Tax Accountant, Senior

The salary range for this job posting is $67,466.00 - $107,944.00 annually + bonus + benefits

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Encova Insurance has an immediate opening for a Tax Accountant, Senior. This role will work a hybrid schedule from our Columbus, Ohio corporate office and will report to the Manager, Tax.

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Encova is only able to employ associates who reside and work within specific U.S. states. Our current policies are based on the laws in states in which we are registered for payroll. Our current footprint includes:

Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

The primary objective of the Finance department is to provide timely and accurate financial information to leadership, business partners, and regulators. The Senior Tax Accountant will be responsible for overseeing and managing tax compliance, reporting, and strategic tax planning initiatives for the company.

The Senior Tax Accountant will have a deep understanding of tax regulations within the insurance industry and will work closely with other finance, legal, and operations teams to ensure adherence to tax laws and to optimize the company’s tax position.

Essential Functions:

Tax Compliance & Reporting:

• Ensure accurate and timely preparation and filing of all monthly, quarterly and annual tax returns and reports in compliance with regulations and statutory accounting principles, for all companies.
• Responsible for the preparation of higher complexity tasks and reports along with, managing the partnership with third-party tax service provider, including federal and state income tax reporting.
• Create, run, and modify existing reports from financial reporting systems including the core insurance system, general ledger, business objects, and other online data access points.
• Prepare and record journal entries and required supporting computations.
• Complete selected elements of the month-end close process.

Tax Planning & Strategy:

• Analyze and provide guidance on tax implications of business decisions, acquisitions, investments, and product offerings.
• Provide tax guidance to senior management and internal stakeholders to help mitigate risks and capitalize on tax-saving opportunities.
• Interpret tax, compliance and accounting regulations and develop methods to ensure proper reporting. Identify and understand how functional area impacts other operations. Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and ability to learn Statutory Accounting Principles and familiarity with various software applications including, but not limited to, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).

Tax Research & Analysis:

• Stay current on developments in tax laws and regulations, particularly those impacting the insurance sector, and interpret how these changes affect the company's tax position.
• Conduct tax research on various topics and communicate areas of inefficiency or risk and work with higher-level staff to resolve.

Audit Support:

• Assist with internal and external tax audits, ensuring that all documentation is provided and that audits are handled efficiently, including the PBC item preparation for the company’s annual audit.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Serve as lead on select projects and examinations by regulatory agencies working directly with internal and external business partners to deliver on project objectives or resolve examinations in an efficient and effective manner.
• Collaborate with other departments (e.g., Finance, Accounting, Legal) to ensure tax considerations are integrated into business decisions

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