Head of Corporate Tax Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Lead coordination of accounting for income taxes with the auditors on IFRS, GAAP, SII and Statutory reporting.
• Provide support to the HTA relative to global strategic and transformation initiatives
• Lead the implementation of tax technology solutions to enhance tax reporting and compliance efficiency
• Manage the preparation and review of tax returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
• Manage the Quarterly Tax Forecast and Annual PLAN tax process.
• Collaborate with HTA in maintaining the Company’s relationship with regulatory bodies, including stakeholders, CFO, MRAG Head of Global Tax, on any specific findings.
• Manage the preparation and review of federal, state, and local tax returns, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
• Develop an educational program to ensure that the broader finance and executive team understand the Tax reform implications
• Communicate tax strategy and implications to stakeholders, including the board of directors, senior management, and shareholders
• Manage federal, state, and local tax audits and implement corrective actions if necessary
• Manage and drive and Pillar II tax reporting for US entities under the MRAG accounting tax guidelines.
• Manage federal quarterly tax estimates to the IRS and intercompany tax settlements within the US tax group.
• Inform senior management and accounting staff on current tax issues including potential Tax Reform and related impacts to the company.
• Manage and ensure that appropriate internal controls are in place over accounting for income taxes. Sign off on tax internal controls to senior leadership.

Qualification & Requirements

• Accounting degree with CPA, master’s degree (MS tax or MBA preferred)
• 15+ years tax experience, including at least 15 years in a public accounting firm or corporate tax department within the Insurance industry
• Proven work experience as a head of tax service department or as head of tax with the experience of managing multinational companies
• Excellent knowledge of tax accounting, tax planning, tax compliance and all types of tax returns.
• Experience with US federal and state corporate tax and Sales tax compliance
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to conduct thorough tax research and apply accounting rules, tax laws, regulations, rulings, and court decisions.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational leadership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in a fast moving, high growth environment with the ability to react quickly to unexpected challenges and opportunities
• Good business sense and ability to generate insightful analysis
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with ability to communicate complex subject matter to leadership, peers and other levels in the company without a tax background
• Extremely well organized and able to manage work requirements to meet reporting deadlines

Benefits

The base salary range anticipated for this position is $230,000 – $350,000plus opportunity for company bonus based upon a percentage of eligible pay. In addition, the company makes available a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401k match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).