Accounting Standards and Regulations, Analysis Skills, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Communication Skills, Corporate Tax, Cross-Functional, Depreciation, Domestic Tax, Establish Priorities, Federal Laws and Regulations, Financial Disclosure, Financial Statements, Fixed Asset Management, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Income Tax, Insurance, Leadership, Legal, Local Tax, Maintain Compliance, Multitasking, Oracle, Policy Development, Procedure Development, Set Goals, State Laws and Regulations, State Tax, Tax Accounting, Tax Planning, Tax Regulations, Tax Reporting, Tax Returns, Writing Skills
Your Role
We are currently seeking a Tax Accountant, Senior. This position will report to the Tax Director and will be responsible for assisting in the preparation of financial statement quarterly tax provision, tax projections, and tax compliance workbooks for various legal entities within the Consolidated Group.
The ideal candidate must have a tax technical background, be comfortable and confident navigating through innovative and complex matters to support current tax positions, technical skills to operate the tax reporting and calculation tools, have outstanding communication and writing skills, be attentive to details, and be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while working with multiple cross functional teams. The candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to develop strong working relationships with cross-functional partners and various levels of leadership.
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a Bachelor''s degree or equivalent experience
- Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in Corporate Accounting/Tax Accounting
- Familiarity with Statutory accounting and insurance tax
- CPA certification preferred
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Calculate estimated tax payments (OneSource Provision)
- Assist with the preparation of stand-alone, group or consolidated tax returns and related reports to ensure compliance with federal and state tax regulations
- Assist in the preparation of US GAAP income tax provisions (OneSource) and financial statement footnote disclosures
- Maintain tax basis fixed asset module in Oracle for tax depreciation reporting
- Help design and/or improve internal controls and develop appropriate compliance policies and procedures
- Assist with research, and analysis of various state and local tax issues (CheckPoint)
- Support responses to inquiries from tax authorities
- Receive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet objectives
- Ensure workflow procedures and guidelines are clearly documented and communicated
- May lead special projects
- Frequently interact with colleagues, supervisors, managers, outside customers, and functional peer groups
- Participate in developmental and training opportunities for tax team members
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Calculate estimated tax payments (OneSource Provision)
- Assist with the preparation of stand-alone, group or consolidated tax returns and related reports to ensure compliance with federal and state tax regulations
- Assist in the preparation of US GAAP income tax provisions (OneSource) and financial statement footnote disclosures
- Maintain tax basis fixed asset module in Oracle for tax depreciation reporting
- Help design and/or improve internal controls and develop appropriate compliance policies and procedures
- Assist with research, and analysis of various state and local tax issues (CheckPoint)
- Support responses to inquiries from tax authorities
- Receive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet objectives
- Ensure workflow procedures and guidelines are clearly documented and communicated
- May lead special projects
- Frequently interact with colleagues, supervisors, managers, outside customers, and functional peer groups
- Participate in developmental and training opportunities for tax team members
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
At the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), we provide business strategy, technical support and consulting expertise to 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the nation, employing more than 1,000 of the best strategic thinkers in the industry. We are a Brand manager that sets quality control standards for the 36 independent companies that use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Brands, and we serve as a trade association that represents these Blue companies. It is through our involvement that the Blues companies share a united vision and strategy while also benefiting from the local strength of all member companies.
2,000 to 2,499 employees
https://www.bcbs.com/about-us/careers