Senior Accountant, Tax

About the role

This role will report to the Director of Tax and will assist in the provision, compliance, and tax reporting operations functions. The Senior Accountant, Tax will play a key role in maintaining compliance with tax laws, supporting financial reporting, and providing valuable insights to optimize the overall tax position.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the quarterly tax provisions using the AETR method, tax balance sheet account reconciliations, quantification of uncertain tax positions, financial statement disclosures and related analysis for each of the legal entities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP.
• Review schedules prepared by the accounting department that are inputs to the provision.
• Aid in the calculation of the year-end provision (including permanent and temporary book to tax differences).
• Maintain and reconcile tax-related accounts as part of the accounting close process.
• Aid in the preparation of tax accounting memos to document analysis and conclusions for complex transactions.
• Aid in the preparation of audit support to the accounting team during year-end audits.
• Support the budget process and quarterly forecasts of tax estimates; prepare comparative and other analyses.
• Proactively identify, research, and formulate recommendations regarding tax positions, accounting issues, risk management, and deliver proposals to the Director of Tax and/or Senior Director of Tax for approval.
• Prepare support and review income tax returns (federal, state, provincial and local) and ensure timely filing of all compliance obligations for all legal entities.
• Prepare apportionment data and supporting documentation.
• Prepare estimated tax payment calculations and installments for processing and approval.
• Aid in the resolution of notices and inquiries from tax authorities.
• Coordinate and manage tax audits conducted by regulatory authorities.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation and assess the impact on the organization’s tax compliance.
• Manage state and local tax compliance including sales and use taxes and other regulatory returns.
• Ensure transfer pricing policies and documentation are current, consistently applied and in compliance with transfer pricing regulations.
• Prepare quarterly PFIC calculations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience with corporate tax provision and tax compliance (federal & state / provincial) at a public accounting firm and/or corporate tax department.
• CPA designation strongly preferred, with strong technical knowledge of US and Canadian income tax laws and regulations (federal, provincial, state and local).
• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP tax accounting rules (ASC 740).
• Exposure and experience with Canadian tax issues preferred.
• Technological competency, specifically related to reporting and compliance, including NetSuite, and income tax compliance software such as OneSource.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables, sumifs, v-lookups and index formulas.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, including cross functionally.
• Effective communication skills to interact with various stakeholders, demonstrating an ability to communicate complex tax issues in a clear and understandable manner to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong project management skills, ability to juggle multiple tasks and projects with competing deadlines.
• Experience with Canadian SR&ED and US R&D tax credit claims a plus.
• Trailblazer who is willing to explore new ways of executing work tasks through leveraging the most advanced AI technologies.

What We're Looking For

• Experience with AI tools such as Dust, Notion AI, and ChatGPT is a significant plus for any candidate.
• Willingness to embrace, explore, learn, and understand new AI tools is a minimum requirement for any individual joining our department.

Pay

• USA-based roles: Annual base salary between $97,000 USD and $136,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
• Canada-based roles: Annual base salary between $93,000 CAD and $130,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

What You Can Expect

• You can expect to be part of a global tax team, assisting in not only US tax but also Canadian and International.
• Tax Reporting: Prepare the quarterly tax provisions using the AETR method, tax balance sheet account reconciliations, quantification of uncertain tax positions, financial statement disclosures and related analysis for each of the legal entities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP.
• Tax Compliance: Prepare support and review income tax returns (federal, state, provincial and local) and ensure timely filing of all compliance obligations for all legal entities, with an appetite for bringing some tax returns in-house in the near future.
• Tax Strategy and Planning: Assist in special projects including but not limited to: tax planning, analysis of income tax consequences of non-standard transactions and cross-functional business initiatives.
• Tax Accounting: Lead special tax projects and collaborate closely with business partners, including customer tax queries, state/local government tax incentives, etc.