Accountant Specialty, Consultant

Blue Shield of CA; Springfield Meadows (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Tax Consultant to report to the Tax Director and handle the quarterly tax provision, projections, and compliance workbooks for members of the Consolidated Group. This role emphasizes strong tax knowledge, precise writing, and cross-functional collaboration across leadership levels.

The ideal candidate will have CPA designation, 7+ years of relevant accounting experience (tax, accounting, or analytics), and familiarity with statutory accounting and insurance tax.

Qualifications

• Tax technical background and ability to navigate complex matters.
• Strong written and verbal communication required.
• Ability to develop relationships with cross-functional partners and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Prepare quarterly tax provision and tax projections for consolidated entities.
• Develop tax compliance workbooks for multiple legal entities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and tax stakeholders to support current tax positions.

Skills

Tax knowledge

Communication

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree or HS with 4 years experience

Accounting/Tax Master's preferred

Job description

Your Role

We are currently seeking a Tax Consultant. This position will report to the Tax Director and will be responsible for preparation of financial statement quarterly tax provision, tax projections, and tax compliance workbooks for various legal entities within the Consolidated Group.

The ideal candidate must have a tax technical background, be comfortable and confident navigating through innovative and complex matters to support current tax positions, technical skills to operate the tax reporting and calculation tools, have outstanding communication and writing skills, be attentive to details, and be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while working with multiple cross functional teams. The candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to develop strong working relationships with cross-functional partners and various levels of leadership.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree, Accounting/Tax Master's degree preferred
• Requires a minimum of 7 years of prior relevant experience in an accounting specialization either tax, accounting and/or financial analytics
• CPA designation is required
• Familiarity with Statutory accounting and insurance tax

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.