Head of Tax Operations, Americas
Hartford, CT I New York, NY I USA
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.
DISCOVER your opportunity
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.
You will report to Head of Tax, Americas.
SHARE your talent
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills :
Required Skills and Abilities :
- 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
FIND your future
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