Accountant, Tax

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $54.8k - $91.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Kemper

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1912

🚘 Automotive

🏥 Healthcare

⚖️ Legal

Automotive • Healthcare • Legal

Kemper is a corporation dedicated to providing personalized and affordable insurance solutions for individuals, families, and businesses. They offer a range of products including auto, life, business, accident, health, fire, and motorcycle insurance. Kemper focuses on creating customized insurance options to meet the unique needs of their clients. Additionally, they provide a variety of services such as finding insurance agents, managing policies, making payments, and assisting with claims. With a strong emphasis on corporate responsibility and governance, Kemper aims to deliver reliable insurance coverage while maintaining a commitment to community impact and investor transparency.

📋 Description

• Assist with multi-state insurance tax compliance initiatives, compliance preparation and filing of state tax returns while coordinating cross-functional data across finance, accounting, and operations to meet strict regulatory deadlines. • Assists with assessing tax and financial statement implications of activities and events, whether actual or proposed. • Analyzes the tax and financial statement implications of actual and proposed business activities and provides recommendations to optimize tax outcomes. • Prepares journal entries and performs account reconciliations. • Initiates and processes state and local tax payments. • Communicates with internal and external stakeholders regarding tax matters. • Creatively and regularly utilizes information services and avenues to provide insights and answer questions to tax, software and other questions. • Conducts tax research using available information services and technology. • Participates in process improvement initiatives and assists in identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance documentation. • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. • 1-2 years of relevant experience in a corporate tax function or within a public accounting firm's tax practice. • Familiarity with State and Local Taxes./ Premium Taxes • Experience with insurance company taxation. • Experience with cloud-based ERP environments, preferably Workday. • Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint. • Experience in managing deadlines and working independently in a fast-paced and matrixed environment • Experience in analyzing and reviewing tax law and/or accounting guidance and making recommendations. • Familiarity and/or strong interest in process-improvement and documentation track record. • Good verbal communication ability. • Experience in technical writing. • Ability to identify, analyze and logically frame issues. • Ability to work successfully within a change-oriented environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Qualify for your choice of health and dental plans within your first month. • Save for your future with robust 401(k) match, Health Spending Accounts and various retirement plans. • Learn and Grow with our Tuition Assistance Program, paid certifications and continuing education programs. • Contribute to your community through United Way and volunteer programs. • Balance your life with generous paid time off and business casual dress. • Get employee discounts for shopping, dining and travel through Kemper Perks.