Tax Analyst – Indirect Tax

Country United States / US City HOUSTON Workplace location HOUSTON-LOUISIANA STREET(USA) Employer company TotalEnergies American Services, Inc. Domain Finance Type of contract Regular position Experience Less than 3 years

Context & Environment

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global energy company that produces and markets fuels, natural gas, and low‑carbon electricity. Active in more than 120 countries, the company is committed to providing energy that is safer, more affordable, cleaner, and accessible to as many people as possible. TotalEnergies is actively supporting the energy transition across both traditional energy and renewable energy businesses.

About the Role

The Tax Analyst – Indirect Tax role reports to the Senior Manager – Indirect Tax and is part of the TEAS Finance organization. This position is based in Houston, Texas at the TotalEnergies Tower.

This role offers the opportunity to join a dynamic and fast‑paced Indirect Tax team supporting U.S. and Canadian operations. The position plays a critical role in managing indirect tax compliance across multiple entities and business lines, with exposure to sales and use tax, VAT, and motor fuel tax within the oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.

Activities

What We’re Looking For

• A detail‑oriented and analytical professional with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
  
• A strong team player who collaborates effectively within the Indirect Tax organization and across functions.
  
• Someone who demonstrates sound judgment when applying indirect tax knowledge to compliance and business decisions.
  
• A proactive, self‑motivated individual with a strong interest in continuous improvement, automation, and process efficiency.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance.
  
• Minimum of two years of experience supporting end‑to‑end sales and use tax in an integrated oil and gas company and/or energy sector.
  
• Experience supporting indirect tax compliance, including sales and use tax, VAT, and/or motor fuel tax.
  
• Experience with tax analysis and general ledger reconciliations.
  
• Experience with SAP and indirect tax systems such as Avalara, Thomson Reuters OneSource, or Vertex.
  
• Big 4 VAT or excise duty experience is a plus.
  
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders, offshore teams, and external parties.

Candidate Profile

The role supports daily indirect tax operations while also contributing to major projects and long‑term strategy, including bringing indirect tax compliance activities in house and strengthening collaboration with offshore teams. This position is essential to ensuring compliance, optimizing indirect tax positions, and minimizing state and local tax risk.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Indirect Tax Compliance and Operations

• Support U.S. and Canadian indirect tax filings, including sales and use tax, VAT, and motor fuel tax, across multiple entities, totaling approximately 2,000 filings annually on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
  
• Perform monthly direct pay analysis and remediation to minimize over‑ or under‑accruals of use tax.
  
• Support stewardship of U.S. direct and non‑direct pay permits.
  
• Review monthly general ledger account reconciliations and support timely resolution of open items.

Tax Analysis, Audits, and Advisory

• Monitor, track, and communicate changes in indirect tax legislation and support compliance and tax strategy.
  
• Provide tax technical and analytical support for new business activities, legal entity growth, and acquisitions.
  
• Support indirect tax audits, both internally led and external, including data extraction and audit readiness.
  
• Respond effectively and timely to ad hoc requests from management, peers, internal and external customers, and government officials.

Process Improvement and Collaboration

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, automation, and process simplification.
• Contribute to the development of an in‑house VAT function.
• Support multiple indirect tax projects focused on simplifying and streamlining current processes.
• Collaborate closely with onshore and offshore indirect tax teams to ensure KPIs and deliverables are met and to promote effective cross‑team coordination.

Additional Information

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

About TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a major energy company, which produces and markets fuels, natural gas and low-carbon electricity. Over 100,000 employees are committed to better energy that is safer, more affordable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 120 countries, TotalEnergies ambition is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner. The US Government is engineering a major transformation of the US economy with ambitious goals to cut GHG emissions in half by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

What We Provide
TotalEnergies offers a competitive salary, the opportunity to contribute to innovative and responsible energy solutions, and the chance to work alongside dedicated experts across disciplines. Employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes employer‑subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short‑ and Long‑Term Disability; a 401(k) plan with both matching and non‑matching employer contributions; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; Employee Assistance Program (EAP); Educational Assistance; a generous fitness reimbursement; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and 12 Paid Holidays.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

TotalEnergies believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

International Consideration
TotalEnergies regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.