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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Unique residence requirements are listed in each job posting, please review closely for details.
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
Process Improvement:
- Be part of specialized project teams to achieve accounting departmental goals.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains in tax reporting and compliance.
- Assist in implementing and refining tax-related systems and tools to streamline operations.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of tax experience, with at least 3 years of experience in a senior role within the insurance or financial services industry (tax, compliance, accounting, finance, or audit).
- Progression towards CPA preferred.
- Strong knowledge of federal and state tax regulations, including those impacting the insurance sector (e.g., tax treatment of premiums, reserves, and reinsurance).
- Work independently to effectively solve problems.
This position has been evaluated in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Encova Insurance makes every effort to reasonably accommodate disabilities to permit performance of the essential functions and candidates who need such accommodation are encouraged to seek it. This description reflects the nature and level of work performed by associates in this position. It is not an all-inclusive inventory of duties, responsibilities and qualifications required. It provides an accurate overview of the work and skills needed to perform this position. Because job content may change from time to time, Encova Insurance reserves the right to add and/or delete functions from this job as it deems necessary for business reasons.
Ready to join our team?
At Encova Insurance, we firmly believe that our associates drive our company’s success by delivering unrivaled service to our customers. With success in mind, we make an ongoing effort to provide an environment that offers challenging, stimulating and financially rewarding opportunities.
Join us to discover a work experience where your diverse ideas will be met with enthusiasm – where you can learn and grow to your fullest potential.
What you can expect from us
Join our family of industry leaders, and let us reward you with a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package that includes but is not limited to: a 401(k), wellness programs, bonus incentive plans and flexible schedules, with an early close of the office every Friday. Additionally, Encova aspires to be an outstanding corporate citizen in all the markets we serve; we encourage and support associate participation in community initiatives through our foundations.
Encova Insurance is an EOE/E-Verify employer.
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What We Do
Encova Insurance provides commercial insurance, including workers’ compensation, as well as auto, home and life insurance.
A super-regional carrier ranked in the top 20 mutual insurance companies in the United States, Encova includes more than 1,200 associates writing in 28 states and the District of Columbia, premiums in excess of $1 billion, a surplus in excess of $1.46 billion and assets in excess of $4.1 billion. The group markets insurance solutions through more than 2,000 independent agencies in the Midwest, Northeast and South.
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