Senior Manager, Tax

NMI; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payment platform is seeking a Tax Leader to establish and scale their internal tax function. You will manage compliance, provide tax strategies, and develop processes for expansion. The ideal candidate has a CPA, significant tax experience, and strong interpersonal skills. This role offers a remote-first culture, competitive compensation, and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Flex PTO

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

13 Paid Holidays

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of progressive tax experience, ideally in a mix of public accounting and in-house corporate roles.
• Deep technical knowledge of tax compliance and reporting including income, sales and use, and payroll tax.
• Experience in a fast-paced or scale-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with external tax advisors, regulatory bodies, and auditors.
• Oversee and manage all domestic and international compliance.
• Provide proactive tax advice to support new and existing products.

Skills

CPA

Tax compliance

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Payments industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting, Tax, or Finance

Job description

As the first dedicated tax hire at NMI, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and scaling our internal tax function. Reporting to our Global Controller, you will be responsible for building the tax function from the ground up, ensuring compliance with all local, state, federal, and global tax legislation. You will partner closely with finance, go-to-market and product teams, as well as with external advisors. In this hands-on role, you will support business expansion across multiple business units, develop the company’s tax strategies, and create the necessary processes and systems to support them.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with external tax advisors, regulatory bodies, and auditors
• Oversee and manage all domestic and international compliance, including filings for income tax, sales and use tax, and Value Added Tax (VAT)
• Provide proactive tax advice to support new and existing products, cross-border transactions, and channel/go-to-market strategies
• Evaluate tax implications of pricing and revenue models in a multi-jurisdiction environment
• Provide guidance and leadership over tax focused initiatives, ensuring quality of deliverables across external and internal teams
• Serve as the primary contact for all tax-related inquiries ensuring timely filings and audit readiness
• Own annual tax provision requirements (ASC740) and related financial statement disclosures
• Support and develop a process for managing external PBC requests and establish and maintain a clear tax calendar to ensure all deadlines are met
• Develop financial modeling in support of tax planning and initiatives

Requirements

• CPA required
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting, Tax, or Finance
• 6–10 years of progressive tax experience, ideally in a mix of public accounting and in-house corporate roles.
• Deep technical knowledge of tax compliance and reporting including income, sales and use, and payroll tax.
• Experience in a fast-paced or scale-up environment and experience implementing new tools, processes and procedures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with internal and external stakeholders
• Payments industry experience highly desirable

What Success Looks Like

• Success in this role means building a scalable tax framework as the company’s first internal tax leader—establishing compliant and efficient tax operations internationally.

We Offer:

• A remote first culture!
• Flex PTO
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 13 Paid Holidays

NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. We’re the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups.

NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Salary range, depending on experience: $140,000 - $170,000 USD