Senior Tax Accountant

Our client is a highly successful cloud-based software and technology firm. Looking for a Senior Tax Accountant to join their in-house team.

Work directly for the Senior Manager of Corporate Tax, and with the VP of Tax on all aspects of the corporate tax function. Work cross-functionally with all areas in finance, directly with business operations and with outside consultants. This position is critical to the Finance Department as it operates to ensure global compliance with tax laws. You will be joining a lean team with high visibility and high exposure to Senior Management and throughout the organization.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, independent, hands-on, and self-directed individual.

The Senior Tax Accountant will be responsible for a wide range of tax matters.

• Coordinate with internal departments to meet data request deadlines of external advisors for all ASC 740, Accounting for Income Tax, tax provision and compliance areas related to annual federal, international, and state and local [income] tax filing obligations.
• Assist in the calculation, documentation and review of various ASC 740 permanent and temporary differences, income tax disclosures and standalone income tax computations and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with external advisors to complete the annual Federal R&D tax credit study, including data collection, reconciliation and analysis, facilitating communications with internal subject matter experts, as well as preparing all applicable state tax credit calculations and application filings.
• Prepare calculation of nondeductible foreign research and development costs.
• Support preparation and review of work papers for federal and state income tax returns and ensure alignment with financial reporting.
• Review state income tax apportionment calculations, state income tax returns and certain pro forma Federal income tax returns prepared by the external consultant.
• Assist with income tax exam management, including gathering requested documentation and coordinating responses to auditor inquiries in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Support continuous improvement and documentation of internal tax processes and perform necessary SOX controls at the required frequencies.

• Three to six years of tax experience working in a public accounting and/or corporate tax function.
• Accounting degree, CPA a plus.
• Experience with Alteryx strongly preferred, particularly for optimizing complex tax calculations and transforming large volumes of source data into usable tax work papers and summaries.