Tax Manager

Overview

This role involves leading and scaling the tax function for a fast-growing sports and gaming company with a diverse and evolving business portfolio. The position requires managing tax compliance, reporting, and partnering cross-functionally to integrate tax requirements into products, systems, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall tax function and serve as the primary internal resource for tax matters across the business
• Manage federal, state, and local income tax compliance, including coordination with external preparers, reviewing filings, and ensuring timely and accurate submissions
• Prepare and oversee key in-house filings and reporting such as state fantasy sports tax filings, customer tax information reporting, and equity-related tax reporting
• Lead tax information reporting for prediction market customers as requirements and products evolve
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to develop and maintain customer-facing tax capabilities and validate tax calculations and reporting
• Coordinate the annual tax provision process under ASC 740, acting as the primary liaison with external tax advisors and auditors
• Manage the company’s R&D tax credit analysis and support documentation of qualifying activities and expenses
• Research and communicate tax implications of new products, markets, and business initiatives in partnership with external advisors and internal stakeholders
• Build scalable tax processes, documentation, reconciliations, and internal controls to support business growth
• Monitor changes in tax law and information-reporting requirements, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and operational impacts
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors, auditors, and tax authorities

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive tax experience, ideally including public accounting and in-house corporate tax roles
• CPA certification with strong technical expertise in federal and state income tax; Big Four experience strongly preferred
• Versatile tax professional comfortable with income tax, industry-specific taxes, and customer information reporting
• Experience overseeing external advisors while maintaining hands-on accountability
• Skilled in reviewing complex datasets, reconciling tax calculations, and identifying data or process issues
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams on tax-related business and product needs
• Proficient at translating complex tax requirements into clear operational and technical requirements for non-tax stakeholders
• Comfortable working independently as the sole tax professional without a large internal team or established playbook
• Detail-oriented, pragmatic, and able to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Capable of managing multiple deadlines and competing priorities without errors
• Enthusiastic about building systems and improving processes rather than only administering existing ones

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a high-growth startup or within a lean finance team
• Background in fantasy sports, gaming, fintech, financial services, prediction markets, or other highly regulated industries
• Significant multistate tax and nexus experience
• Experience with high-volume customer or payee information reporting
• Experience partnering with technical teams to build tax calculations or customer-facing tax products
• Knowledge of equity compensation tax matters, including ISOs, NSOs, RSUs, Forms 3921, and Section 83(b) elections
• Familiarity with R&D tax credits and related documentation requirements
• Experience implementing tax software, data workflows, or other tax infrastructure

Compensation & Benefits

• Target starting base salary range: $128,000 to $160,000, plus target equity
• Unlimited paid time off (with some flexibility restrictions around early NFL season weeks)
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Home office stipend
• 5% 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents

Location

• Remote-first company with an expectation to gather 2-3 times per year for team and company offsites, trainings, and events

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity organization and does not discriminate based on creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.

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