Accountant Specialty, Consultant
Blue Shield of California
Oakland, CA · Posted November 2, 2026
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About the job
Your Role
We are currently seeking a Tax Consultant. This position will report to the Tax Director and will be responsible for preparation of financial statement quarterly tax provision, tax projections, and tax compliance workbooks for various legal entities within the Consolidated Group.
The ideal candidate must have a tax technical background, be comfortable and confident navigating through innovative and complex matters to support current tax positions, technical skills to operate the tax reporting and calculation tools, have outstanding communication and writing skills, be attentive to details, and be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while working with multiple cross functional teams. The candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to develop strong working relationships with cross-functional partners and various levels of leadership.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Prepare US GAAP income tax provisions (OneSource) and financial statement footnote disclosures ASU 2023-09
Calculate federal and state estimated tax payments (OneSource Provision)
Prepare stand-alone, group or consolidated tax returns and related reports to insure compliance with federal and state tax regulations
Prepare partnership returns
Help design and/or improve internal controls and develop appropriate compliance policies and procedures, including maintaining controls system of record
Assist with research, and analysis of various state and local tax issues (CheckPoint)
Support responses to inquiries from tax authorities
Receive assignments in the form of objectives and establish goals to meet objectives
Ensure workflow procedures and guidelines are clearly documented and communicated
May lead special projects
Frequently interact with subordinate, supervisors, managers, outside customers, and functional peer groups
Participate in developmental and training opportunities for tax team members
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree, Accounting/Tax Master's degree preferred
Requires a minimum of 7 years of prior relevant experience in an accounting specialization either tax, accounting and/or financial analytics
CPA designation is required
Familiarity with Statutory accounting and insurance tax
Hybrid
This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.