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Assist the Head of Tax Americas to ensure efficient operations of the US based tax team, with a focus on reducing operational risk and the timely delivery of high quality work product.
What will your essential responsibilities include?
- Provide leadership and oversight to US tax team to ensure reporting and compliance deliverables are accurate and timely.
- Work with Head of Tax Americas to establish new process and procedures for tax reporting.
- Work with Head of Tax Americas to provide tax advice to internal business partners on investment and M&A matters.
- Work with Head of Tax Americas to provide leadership and oversight of US tax team process Re-Design efforts
- Ensure adequate documentation of existing processes
- Ensure that processes are well thought through and process inefficiencies are eliminated.
- Ensure appropriate leveraging of available technology to enhance existing tax processes.
- Identification of opportunities for tax savings and timely execution on agreed strategies.
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. Master’s degree in Taxation preferred.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation required.
- Extensive tax experience in insurance or financial services industry, preferably with mix of public accounting and corporate tax department experience
- Significant experience in a variety of tax matters including, investment taxation, M&A, tax accounting/reporting (US GAAP/IFRS/US Stat), and tax compliance (Federal and State), preferably with exposure to indirect taxes (premium, employment, sales and use, and informational reporting)
- Excellent in Microsoft Office with exposure to tax/accounting software
- Excellent leadership and personnel management skills
- Excellent project management, analytical, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
