Senior Tax Analyst

Opendoor • San Francisco, CA

8h • Onsite

About The Position

Opendoor is hiring a Senior Tax Analyst to work across the full tax cycle at a public company, including quarterly tax provision, month-end close, compliance, and tax notices. The individual contributor will partner closely with Accounting and Legal across federal, state, local, and non-income tax, as well as work alongside Tax leadership and external advisors. The role offers broad exposure and ownership of meaningful work, including opportunities to improve tax processes through the use of AI tools.

Requirements

• Corporate income tax experience at a global accounting firm or in industry.
• Hands-on experience with ASC 740 provision and federal and state compliance.
• Strong accounting foundation, including understanding how entries flow through the books and how accounting translates to tax.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• CPA certification or actively pursuing a CPA.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools such as Claude, Codex, or ChatGPT, including the ability to identify and correct AI errors.
• Ability to prioritize effectively across multiple deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes and raise tax issues proactively.
• Clear writing skills, with the ability to make work understandable to those outside tax and defensible to tax colleagues.

Nice To Haves

• Big 4 or public company experience.
• Multi-state compliance experience, including non-income taxes.
• Experience with NetSuite, Snowflake, advanced Excel, or SQL.
• Master's in Taxation.

Responsibilities

• Own the tax compliance calendar and ensure filings and payments are completed on time, flagging upcoming deadlines.
• Prepare quarterly and annual ASC 740 provision workpapers, including current and deferred calculations, rollforwards, and footnote support.
• Manage the federal and state income tax return process with external advisors by providing data, reviewing their work, and ensuring returns, extensions, and estimates are filed accurately and on time.
• Manage non-income tax compliance, including gross receipts, franchise, property, and local business taxes.
• Handle tax responsibilities during month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and related SOX controls.
• Draft responses to tax notices and manage them through resolution.
• Research tax issues, write memos, and document new calculations so others on the team can run them.
• Use AI tools to accelerate research, draft memos, analyze notices, and build reusable team workflows.
• Automate mechanical work while applying independent judgment, and be able to explain and defend work completed with AI.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior