Senior Tax Associate Jobs

Job Location: United States : New York : New York

Alternate Job Location: Not Applicable : Not Applicable

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Role Value Proposition

As a member of a high performing collaborative tax team this tax professional is responsible for all aspects of tax transformation and tax operational support. The tax professional will be responsible for supporting end-users globally with tax provision calculations in Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud (TRC) software. They will collaborate with IT to troubleshoot existing issues and work towards automation of other tax provision processes. The tax professional will also be responsible for providing support and assistance in tax initiatives related to tax transformation improvements in the reporting process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support tax provision teams with day-to-day processes and usage of tax provision software
• Maintain a working knowledge of tax and accounting to accomplish principal responsibilities
• Ensure IT integrations are running smoothly as part of the monthly and quarterly financial close process
• Learn and become a subject matter expert in Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud
• Learn and become a Tax administrator over Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud tool
• Keep up with monthly Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud updates and impacts to MetLife environment
• Support financial reporting teams by generating and providing support for disclosures
• Troubleshoot issues with end-users or IT teams to identify and resolve production issues

Project Tasks

• Document tax transformation processes and testing results and decisions
• Collaborate with tax provision teams globally to design new processes and enhancements to the tax provision and reporting process
• Work with IT, software developers and offshore resource to develop and deploy tax automation processes

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills

Required:

• Proficient with MS Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Self-motivated, with strong communication skills (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks workload and comply with financial reporting deadlines
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Taxation
• 2-5 years of income tax accounting, technology, or tax compliance experience in a tax practice or an accounting firm
• Data analysis and data extraction skills, including advanced Microsoft Excel skills and use of pivot tables
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

Preferred:

• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, or TRC.
• CPA or MBA preferred.
• Technical experience in life insurance tax and tax accounting (ASC 740, SSAP 101).

Business Category

Tax

Number of Openings

1

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