Senior Tax Accountant

Senior Tax Accountant

Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!

We are a dynamic, rapidly growing SaaS company revolutionizing the Observability market. We are seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious Senior Tax Accountant to join our Finance and Accounting team.

This is not a "maintenance" role. As an early, pivotal hire for our tax function, you won't just execute processes—you will help design and build the blueprint for our tax team from the ground up. If you love solving complex puzzles, rolling up your sleeves to build new workflows, and want a seat at the table as we scale, this role is for you.

What You'll Do

The Senior Tax Accountant will be a foundational pillar of the company's tax function. You will balance technical execution (compliance, ASC 740, audits) with entrepreneurial project management.

• 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.

This Role Requires

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; Master's degree in Taxation is a plus.
• CPA license is required.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive tax experience (Public accounting/Big 4 experience highly preferred; a mix of public and fast-paced corporate experience is ideal).
• 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).
• Experience in the SaaS industry or with international tax issues is a major plus.
• Innate curiosity, strong analytical problem-solving skills, and the ability to translate complex tax concepts into plain English for non-finance stakeholders.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant's skills, qualifications, and experience. New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

Estimated Base Pay Range $106,000 - $132,000 USD

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics' different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We're looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io.

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

New Relic develops and distributes encryption software and technology that complies with U.S. export controls and licensing requirements. Certain New Relic roles require candidates to pass an export compliance assessment as a condition of employment in any global location. If relevant, we will provide more information later in the application process.

Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.