Accountant Specialty, Consultant

Your Role

We are currently seeking a Tax Consultant. This position will report to the Tax Director and will be responsible for preparation of financial statement quarterly tax provision, tax projections, and tax compliance workbooks for various legal entities within the Consolidated Group.

The ideal candidate must have a tax technical background, be comfortable and confident navigating through innovative and complex matters to support current tax positions, technical skills to operate the tax reporting and calculation tools, have outstanding communication and writing skills, be attentive to details, and be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while working with multiple cross functional teams. The candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to develop strong working relationships with cross-functional partners and various levels of leadership. 

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Prepare US GAAP income tax provisions (OneSource) and financial statement footnote disclosures ASU 2023-09
• Calculate federal and state estimated tax payments (OneSource Provision)
• Prepare stand-alone, group or consolidated tax returns and related reports to insure compliance with federal and state tax regulations
• Prepare partnership returns
• Help design and/or improve internal controls and develop appropriate compliance policies and procedures, including maintaining controls system of record
• Assist with research, and analysis of various state and local tax issues (CheckPoint)
• Support responses to inquiries from tax authorities
• Receive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet objectives
• Ensure workflow procedures and guidelines are clearly documented and communicated
• May lead special projects
• Frequently interact with subordinate, supervisors, managers, outside customers, and functional peer groups
• Participate in developmental and training opportunities for tax team members

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree, Accounting/Tax Master's degree preferred
• Requires a minimum of 7 years of prior relevant experience in an accounting specialization either tax, accounting and/or financial analytics
• CPA designation is required
• Familiarity with Statutory accounting and insurance tax

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.