Remote Senior Tax Preparer

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. 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 seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious Senior Tax Accountant to join our Finance and Accounting team.
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. 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.
Identify manual bottlenecks in our current tax processes and implement modern, scalable software or workflow solutions.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA license is required.
Minimum of 3-5 years of progressive tax experience (Public accounting/Big 4 experience highly preferred; 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.
This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. 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.
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