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Senior Director, Tax at GEICO in Bethesda, MD
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Job Description
At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is a private American auto insurance company with headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is the third largest auto insurer in the United States. In 2024, GEICO earned premiums worth over $43 billion U.S. dollars.
At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
We are 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. This role provides executive-level oversight of U.S. federal income tax (including ASC 740 processes and return compliance oversight) and insurance-specific tax matters (including premium tax, multi-state and regulatory filings, and support for insurance examinations).
The Senior Director, Tax will oversee the relationship with our third-party tax service provider, lead process improvements and internal controls, and develop internal tax talent. This role requires both strong generalist tax leadership and deep insurance tax specialization, ensuring comprehensive coverage across insurance specific tax matters and enterprise tax strategy.
This is a high-impact leadership role that partners with Controllers, Financial Reporting, Treasury, Legal, and business leaders to ensure accurate reporting, timely compliance, strong audit readiness, and proactive tax planning. The role collaborates closely with our service provider tax specialists and internal stakeholders to drive quality, efficiency, and consistency across tax-related activities and controls.
Location:
- This is a hybrid role, on-site 3 days per week at our Bethesda, MD, New York, NY or Chicago, IL offices.
Key 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 premium tax.
- 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.
- Direct end-to-end compliance oversight for U.S. federal income tax returns and related filings (extensions, estimated payments, and information reporting), including review of workpapers, coordination of data requests, and management of federal and state notices, audits, and controversy matters.
- 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.
- Provide oversight of insurance premium tax reporting and filings across jurisdictions; support state insurance department inquiries and examinations by coordinating data, responses, and technical positions with internal stakeholders and advisors.
- 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.
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.
The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.
Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- In office and remote opportunities, as well as our signature GEICO Flex program, offering the ability to work remotely for up to four weeks per year.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
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Annual Salary $195,000.00 - $315,000.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.
Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.