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Accounting Manager, Retirement-Tax/Treasury | Prudential Financial | Hartford, CT

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.

Prudential Retirement delivers retirement plan solutions for public, private, and non-profit organizations, meeting the needs of over 3.6 million participants and annuitants. Prudential Retirement has $150 billion in retirement account values as of December 31, 2008. A key business within Prudential Retirement is the Full Service business which offers plan sponsors and their participants a broad range of products and services to assist in the delivery and administration of defined contribution, defined benefit and non-qualified retirement plans, including recordkeeping and administrative services, comprehensive investment offerings, and consulting services.  The business has approximately $100 billion in account values. The position is responsible for the financial reporting of taxes, as well as tax planning and analysis for the Retirement Business.  The position is also responsible for assisting in the capital management process and will have interaction with the Corporate Treasury Group.  The incumbent will report to the Director of Full Service Accounting and Analysis group and have significant interaction with the Vice President of the Full Service Controller's unit as well as ongoing communication with the Corporate Tax unit.

The responsibilities of the position will include
  •  Computation of Statutory and GAAP Tax Provisions
  •  Manage quarterly and annual tax reporting process including Statutory and GAAP disclosures
  •  Partner closely with the Planning and Analysis group for multiyear tax planning and capital forecasting
  •  Prepare financial analysis to assist in the process to manage capital across multiple legal entities
  •  Preparation of key analytics and management exhibits supporting effective tax rates
  •  Liaison between Retirement Finance and the Corporate Tax Department
  •  Liaison between Retirement Finance and the Corporate Treasury Department
  •  Identify opportunities to influence and implement tax effective solutions consistent with the Retirement tax strategy
  •  Prepare general ledger reconciliations and roll forwards for various tax accounts
  •  Support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives related to the tax process

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
  • 4-year college degree in accounting or finance
  • 5+ years of experience in Tax and/or financial reporting; insurance industry experience preferred
  • GAAP (FAS 109) and/or Stat Reporting (SSAP 10) experience
  • Experience with Oracle or a similar ledger system
  • Experience with CorpTax or a similar tax system a plus
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Solid analytical and partnering skills
  • Strong Excel skills
  • CPA preferred
  • Overtime is required during peak periods

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.

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.

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