Insurity

Senior Tax Accountant

Insurity$70K — $140K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree highly desirable
  • 2-5 years' experience in corporate income and sales & use tax
  • Intermediate Excel skills
  • Experience with Avalara or similar software
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage Avalara tax software configurations
  • Ensure timely tax registrations and compliance filings
  • Monitor tax notices and address issues as they arise
  • Prepare data for third-party tax provision and compliance
  • Work on monthly reconciliations and supporting schedules

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with remote and hybrid options
  • Open PTO policy for work-life balance
  • Health coverage and retirement savings from day one
  • Award-winning onboarding program
  • Access to continuous learning resources through LinkedIn Learning
Full Job Description
Insurity's Next Senior Tax Accountant

We're looking for a Senior Tax Accountant to join our team who will be responsible for managing our third-party tax relationships and software, managing sales, use and corporate income tax compliance, and assisting our accounting team with reporting and close activities. This role will allow you the opportunity to utilize and build your tax skills through regular interaction with tax professionals as well as develop and grow your accounting skills alongside a bright and talented finance team.

What Our Senior Tax Accountant Will Do
  • Oversee Avalara tax software ensuring correct product mapping, active jurisdictions and timely filed sales tax returns in a multitude of states
  • Ensure tax registrations and licenses are renewed and filed coordinating with legal and HR/Payroll as required
  • Monitor and address tax notices for sales, use, property and corporate income tax
  • Manage and provide data to 3rd parties for development of tax provision, apportionment for corporate financial statements, FIRPTA and Anti-Trust compliance and Canadian SR&ED and/or E-biz credit applications
  • Ensure timely filing of corporate income tax extensions, estimated payments and annual filings
  • Work with 3rd parties for preparation and filing of VAT, GST, HST and QST filings
  • Monitor and tend to correspondence in tax email box
  • Partner with Billing to address customer inquiries and resolution of issues
  • Partner with Accounting for preparation and filing of property tax returns and/or declarations as well as payments
  • Manage and coordinate tax portal logins and credentials with AP and Payroll
  • Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliation workpapers
  • Ensure specialty manually filed state returns including but not limited to franchise tax returns and Ohio CAT are filed as required
  • Complete supporting financial statement schedules
  • Oversee 3rd party tax partner projects as it relates to tax notices, audits and nexus reviews
  • Work on ad-hoc projects and research in support of the finance team

Who We're Looking For
  • Bachelor's degree is highly desirable
  • 2-5 years' work experience in corporate income and sales & use tax
  • Intermediate Excel skills
  • Aptitude for identifying procedural improvements
  • Excellent work habits, including the willingness to go above and beyond to get the job done, especially during financial close, audit or tax season
  • Active listening
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Self-starter and quick learner
  • Detail-oriented
  • Ability to collaborate and work independently with limited supervision
  • Time and/or project management including work planning, prioritization, organization and multi-tasking
  • Experience with Avalara or similar sales tax software package as well as being the day-to-day owner of the software package
  • Experience in Intacct
  • Understanding of SaaS ("Software as a service" subscription-based model)
  • Working knowledge of SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Office 365
  • Experience with foreign currency
  • Experience with VAT, HST/GST/QST, Canadian E-Business and/or R&D tax credit programs highly desirable

What's In It For U

Work Where You Thrive
Find the work environment that supports your best-whether that's remote, in-office, or hybrid-depending on your role and location. Our Flex First Workforce approach offers many fully remote opportunities, while some teams follow hybrid or in-office schedules to stay connected and collaborative.

Take Time When You Need It
We trust our team to manage their time with our Open PTO Policy, empowering you to recharge when it matters most.

Benefits That Start on Day One
Enjoy comprehensive health coverage and employer-matched retirement savings right from your first day-because we know how important these are to you.

Living Our Values Every Day
Our core values are more than words on a wall-they guide how we hire, grow, and retain the very best talent.

Award-Winning Onboarding
From your first day to your first anniversary, our onboarding program is designed to set you up for success and help you make an immediate impact.

Grow Your Career from Within
We believe in promoting from within. In fact, over 25% of our open roles are filled by internal candidates.

Mentorship That Matters
Our mentorship program connects you with experienced leaders who are committed to helping you grow both personally and professionally.

Insurity Podcasts
Explore podcasts from our Learning & Development team for deeper insight into Insurity products, company innovation, and the business as a whole.

Keep Learning, Always
Fuel your growth with full access to LinkedIn Learning and Kaplan-because continuous development is key to success.

Invest in Your Future-And Your Family's
Through our partnership with the University of Arizona Global Campus, you and your family can access discounted tuition and pursue educational goals affordably.

Earn When You Refer
Love where you work? Invite others to join us! Our Employee Referral Bonus program rewards you for bringing great people on board.

We have five Core Values at Insurity; one of which is to Act with Integrity. Providing pay transparency helps you make the best decision for you. We continuously analyze and update our salary ranges for our roles according to market trends to not only ensure our employees are paid fairly, but also help close gender, race, and disability wage gaps. Along with the benefits listed above, the career level salary range for this role is $70,000 to $140,000. We share a career level salary as a guideline; however, actual salary may vary based on your experience and qualifications. If your application advances, your recruiter will review these details with you during a video interview.

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medical insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance; 401(K) match; paid maternity leave; paid paternity leave; disability insurance

About Insurity

Insurity is a software solutions provider that specializes in the insurance industry. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut. Insurity offers a range of software solutions, including policy administration, claims management, and billing. These solutions are used by insurance carriers, brokers, and agents to manage their operations and improve customer service. Insurity also provides consulting and implementation services to help customers get the most out of their software. In addition to its headquarters in New Haven, Insurity has offices in Texas, California, and Canada.
Learn more about Insurity
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1985

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