Senior Director, Tax

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