# Tax Manager

**Company:** [Underdog Fantasy](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/underdog-fantasy)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $128k – $160k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** federal income tax, state income tax, local income tax, tax compliance, asc 740, r&d tax credits, multistate tax, tax information reporting, equity compensation, CPA, tax software, data reconciliation, Internal Controls, nexus, forms 3921
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Own and scale the company’s tax function, overseeing compliance, tax provision, information reporting, and tax-related product capabilities. Requires 5+ years of progressive tax experience, CPA credentials, and strong federal and state income tax expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own Underdog’s 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 coordinating with outside preparers, reviewing filings, and ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
- Prepare and oversee key in-house filings and reporting, including state fantasy sports tax filings, customer tax information reporting, and equity-related tax reporting.
- Lead the company’s approach to tax information reporting for prediction market customers as requirements and products evolve.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data to develop and maintain customer-facing tax capabilities and validate tax calculations and reporting.
- Coordinate the annual tax provision process under ASC 740 with external tax advisors and auditors.
- Coordinate the company’s R&D tax credit analysis and document qualifying activities and expenses.
- Research and communicate tax implications of new products, markets, and business initiatives.
- Build scalable tax processes, documentation, reconciliations, and internal controls.
- Monitor changes in tax law and information-reporting requirements and identify 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 experience.
- CPA with a strong technical foundation in federal and state income tax; Big Four experience strongly preferred.
- Experience across income tax, industry-specific taxes, and customer information reporting.
- Experience overseeing outside advisors while remaining hands-on and accountable for the underlying work.
- Experience reviewing complex datasets, reconciling tax calculations, and identifying data or process issues.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders on tax-related business and product needs.
- Ability to translate complex tax requirements into clear operational and technical requirements.
- Strong judgment, attention to detail, prioritization, and deadline-management skills.
- Willingness to build systems and improve processes.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience at a high-growth startup or within a lean finance team.
- Experience in fantasy sports, gaming, fintech, financial services, prediction markets, or another highly regulated industry.
- 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.
- Experience with 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 and Benefits
- Target starting base salary: **$128,000–$160,000**, plus target equity.
- Unlimited PTO.
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Home office stipend.
- 5% 401(k) match.
- FSA and company-paid health, dental, and vision plan options for employees and dependents.
- Remote-first work culture with periodic in-person gatherings.

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