About the Role
As an early, pivotal hire for our tax function, you will help design and build the blueprint for our tax team from the ground up. This role balances technical execution (compliance, ASC 740, audits) with entrepreneurial project management.
Responsibilities
- Partner with finance leadership to establish, automate, and scale internal tax processes and strategies.
- Act as the primary project manager for external tax advisors, ensuring deliverables are accurate and on schedule.
- Own the quarter-end and annual tax provision process (ASC 740), prepare tax journal entries, and perform flux analyses.
- Project-manage responses to tax audits and notices, proactively gathering documentation and resolving inquiries.
- Lead research and execution on special projects, including R&D tax credits, international expansion, transfer pricing, and state nexus evaluation.
- Identify manual bottlenecks in current tax processes and implement modern, scalable software or workflow solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA license is required.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive tax experience.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the challenge of creating order out of chaos.
- 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).
- Visa sponsorship is not available.
- Criminal background check is required.
- 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.
Skills
- Project Management
- Tax Compliance
- ASC 740
- Audit Management
- Process Automation
- Analytical Problem-Solving
- Communication
Location
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Office-based
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Master's degree in Taxation is a plus
Salary/Compensations
- $1—$2 USD
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Dental
- Vision
- Parental leave and planning
- Mental health benefits
- 401(k) plan and match
- Flex time-off
- 11 paid holidays
- Volunteer time-off
About the Company
- A global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability.
- Build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems.
- A dynamic, rapidly growing SaaS company revolutionizing the Observability market.
- Develops and distributes encryption software and technology that complies with U.S. export controls and licensing requirements.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
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- In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification.
- 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.
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