Vice President Tax Management & Compliance

Church Pension Group (CPG) is a financial services organization that serves the Episcopal Church, located in Midtown Manhattan. CPG was founded in 1917 to provide pension benefits to eligible clergy of the Episcopal Church. Since then, its mission has expanded to include life and disability insurance, health benefits, property & casualty insurance, and publishing.

The VP, Tax Management & Compliance assist the Vice President and Senior Vice President of Tax Management & Compliance (“VP” and “SVP”) regarding all tax functions of The Church Pension Fund and its affiliates (collectively, “CPG”). This includes tax planning, research, and day-to-day compliance, both within the United States and globally, in an effort to maintain tax compliance of the organizations.

In addition, this includes addressing non-tax compliance matters that arise from within the Corporate Finance department and working with other CPG compliance coordinators to document and resolve compliance events and communicating the outcomes. Also, expected to serve as the backup for the VP and SVP Tax Management & Compliance when the VP and SVP Tax Management & Compliance are unavailable.

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Operate as a technical resource to the various business / corporate units within CPG including Corporate Finance, Business Compliance, Human Resources, Benefits Policy, and Legal, by continually adding value to resolve tax issues, maintain tax compliance, minimize tax liabilities, and make recommendations to ensure compliance across CPG
• Advise as a subject matter expert pertaining to federal and state employment tax matters for CPG’s employees, including but not limited to: state income taxation of all hybrid and remote employees, state unemployment insurance, FICA taxation for deferred compensation arrangements, imputed income tax reporting for various employer provided benefits, tax reporting of imputed income for the personal use of company vehicles, tax reporting for compensation to members of the clergy, and Hong Kong tax compliance and reporting obligations associated with compensation and benefits paid to employees in the Hong Kong office as well as United States based employees working in Hong Kong
• Advise as a subject matter expert pertaining to tax reporting and income tax withholding matters for both U.S. Persons and Non-U.S. Persons related to retirement benefits (qualified and nonqualified defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, and other benefit plans), qualified / nonqualified annuities, life insurance, other death benefits, and fully-insured and self-funded disability benefits paid to clergy and lay members as well as beneficiaries
• Collaborate with the business and corporate units who are responsible for the administration of benefit programs for members of The Episcopal Church, such as assisting with their annual review of Puerto Rico tax forms (Form 480.7C) issued by Northern Trust to Puerto Rico clergy members, lay members and beneficiaries as well as the annual clergy housing allowance election process for the clergy members of the Diocese of Puerto Rico
• Collaborate with business compliance, communications, legal, as well as business and corporate units to annually update to the Episcopal Employer Tax Reporting Guide and Episcopal Clergy Tax Guide and annually update the income tax withholding forms for retirement / death packages provided to members and their beneficiaries
• Collaborate with various business and corporate units to ensure gathering of appropriate tax documents from nonresident aliens to determine the appropriate tax reporting and correct amount of United States income tax to be withheld from payments
• Responsible for the annual calculation of the federal excise tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 4960 ensuring the accuracy and timely filing of Form 4720
• Responsible for the tax reporting process of informational tax forms to ensure accurate and timely filing as well as accurate and timely deposits of taxes withheld to federal and state taxing authorities, including but not limited to Form 1099 / Form 1042, Form…