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Accountant Specialty, Consultant

Salary
$111.5K–$167.4K
Hiring from
United States
Work type
Hybrid
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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.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

  • Prepare US GAAP income tax provisions (OneSource) and financial statement footnote disclosures ASU 2023-09
  • Calculate federal and state estimated tax payments (OneSource Provision)
  • Prepare stand-alone, group or consolidated tax returns and related reports to insure compliance with federal and state tax regulations
  • Prepare partnership returns
  • Help design and/or improve internal controls and develop appropriate compliance policies and procedures, including maintaining controls system of record
  • Assist with research, and analysis of various state and local tax issues (CheckPoint)
  • Support responses to inquiries from tax authorities
  • Receive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet objectives
  • Ensure workflow procedures and guidelines are clearly documented and communicated
  • May lead special projects
  • Frequently interact with subordinate, supervisors, managers, outside customers, and functional peer groups
  • Participate in developmental and training opportunities for tax team members

Qualifications

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.

About Us

About Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Ascendiun, we believe in a brighter future for healthcare. As the parent to a family of four innovative healthcare companies, we’re reimagining what’s possible. Ascendiun is guided by the goal of transforming a dysfunctional American health care system into one worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable for everyone.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

  • Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
  • Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, and showing empathy by understanding others’ perspectives.
  • Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

  • For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
  • Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
  • For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

JOB INFO

Job Identification : 20262116

Job Category : Finance and Accounting

Posting Date : 2026-10-21T19:21:55+00:00

Job Schedule : Full time

Locations :

Oakland, CA, United States

CA, United States

Long Beach, CA, United States

El Dorado Hills, CA, United States

Lodi, CA, United States

Rancho Cordova, CA, United States

Redding, CA, United States

San Diego, CA, United States

Woodland Hills, CA, United States

Pay Range for California : $111,540.00 to $167,420.00

Pay Range for Bay Area : $125,736.00 to $188,728.00

Note : Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship : No

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