tax projects, including analyzing relevant tax law for tax planning transactions; working with foreign and domestic tax advisors to understand relevant tax rules; partnering with multiple business units to understand both domestic and foreign tax implications; and preparing and/or reviewing financial models to illustrate the tax consequences of various alternatives
Communicate complex technical tax issues to management and internal stakeholders
Draft and review tax provisions
Prepare technical tax memoranda
Performs other job-related duties as assigned


Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree
Juris Doctorate
Experience: 3+ years
Member in Good Standing of State Bar


Preferred Qualifications

LLM - Master of Laws

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.


Employee Group: Exempt


Employee Type: Full Time


Job Category: Legal/Regulatory/External Affairs


Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC


Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

NextEra Energy 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.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

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