Tax Manager, Global Information Reporting and Withholding
San Mateo, CA - USA
Job Summary
Every day tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore create play learn and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox were building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together from anywhere in the world and on any device. Were on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means youll be working to shape the future of human interaction solving unique technical challenges at scale and helping to create safer more civil shared experiences for everyone.
As the Tax Manager for Global Information Reporting and Withholding you will report to the Director of Global Indirect Tax and Information Reporting and Withholding and serve as a key advisor to operations business units and internal stakeholders on the complex information reporting and withholding tax implications of Robloxs product offerings and global operations. You will apply deep technical expertise in U.S. information reporting to ensure compliance mitigate risk and strategically support new product launches and business expansions and preferably have experience with other global reporting obligations.
In this role you will provide technical guidance on relevant tax legislation partner with operations business and product teams on compliance implementation recommend system and process improvements manage interactions with internal operations engineering teams and external advisors. You will also collaborate with Product and User Experience teams to manage or design seamless tax onboarding flows (e.g. W8/W9 collection) that balance IRS compliance with a lowfriction creator experience.
This fulltime role follows a hybrid schedule based in our San Mateo California office.
You Will:
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on U.S. and international information reporting and withholding (Chapters 3 4 and 61) including tax characterization and sourcing of payments to a global creator base.
- Manage endtoend tax compliance for information reporting and withholding related to creator payments including advising operations on tax legislation compliance implementation and process improvements.
- Provide technical tax guidance on new product launches (e.g. monetization features subscriptions market expansions) to ensure global withholding obligations are met.
- Recommend upgrades modifications and new system or process designs to support accurate and scalable tax compliance.
- Partner with operations business product and engineering teams to ensure ongoing understanding of information reporting and withholding requirements.
- Collaborate with product and internal counsel to provide tax characterization and sourcing recommendations for new products ensuring accurate classification of all transactions.
- Support internal teams in responding to government notices assessments and requests for information.
- Monitor and advise on emerging global reporting regimes such as the EUs DAC7 and Australias Sharing Economy Reporting Regime.
You Have:
- Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience with information reporting and withholding.
- Cross functional experience working with operations business and product teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor Masters degree in Taxation
- Experience working with IRS and state tax authorities on information reporting matters.
- Experience in tax information reporting and withholding working in a public accounting firm law firm government or corporate tax department with technical expertise in the areas of IRS Chapters 3 4 and 61.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!