Fanduel
Tax Manager
New York City. Posted 3 days ago
The role
The Tax Manager (Indirect) will own sales and use tax compliance across a multi-state footprint. This role serves as a technical resource for legal principles like nexus, taxability, and sourcing.
What you will do
- Own the end-to-end sales and use tax compliance cycle across FanDuel’s multi-state footprint.
- Assist outside advisors with return preparation, review, filings, registrations, notices, and account reconciliations.
- Research and document the legal basis for indirect tax positions using primary authority.
- Monitor nexus, taxability, and sourcing developments across state and local jurisdictions.
- Assist the Tax Legal team with indirect tax audits, notices, and Department of Revenue inquiries.
- Drive process improvements and scalable solutions using tax engines, automation, AI, and data analytics.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure indirect tax is considered in product launches and system changes.
- Own business controls related to indirect tax within the SOX control environment.
- Manage exemption certificate compliance, voluntary disclosure agreements, and refund claims.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field
- 5+ years of indirect tax experience, with substantial time spent on multi-state sales and use tax compliance
- Command of the legal principles underpinning sales and use tax
- Ability to research and defend a position from primary authority
- Ability to review and challenge complex analyses prepared by others
- Working knowledge of how indirect tax rules apply to digital goods, subscriptions, and other non-traditional offerings
- Ability to build stakeholder relationships with internal functions and state tax authorities, auditors, and external advisors
- Experience using large transactional datasets, models, and analytics
Nice to have
- CPA, JD, or LLM in taxation
- Industry experience in gaming, sports betting, technology, or digital media
- In-house experience balancing a recurring compliance calendar against technical advisory and planning work
- Experience with SOX controls, public company reporting, or state indirect tax audits and controversy
- Success leading tax engine implementations, process automation, or compliance technology projects
- Skilled with advanced Excel, automation, data visualization, and SQL/analytics tools
Benefits
- Health plans including fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits
- Generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities
- 401k with up to a 5% match
- Commuter benefits
- Pet insurance
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Short-term or long-term incentive compensation including cash bonuses and stock program participation
- Paid personal time off
- 14 paid company holidays
About the company
FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. It consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering and operates FanDuel TV.