Tax Accountant

COUNTRY Financial•Bloomington, IL

15d•Onsite

About The Position

COUNTRY Financial is seeking a Tax Accountant to join its Tax Compliance team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to expand your tax expertise while partnering with teams across the organization to support essential business operations and initiatives. As a Tax Accountant, you will play a key role in ensuring compliance with a variety of tax reporting and filing requirements. You will grow and leverage your knowledge of tax laws and regulations to prepare and review tax returns, manage tax payments, and support the accounting of tax transactions with accuracy and timeliness. Beyond compliance, you'll have the opportunity to identify process improvements, implement efficiencies, and contribute to projects that enhance the effectiveness of the tax function. This position provides exposure to various business operations, direct interaction with taxing authorities, and opportunities to provide tax insight on business transactions and strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a desire to continuously improve processes. If you enjoy collaborating with others, tackling complex tax issues, and making a visible impact within a respected financial services organization, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

Typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
Accounting degree and/or CPA designation.
Experience in premium, sales/use, withholding, and/or general corporate taxation.
Able to use technology to enhance business processes.
Self-motivated with strong critical-thinking skills and keen attention to detail.
Able to work independently to guarantee the accurate and timely completion of tasks.

Responsibilities

Prepares, reviews, and/or coordinates with third party vendor to ensure proper filing of state & municipal insurance premium tax returns according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations by required deadlines.
Coordinates or initiates the payment of periodic estimates of state & local premium taxes throughout the year according to established due dates.
Prepares, reviews, or coordinates the calculation and remittance of the appropriate surcharge payments and the necessary filings for the various companies according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations by required deadlines.
Prepares, reviews, or coordinates the preparation of annual reports and business license renewals for the various companies according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations by required deadlines.
Prepares or coordinates the completion of state and local sales/use tax returns for the various companies according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations by required deadlines.
Prepares or coordinates the preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations on a timely and accurate basis.