MetLife

We are looking for a tech-enthusiastic Ssr. Tax Analyst to join the Global Tax Team who is excited about modernizing tax processes and supporting continuous improvement initiatives in tax reporting.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support and assist in prep of GAAP Consolidation and close process for the effective tax rate, current roll-forwards, deferred roll-forwards, cash paid report, deferred inventory.
• Support financial reporting teams by generating and providing support for disclosures. 
• Prepare interim and annual US GAAP and Statutory income tax provisions prepared in accordance with ASC 740 and SSAP 101 including analysis of the ASC 740-10 (previously FIN 48) reserve, and return to provision reconciliations. 
• Learn tax provision reporting system over Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud tool and leverage to full potential toward tax transformational goals and to guide end user’s inquiries for submission process. 
• Follow-up with country and regional tax team contacts to support the GAAP consolidation process for open items questions/inquiries.
• Support key tax transformation initiatives to standardize, centralize and automate tax provision calculations and reporting. 
• Collaborate with tax provision teams globally to design new processes and enhancements to the tax provision calculation. 
• Support tax provision teams with day-to-day processes and usage of tax provision software 
• Leverage AI technology tools to modernize tax processes.
• Document processes and decisions 
• Maintain a working knowledge of tax and accounting to accomplish principal responsibilities. 

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration on related fields. 
• Minimum 2-4 years of income tax accounting experience in preparation, review and/or audit capacity in a tax practice or an accounting firm.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong interest in, and open mindset towards leveraging technology and automation solutions to streamline tax processes.
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks workload and comply with financial reporting deadlines.
• Self-motivated, with strong communication skills (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with MS Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint

If you are interested... apply right away!