[Remote] Senior Tax Accountant

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. New Relic is a global team of innovators dedicated to shaping the future of observability. They are seeking a highly motivated Senior Tax Accountant to co-build the tax function, manage projects, and ensure compliance while driving process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Co-Build the Function: Partner with finance leadership to establish, automate, and scale our internal tax processes and strategies as the company expands globally
• Project Management: Act as the primary project manager for external tax advisors, ensuring deliverables (like federal, state, and international tax returns) are accurate and on schedule
• Tax Close & Provisions: Own the quarter-end and annual tax provision process (ASC 740), prepare tax journal entries, and perform flux analyses with a keen eye for detail
• Audit & Notice Ownership: Project-manage responses to tax audits and notices, proactively gathering documentation and resolving inquiries efficiently
• Curiosity-Driven Special Projects: Lead research and execution on special projects, including R&D tax credits, international expansion, transfer pricing, and state nexus evaluation
• Process Automation: Constantly question the status quo. Identify manual bottlenecks in our current tax processes and implement modern, scalable software or workflow solutions

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA license is required
• Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive tax experience
• A Builder's Mindset: Comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the challenge of creating order out of chaos
• Strong Project Management Skills: Proven ability to manage external vendors, track multiple competing deadlines, and drive cross-functional projects to completion
• Solid foundational understanding of ASC 740 (Accounting for Income Taxes)
• Innate curiosity, strong analytical problem-solving skills, and the ability to translate complex tax concepts into plain English for non-finance stakeholders
• Master's degree in Taxation is a plus
• Public accounting/Big 4 experience highly preferred; a mix of public and fast-paced corporate experience is ideal
• Experience in the SaaS industry or with international tax issues is a major plus

Benefits

• Corporate bonus plan
• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision
• Parental leave and planning
• Mental health benefits
• A 401(k) plan and match
• Flex time-off
• 11 paid holidays
• Volunteer time-off
• Other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees
• Flexible workforce model
• Fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid

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