Senior Tax Accountant

Overview

This Senior Tax Accountant role is responsible for overseeing and managing the organization’s tax compliance and planning functions. Responsibilities include preparing and reviewing federal, state, and local tax returns, ensuring adherence to applicable tax regulations, and supporting audits and tax-related inquiries. The position also supports identifying tax-saving opportunities, maintaining accurate tax records, and aligning tax strategies with financial goals.

This role plays a key part in managing tax functions for a healthcare organization, including compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws and healthcare-specific tax regulations. The Senior Tax Accountant prepares and reviews tax returns, analyzes financial statements for tax implications, and assists with audits and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversee tax compliance and planning functions
• Prepare and review federal, state, and local tax returns
• Ensure compliance with applicable tax regulations, including healthcare-specific tax regulations
• Support audits and tax-related inquiries
• Analyze financial statements for tax implications
• Maintain accurate tax records
• Identify tax-saving opportunities and recommend tax strategy improvements
• Collaborate with other departments to optimize tax strategies
• Ensure proper documentation and help mitigate potential tax risks

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 years of related Accounting/Tax Accountant experience
• Knowledge of healthcare taxation
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to provide strategic tax planning and advice
• Demonstrated compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws and healthcare-specific tax regulations

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA is strongly preferred, or
• Currently pursuing CPA (with at least one section completed)

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range (full-time): $83,699.20 - $123,406.40 annually
• Additional compensation may be available, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities
• Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs
• Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision; life and disability insurance
• 401(k)/403(b) with employer match
• Paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays)
• Paid parental and military leave
• Educational assistance and/or student loan repayment
• Voluntary benefits

Additional listed benefits:

• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Tuition Assistance: $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down: $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Opportunity for an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Location

• Norfolk, VA
• Work Shift: First (Days)

Equal Opportunity / Additional Notes

• Equal opportunity employer; diversity and inclusion are guiding principles
• Tobacco-free environment
• For remote work roles, associates may be employed in: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.