Tax Manager

🕒 June 17

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Fortitude Re

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201 - 500 employees

🛡️ Insurance

💸 Finance

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Insurance • Finance • Healthcare Insurance

Fortitude Re is a reinsurance company that specializes in helping insurance companies around the world address their complex risk transfer challenges. The firm designs and delivers customized solutions for legacy Life & Annuity and Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance lines. Backed by experienced investor groups including The Carlyle Group and T&D Insurance Group, Fortitude Re prides itself on its leadership with over 20 years of industry experience to effectively manage legacy liabilities. Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. , along with its subsidiaries, operates globally with a significant presence in Hamilton, Bermuda.

📋 Description

• Managing the day-to-day activities related to the company’s consolidated tax provision process, investment-related tax matters, and tax technical implementation. • Serve as a technical resource across income tax accounting and emerging tax legislation. • Partner closely with Finance, Treasury, Legal, and external advisors to ensure compliance and accurate financial reporting. • Manage the consolidation efforts of the annual and income tax provision process under ASC 740, including current and deferred tax calculations. • Prepare and review effective tax rate (ETR) analysis including various management metrics. • Maintain and reconcile deferred tax assets and liabilities, including the associated valuation allowance analysis. • Identify and incorporate the income tax provision impact of intercompany transactions, separate company calculations, and consolidated return adjustments. • Coordinate with external auditors on tax provision review and sign-off; responding to audit inquiries and information requests. • Enhance tax provision models, processes, and internal controls to support accuracy and efficiency. • Prepare tax footnotes and disclosures for financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP. • Manage tax matters related to the company's investment portfolio, including equity investments, fixed income, alternatives, and derivatives. • Serve as initial point of contact to facilitate information sharing between tax investment strategy team, financial controllership, and tax operations. • Coordinate with Treasury and Investment teams on the tax reporting impact of portfolio transactions, restructurings of existing initiatives, and new investment vehicles. • Develop and maintain a working knowledge of third-party investment software, including building an effective relationship with representatives of the vendor. • Serve as liaison to tax strategy to ensure proper reflection and application of their analysis, including proposed and enacted tax legislation, regulations, and IRS guidance. • Implement tax planning opportunities, including credits, incentives, and method changes. • Manage and respond to federal and state tax audits, notices, and information document requests (IDRs). • Maintain tax technical library and ensure policies and procedures reflect current law. • Assist with preparation and review of complex federal, state, and local income tax returns, including consolidated filings. • Collaborate with Accounting, Strategic Finance, Legal, and Treasury to facilitate tax input on business initiatives and financial reporting. • Support junior tax staff through review, mentoring, and training on tax concepts and processes.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA required. • 4–7+ years of progressive corporate tax experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) and/or industry. • Strong expertise in ASC 740 income tax accounting and financial statement tax reporting. • Demonstrated experience with investment tax matters, including alternative investments. • Strong tax technical research and implementation skills with the ability to analyze and apply the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, and case law. • Proficiency with tax provision software (e.g., Corptax) and Microsoft Excel. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex tax issues clearly to non-tax stakeholders. • Interest in leveraging technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

🏖️ Benefits

• annual bonus based on company and individual performance • generous benefits package