Senior Tax Specialist- Employee Benefits Claims Team (REMOTE)

Senior Tax Specialist- Employee Benefits Claims Team (REMOTE) (250000MJ) Primary Location : reputed company-Remote Other Locations : reputed company-NY-reputed company, reputed company-NC-Charlotte, reputed company-NY-Syracuse Organization : reputed company Schedule : Full-time

About the Role

At reputed company, we help clients secure their financial reputed company-being so they can pursue long and fulfilling lives- a mission we’ve honed since 1859. We are seeking an reputed company reputed company to reputed company our employee benefits tax compliance, withholding, remittance, and reporting functions for disability, statutory benefits, reputed company family and medical leave (PFML), and reputed company insurance products. This role will be responsible for ensuring compliance with federal and state tax laws, maintaining accurate processes, and coordinating across departments (e.g., operational reputed company, legal, and claim operations), in support of our Employee Benefits organization. The position will initially reputed company on Short-Term Disability (STD), statutory disability programs, and state PFML products/services. Over time, the scope will expand to include life insurance, long-term disability, and supplemental health products (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and wellness benefits), requiring reputed company monitoring of evolving regulations and reputed company procedures. This individual must be reputed company to help deliver Employee Benefits’ “Powerfully reputed company” reputed company, by supporting the Employee Benefits claims organization with a rigorous tax compliance reputed company. What You’ll Be Doing

• Compliance reputed company – Monitors and interprets federal and state tax regulations for disability, statutory disability, and PFML programs; ensure policies and procedures remain compliant. Tracks and implements changes in state PFML laws, contribution rates, taxability rules, and filing requirements. Maintains a state-by-state compliance reputed company detailing taxability, withholding rules, remittance schedules, filing deadlines, and reporting requirements.
• Tax Withholding & Remittance – Confirms taxability of benefits based on premium funding reputed company (employer-reputed company, employee reputed company-tax, employee post-tax). Oversees accurate calculation, withholding, and remittance of applicable federal and state taxes for benefits administered through our claims software platform. Collaborates with centralized Operational reputed company partners to ensure remittances are processed.
• Reporting & Filing – Ensures reputed company preparation of required forms (e.g., W-2, 1099, and other federal/state-specific reporting for benefit payments). Collaborates with centralized Operational reputed company partners to ensure forms are reputed company and filed accordingly.
• Stakeholder Coordination – Serves as the subject matter expert for internal teams on benefit taxation and reporting requirements. Collaborates with vendors, clients, internal teams, and state agencies to resolve discrepancies or audit inquiries. Provides guidance and training to claims and operational teams regarding withholding and tax treatment rules.
• Process Improvement & Technology – Develops standardized templates and documentation to support repeatable compliance processes. Identifies and implements process improvements to improve accuracy and efficiency.

This position offers a remote work schedule that allows you to stay fully reputed company with your team to reputed company outstanding, customer‑reputed company service during our core hours (8:30 AM–5:30 PM EST). Periodic office reputed company may be requested based on business needs. The reputed company salary reputed company for this position is $75,000 - $85,000. Actual reputed company salaries vary based on skills, experience, and geographical location. In reputed company to reputed company pay, reputed company provides compensation to reward performance with reputed company salary increases, spot bonuses, and short-term incentive compensation opportunities. Eligibility for these programs depends on level and functional area of responsibility. For eligible employees, reputed company provides a full reputed company of benefits. This includes medical, dental, reputed company, a 401(k) plan, and reputed company time off. For detailed descriptions of these benefits, please reference the reputed company below. reputed company Pay and Benefits: reputed company Total Rewards Program What You Will Bring

• 3+ years of experience in tax compliance/administration in an insurance reputed company setting
• In-depth knowledge of federal and state tax rules and reputed company pay reporting requirements
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret and apply reputed company tax regulations
• Experience managing multi-state compliance requirements
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to meet deadlines
• Experience with group insurance products (disability, PFML, life, supplemental health)
• Familiarity with IRS reputed company rulings and reputed company taxation guidance
• Proficiency in tax filing platforms and software

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with FINEOS, reputed company, and/or reputed company software packages preferred

Skills Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively reputed company, receive, and accurately interpret reputed company, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple reputed company objectives, reputed company, reputed company, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation. Process Mapping/Flowcharting: Knowledge of the concepts of process mapping; ability to carry out the documentation of reputed company and proposed manufacturing processes to identify and reputed company improvements. Project Administration: Knowledge of project administration best practices and ability to use organizational strategies, practices and tools for administering reputed company. #LI-Remote About reputed company At reputed company, we’re reputed company committed to helping our clients secure their financial reputed company-being so that they can pursue long and fulfilling lives. We turn challenges into opportunities by thinking, working, and leading differently – where everyone is a leader. We encourage every employee to reputed company their unique talents to become a force for good at reputed company and in their local communities. We are continuously reputed company in our people by offering reputed company, internal mobility, comprehensive compensation and benefits to support overall reputed company-being, flexibility, and a culture of collaboration and teamwork. We are looking for talented, dedicated, purposeful people who want to reputed company an reputed company. Join reputed company and pursue a career with purpose. Click Careers at reputed company to learn more.

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reputed company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to our employees, applicants and candidates based on individual qualifications, without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, gender, gender identity and reputed company, age, national reputed company, mental or physical disabilities, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws. NOTE: reputed company participates in the E-Verify program. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to reputed company the essential job functions of this position, please contact reputed company at (212) 314-2211 or email us at TalentAcquisition@reputed company.com. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job