Senior Tax Accountant
The Sr. Tax Accountant will manage U.S. federal and state corporate income tax compliance, ASC 740 provisions, tax audits, reconciliations, and SOX controls for a high-growth SaaS business. The role requires five years of corporate tax experience, strong Excel skills, and a bachelor's degree.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, and timely file U.S. federal and state corporate income tax returns, estimated payments, and extensions.
- Prepare or review quarterly and annual ASC 740 income tax provisions, including current and deferred tax calculations, effective tax rate reconciliations, disclosures, and supporting workpapers.
- Research federal and state tax law, apportionment methodologies, and income tax nexus standards; document audit-ready conclusions.
- Support federal and state income tax audits by managing information document requests and defending established tax positions.
- Execute SOX controls over the income tax close process and prepare or review tax account reconciliations in NetSuite.
- Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and Legal on tax and control impacts of new entities, intercompany transactions, and transfer pricing arrangements.
- Collaborate with external preparers, advisors, auditors, and tax authorities.
- Identify and implement opportunities to automate tax processes and improve analysis.
Requirements
- 5 years of progressive experience in direct or corporate income tax, including U.S. federal and state taxation.
- Working knowledge of ASC 740 and U.S. federal and state corporate income tax fundamentals.
- Experience operating in a SOX-controlled environment, including designing, executing, documenting, and testing income tax controls.
- Familiarity with tax issues affecting fast-growing, multi-state SaaS companies, including apportionment and evolving state income tax rules.
- Familiarity with ERP and financial data systems such as NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and data manipulation.
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Nice-to-haves
- Public accounting and corporate tax experience.
- Experience with Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE or Corptax.
- Familiarity with Power BI, Alteryx, or similar data and dashboard tools.
- CPA designation or Master of Taxation degree.
- Experience automating tax processes and analyzing high-volume transactional data.
Skills
Asc 740, Corporate Income Tax, Tax Provision, Sox Controls, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Excel, Vlookup, Power BI, Alteryx, Onesource, Corptax, Tax Research, Transfer Pricing
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