Tax Manager - large co, hybrid remote!

COMPANY PROFILE:
Insurance and financial services company tailored to the needs of businesses and public entities.

OUTSTANDING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

• Base up to $120K
• Company subsidized medical with 3 plans to choose from, 2 include annual $500-1,000 company contribution to HSA; dental and vision insurance offered; Flexible Spending Account
• Company paid STD, LTD, Group Life and AD&D 1.5X annual salary, optional additional life offered
• 401K: Company matches 100% up to 5% + additional company contribution of 1% of eligible pay
• Generous PTO, paid holidays and 1 paid volunteer day annually
• Hybrid remote:very comfortable working remotely, can work remotely as often as you want to; hiring manager is in office only once/quarter
• Great, easy going hiring manager and team who get along well, great flexibility, encourage taking time off, not overly critical and happy to help walk through training

ROLE WITH THE COMPANY:
Enthusiastic, self-motivated Tax Manager-Federal Income Tax will be part of a team-oriented environment managing the federal and state income tax preparation, federal income tax provision and reporting to the VP, Head of Group Tax.
Responsibilities:

• Coordinating the preparation of all federal and state income tax returns for the company, as well as subsidiary companies and other miscellaneous tax filings
• Coordinating the preparation of the quarterly and annual consolidated GAAP federal income tax provisions and GAAP federal income tax work-papers and FAS 109 compliance
• Review of statutory and GAAP tax calculations maintained at the subsidiary level and will monitor tax compliance at the subsidiary level
• Conduct or supervise tax research, tax planning and tax strategy projects, and to assist the VP, Head of Group Tax in developing and implementing tax planning strategies to minimize the Company's global tax liabilities
• Actively work with VP, Head of Group Tax for international tax compliance, international tax research and other foreign tax issues
• Perform Sarbanes Oxley compliance initiatives.
• Interact regularly with the Company's independent auditors and outside tax service providers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Master's Degree in Accounting, specializing in Tax
• 5+ years' experience in a federal tax role, with experience in the Insurance Industry strongly preferred
• Big 4 tax experience or experience in a large publicly traded company preferred
• Experience with federal income tax preparation, ASC 740, quarterly tax provisions, M-1 tax adjustments, uncertain tax positions and valuation allowances, insurance statutory reporting, preparing tax footnotes in 10Q and K, and tax compliance
• Experience with state taxes a plus, especially TX, CA, and NY
• Experience in tax research, access databases, read and decipher code section, and communicate info to team
• Experience managing support staff, dividing up work
• Familiar with book side in order to do tax side, rollforward of Fixed Assets
• Proven record of working with minimal supervision and willingness to perform compliance and research-related tasks
• Extensive experience with any number of Tax or Accounting software packages is required
• Share company core values: courage to do the right thing, inspiration/innovation/creativity, harnessing the potential of all individuals and sharing a commitment to excellence