Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Tax Officer

Company:

Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:

Finance

Job Description:

Role Overview

The Head of Tax is a senior finance leader responsible for setting and executing the global tax strategy for a multinational insurance and reinsurance organization. This role provides oversight across all tax disciplines—including income tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and tax governance—ensuring compliance, efficiency, and alignment with the company’s broader business and risk objectives.

The Head of Tax partners closely with executive leadership, business leaders, regulators, and external advisors to manage tax risk, optimize the global effective tax rate, and support strategic initiatives such as reinsurance structures, capital management, M&A, and international growth.

Key Responsibilities

Tax Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and lead the global tax strategy in alignment with the company’s business model, risk appetite, and long-term objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on tax implications of strategic decisions, including capital structure, reinsurance arrangements, and jurisdictional expansion.
• Provide leadership to a global tax team, fostering a strong control environment, talent development, and succession planning.

Global Tax Compliance & Reporting

• Oversee global tax compliance and reporting across all jurisdictions, including corporate income tax, withholding taxes, premium taxes, and indirect taxes.
• Ensure accurate and timely tax filings, provisioning, and disclosures under US GAAP.
• Maintain strong internal controls over tax processes in coordination with Finance, Audit, and Risk functions.

Transfer Pricing & International Tax

• Design and maintain robust transfer pricing policies appropriate for a global insurance and reinsurance operating model, including underwriting, risk transfer, and service arrangements.
• Lead the organization’s approach to OECD initiatives, including BEPS and Pillar Two, and assess impacts on the global tax footprint and effective tax rate.
• Manage cross‑border tax matters, including permanent establishment risk and treaty positioning.

Insurance & Reinsurance‑Specific Tax Matters

• Provide deep expertise on tax considerations related to insurance and reinsurance operations, including retrocession structures, captives, and regulated entities.
• Partner with actuarial, legal, and risk teams on reserving, pricing, and regulatory issues with tax implications.
• Support regulatory interactions and audits with global tax authorities and insurance regulators.

M&A, Restructuring & Special Projects

• Lead tax planning and execution for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and legal entity restructuring.
• Evaluate tax implications of new products, distribution models, and operational changes.
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors to ensure high‑quality, cost‑effective support.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field; advanced degree or CPA strongly preferred.
• 20+ years of progressive insurance tax experience, with significant leadership responsibility in a multinational insurance, reinsurance, or financial services organization and/or a top professional services firm.
• Deep technical expertise in global corporate tax, international tax, transfer pricing, and tax accounting.
• Strong understanding of insurance and reinsurance operating models and related tax considerations.
• Proven ability to lead global teams, manage complex stakeholder environments, and operate effectively at the executive level.

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic, commercial mindset with strong judgment and risk awareness.
• Ability to translate complex tax matters into clear, actionable guidance for senior leaders and boards.
• Collaborative leader with the credibility to influence across Finance, Legal, Risk, and the business.
• High integrity, attention to detail, and commitment to strong governance and controls.

The base salary range for this position is $344,000 - $512,000 annually. The offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, experience, qualifications and work location. All offers include access to a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401k match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

 

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

 

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Warren, NJ

Additional Locations:

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at [email protected].

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