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Manager, Tax | Prudential Financial | Newark, NJ
Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader
with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management
expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional
customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock
symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that
has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of
products and services, including life insurance, annuities,
retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real
estate services. For more information, please visit http://www.prudential.com.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
Prudential Financial is seeking a motivated individual to join the Tax
Department located Newark, NJ. The position requires a team player that
is highly organized, responsive, extremely flexible and has the ability
to handle multiple projects while producing accurate and timely results.
The primary responsibilities of the position will include U.S. Federal
and state taxation and financial reporting of taxes for life insurance
companies.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Statutory and GAAP financial reporting and analysis of taxes
- Partnering with Business Units to implement and design tax planning
strategies and transactions
- Participation in tax aspect of merger and acquisition activity
- Preparation and review of Federal, State and Local Tax Compliance for
life insurance entities including preparing adjustments and separate
account returns
- Recommendations of improvements to financial reporting and compliance
processes
- Review of the Return to Provision Reconciliation
JOB REQUIREMENTS: Qualifications:
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, economics or other related
business disciplines required
- CPA and/or Masters degree in tax or accounting a plus
- Corporate Tax experience (3-8 years), financial services sector is
preferred with life insurance expertise a plus
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational/analytical skills required
- Proven leadership track record strongly desired
- Solid computer skills - proficient in Lotus Notes, standard Microsoft
applications and CorpTax Compliance software a plus
Additional Knowledge/Skills:
- Strong STAT and GAAP accounting for taxes of insurance companies a plus
- Understanding of financial service companies including insurance,
investments, and asset management a plus
- Strong work ethic and able to partner in a team-oriented environment
- Organized and flexible - ability to manage multiple
projects/assignments, while meeting deadlines
Other comments:
- Overtime will be required, especially during peak periods
- Outside candidates are being considered
The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark,
New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are
committed to diversity in our workforce.
"The position has responsibilities which include the processing of wire
transfers. In accordance with the Treasurer's Policy "Background
Screenings on Wire Transfer Associates," any candidate selected for this
position will be required to submit to an extensive background screening
and a credit check. Failure to comply will eliminate a candidate from
consideration for this position. Any negative information obtained as a
result of the background screening may result in the disqualification of
the candidate from this and any other position in Prudential, including
their current position if they are an internal applicant."
Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes
from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with
Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of
contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered
for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by
search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or
directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid
written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the
sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the
candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through
other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential
before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the
recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the
partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason,
Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor
list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written
search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing
at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to
be paid for any candidate referrals.
To apply for this position, please copy and paste the following link
into your browser address bar:
http://prudential.contacthr.com/13376842
or submit your resume and salary requirements through our homepage at
https://jobs.prudential.com/apply_online_1.asp?jobid=1527437
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