Tax Director

Location:

Austin, TX / Dallas, TX / Morristown, NJ / San Jose, CA (Hybrid)

Reporting to:
Chief Accounting Officer

Hippo was built on a promise: make home ownership effortless. Nearly a decade later, that mission still drives us. We use technology and data to help our customers stay ahead of problems and protect what matters most.

Today, that same tech-native approach powers our work beyond homeowners. Hippo operates as a diversified carrier platform, partnering with MGAs to deliver tailored program solutions that help them grow and deliver better customer experiences. Behind that work is a team that values ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

If you're energized by building what's next, we'd love to meet you.

The Tax Director at Hippo is a senior leader responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, and audit-defensibility of the company's income tax provision, compliance, and reporting obligations as a publicly traded insurance carrier. This role provides strategic leadership across the enterprise, while owning core technical tax work, including U.S. GAAP and Statutory tax provisions and financial reporting, multi-state tax compliance, and insurance-specific tax matters.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with the Chief Accounting Officer and work cross-functionally with Accounting, Strategic Finance, Legal, and external auditors and advisors.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive tax strategy that is aligned with corporate initiatives, M&A activity, and capital allocation priorities
• Provide tax modeling to support enterprise forecasting and strategic planning
• Prepare the quarterly and annual global income tax provision under ASC 740 and related disclosures, including deferred tax asset and liability analysis, GILTI (NCTI) computations, ASC 718 stock-based compensation adjustments, §162(m) executive compensation adjustments, effective tax rate reconciliation, and uncertain tax position assessments
• Prepare the quarterly and annual statutory income tax provisions and related disclosures, including SSAP 101 admissibility test
• Prepare and maintain technical memoranda supporting the company's tax positions, including valuation allowance and uncertain tax position conclusions
• Manage federal and multi-state income tax compliance, including return preparation, review, and filing across all operating jurisdictions
• Oversee insurance premium tax compliance and reporting, ensuring accuracy across all licensed states and coordinating with internal accounting teams and external providers as needed
• Lead tax controversy management, including audits, appeals, and dispute resolution
• Manage relationships with external advisors and oversee special projects, including the R&D credit study, §174 analysis, §382 analysis, and transfer pricing documentation
• Maintain a strong SOX control framework, including retaining complete and audit-ready documentation evidencing control performance, and acting as a point of contact for auditor PBC requests
• Lead tax diligence, structuring analysis, and integration work associated with M&A activity as it arises, in coordination with outside counsel
• Maintain institutional knowledge of the company's entity structure, filing history, elections, and open tax positions to support ongoing audit defensibility
• Identify and implement technology and process improvements, including automation and AI-assisted tools, that reduce manual effort and strengthen controls within the tax function
• Monitor federal, state, foreign, and insurance-specific tax law changes, including NAIC and statutory accounting developments, assess their impact on the company, and lead the implementation of new laws

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting,…