Senior Director, Tax

About the role

The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is seeking an experienced, strategic, and execution-focused Senior Director, Tax to lead enterprise tax operations and partner with Finance leadership on tax risk management, planning, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the tax function, including governance, risk management, and process modernization across U.S. federal income tax, state income/franchise tax, and insurance-specific tax matters.
• Oversee quarterly and annual ASC 740 income tax provision processes, including effective tax rate analysis, current/deferred computations, uncertain tax positions, and coordination of income tax footnotes and related financial statement disclosures.
• Ensure timely and accurate filings of all tax returns across federal, state, and insurance-specific jurisdictions.
• Lead technical tax research and develop position papers/memos on complex matters (federal, state, and insurance-specific), including business transactions, method changes, capitalization/expense issues, and evolving guidance impacting the insurance industry.
• Own the relationship with our service provider and other external advisors: define scope, manage budgets, align priorities, ensure quality of deliverables, and drive timely execution across provision, compliance, planning, and audit support.
• Manage a team of tax specialists through our service provider managed services, ensuring alignment on deliverables, quality, and execution across provision, compliance, and advisory work.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the internal tax team; set objectives, coach performance, and build scalable capabilities through training, documentation, and succession planning.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders on tax planning and transaction support, including insurance-specific considerations such as premium tax exposure, reinsurance and intercompany arrangements, entity structuring, and multi-state implications.
• Apply deep insurance tax specialization across premium tax, statutory reporting alignment, and regulatory considerations, beyond general corporate tax responsibilities.
• Enhance and maintain internal controls and documentation over tax processes (including SOX-ready controls where applicable), ensuring audit readiness, strong data governance, and effective coordination with Financial Reporting for GAAP/STAT impacts.
• Develop and communicate the tax strategy, including forecasting cash taxes and ETR, monitoring legislative/regulatory developments, and presenting key tax matters, risks, and opportunities to senior Finance leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive tax experience with significant depth in U.S. federal income tax (ASC 740 provision and compliance oversight); insurance industry and/or large corporate experience strongly preferred.
• Deep understanding of U.S. federal income tax rules and the ability to translate technical guidance into practical, defensible positions; working knowledge of state income/franchise taxes and insurance premium tax concepts (including multi-state compliance and regulatory considerations).
• Demonstrated experience as both a tax generalist and an insurance tax specialist, with the ability to operate across broad enterprise tax matters and highly specialized insurance tax domains.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence across functions, manage external advisors, and drive outcomes in a complex environment; proven people leadership, coaching, and talent development experience.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience with tax software, Workday, and ERP systems is a plus.
• Insurance industry tax experience (e.g., premium tax processes, state insurance department interactions/exams, and collaboration with statutory reporting teams) is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive tax experience with significant depth in U.S. federal income tax (ASC 740 provision and compliance oversight); insurance industry and/or large corporate experience strongly preferred.
• Deep understanding of U.S. federal income tax rules and the ability to translate technical guidance into practical, defensible positions; working knowledge of state income/franchise taxes and insurance premium tax concepts (including multi-state compliance and regulatory considerations).
• Demonstrated experience as both a tax generalist and an insurance tax specialist, with the ability to operate across broad enterprise tax matters and highly specialized insurance tax domains.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence across functions, manage external advisors, and drive outcomes in a complex environment; proven people leadership, coaching, and talent development experience.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience with tax software, Workday, and ERP systems is a plus.
• Insurance industry tax experience (e.g., premium tax processes, state insurance department interactions/exams, and collaboration with statutory reporting teams) is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match.
• Performance and recognition-based incentives.
• Tuition assistance.
• Mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Remote opportunities, as well as our signature GEICO Flex program, offering the ability to work remotely for up to four weeks per year.

Pay

$195,000.00 - $315,000.00 annually.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role, on-site 3 days per week at our Bethesda, MD, New York, NY or Chicago, IL offices.