Tax Manager, Technology & Transformation at The Standard · Portland

Tax Manager, Technology & Transformation Location: Portland, OR The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard. A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference? Job Summary: The Tax Manager, Technology & Transformation is a Tax Operations leader responsible for end-to-end tax data, workflow, controls, and tax technology across a combined Corporate Tax and Government Reporting environment for the enterprise and its affiliates. This role leads and develops a team and/or external resources and partners with Federal and State Tax Managers (and other tax technical owners). The focus of this position is to ensure the right data is available at the right time, processes are standardized, documented, and well-controlled, and tools and integrations enable accurate, timely, and audit-ready outcomes. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Tax operations, data, and delivery enablement: Own the end-to-end operating model (calendar, workflow, roles/hand-offs, service levels) for corporate tax and government reporting deliverables to ensure on-time completion and readiness for technical review/sign-off. Define required data sets, drive reconciliations to the general ledger/financial statements, and maintain traceable support for filings and reporting. Coordinate timelines, inputs, dependencies, and quality checks across team members and external providers. Technology, data, and process improvement: Serve as business owner for tax data and tax technology (and upstream finance sources): define data standards, govern inputs/outputs, and ensure end-to-end traceability from source data to filings and reporting. Translate tax needs into clear business and system requirements; participate in testing/validation, data mapping, and procedure updates when systems or requirements change. Transformation and standardization: Identify and execute opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve reliability through standardization, automation, and stronger controls. Improve data pipelines, automate repeatable steps (including RPA where appropriate), and implement metrics/dashboards to improve predictability and accuracy. Controls and governance: Design and maintain an effective control framework across end-to-end tax and government reporting processes: define key and operating control points, review standards, documentation requirements, and evidence retention to support internal/external assurance. Own tax data lineage and reconciliations across platforms; monitor data quality, resolve breaks, and drive root-cause fixes. Stakeholder leadership, training, and development: Lead the tax operations service model across Tax, Accounting/Finance, Finance Technology, affiliates, and external providers with clear communication and documentation. Develop and implement training procedures; coach and develop team members, set standards, and provide feedback to ensure high-quality, compliant, and sustainable delivery. Skills and Background You’ll Need: Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Taxation, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience required). Master of Taxation or MBA (preferred) Certification: CPA, Enrolled Agent (preferred) Experience: Minimum six (6) years of progressive experience supporting corporate tax and regulated/government reporting environments through data management, process/workflow ownership, controls, and/or tax technology enablement, including insurance taxation and statutory accounting/reporting concepts (SSAP 101). Solid working knowledge of corporate tax and financial/statutory reporting concepts; strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Skills: Advanced Excel and Microsoft 365 collaboration skills. Hands-on experience with tax compliance and reporting tools (e.g. Corp Tax and Taxport); tax calendar/workflow tools; ERP/general ledger and financial reporting platforms; data extraction/query tools, reporting/analytics (e.g., Power BI); and process automation tools. Technology fluency and data mindset with the ability to work across systems, define requirements, support testing/validation, and improve data quality/lineage. Expected Behaviors of a Successful Candidate: Winning Together: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to develop influential and collaborative relationships within the team and across the organization. Works collaboratively across the organization to accomplish common business goals and communicates with a wide range of non-technical stakeholders and is able to translate complex ideas into easily understandable concepts. Driving Success: Demonstrated ability to oversee and handle multiple projects, competing priorities and deliverables including project management. Proactively identifies opportunities to enhance efficiency and processes that support organizational goals. Adaptability: Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous situations, including dynamic and rapidly changing work environments. Utilizes new and changing technology in order to streamline and/or automate current company processes and deliverables to take us ‘next level.’ Improvement Mindset: Deep tax & tax technology expertise with the ability to collaboratively challenge the status quo and positively drive change to across Tax, Accounting/Finance, Finance Technology, and affiliates to improve organizational effectiveness. #LI-Remote Why Join The Standard? We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect: A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions An annual incentive bonus plan Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard. Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance. The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data. Salary Range: $97,750.00 - $156,250.00 Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date. Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information. All employees of The Standard must be bondable. 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