Sr. Manager, Indirect Tax

About the Role:

What You Will Do:

• Manage global indirect tax compliance: Coordinate filings, payments, registrations, and renewals across jurisdictions, including U.S. sales and use tax, VAT/GST, digital services tax, gross receipts tax, and other transaction-based taxes. Partner with external advisors and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely compliance.
• Oversee indirect tax accounting and reporting: Prepare or review tax accruals, payable and receivable balances, reconciliations, and related financial reporting across the U.S., EMEA, APAC, and other markets in collaboration with Accounting and Finance.
• Provide practical tax guidance: Monitor nexus, registration, taxability, and reporting obligations. Advise on indirect tax considerations for digital products, in-app purchases, subscriptions, web sales, promotions, live operations, merchandise, events, and other commercial initiatives.
• Support commercial and strategic initiatives: Evaluate indirect tax implications of app stores, payment providers, merchant-of-record arrangements, distribution channels, licensing agreements, contracts, new market launches, and M&A activities.
• Improve tax systems and data quality: Partner with Accounting, Finance Systems, and Engineering to strengthen tax processes across ERP, billing, and e-commerce systems, including configuration, testing, reporting, and implementation of indirect tax technology such as Avalara or Vertex.
• Coordinate audits and manage tax risk: Manage indirect tax audits, notices, inquiries, and information requests, working with tax authorities and external advisors to develop responses, resolve issues, and implement remediation.
• Monitor regulatory developments: Research changes in indirect tax legislation, assess business implications, document supportable tax positions, and communicate clear, actionable recommendations to non-tax stakeholders.
• Build scalable processes and controls: Improve compliance workflows, documentation, internal controls, automation, and data-quality checks. Serve as a global indirect tax subject matter expert and support the VP, Global Tax on strategic initiatives and special projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or a related field, with 7+ years of progressive indirect tax experience, including strong U.S. sales and use tax and international VAT/GST experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of transaction-based taxes, including nexus, taxability, registrations, gross receipts tax, digital services tax, electronically supplied services, and multi-jurisdictional compliance.
• Experience advising on indirect tax matters involving digital products, subscriptions, e-commerce, platform distribution, and merchant-of-record or payment-provider arrangements.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and experience working with ERP, billing, e-commerce, or indirect tax technology systems, such as Oracle, Avalara, or Vertex.
• Experience coordinating indirect tax compliance, accounting, audits, and regulatory inquiries, including managing relationships with external advisors, vendors, and tax authorities.
• Advanced Excel skills, confidence working with large transactional data sets, and the ability to identify discrepancies, assess risks, and develop well-supported recommendations.
• Strong analytical, research, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly to Finance, Legal, Engineering, and other business partners.
• A collaborative, hands-on approach, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while improving processes and supporting business growth.
• CPA, CTA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience combining Big Four or other public accounting work with an in-house tax role.
• Experience supporting a multinational organization across multiple tax jurisdictions.
• Background in gaming, interactive entertainment, digital products, technology, or e-commerce.
• Experience with tax data automation, workflow improvement, or AI-supported productivity tools.
• Please ensure that the résumé/CV you attach is written in English.
• At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
• For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range
• $137,700 — $202,000 USD

What We're Looking For:

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Tax, Finance, or a related field, with 7+ years of progressive indirect tax experience, including strong U.S. sales and use tax and international VAT/GST experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of transaction-based taxes, including nexus, taxability, registrations, gross receipts tax, digital services tax, electronically supplied services, and multi-jurisdictional compliance.
• Experience advising on indirect tax matters involving digital products, subscriptions, e-commerce, platform distribution, and merchant-of-record or payment-provider arrangements.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and experience working with ERP, billing, e-commerce, or indirect tax technology systems, such as Oracle, Avalara, or Vertex.
• Experience coordinating indirect tax compliance, accounting, audits, and regulatory inquiries, including managing relationships with external advisors, vendors, and tax authorities.
• Advanced Excel skills, confidence working with large transactional data sets, and the ability to identify discrepancies, assess risks, and develop well-supported recommendations.
• Strong analytical, research, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain complex tax matters clearly to Finance, Legal, Engineering, and other business partners.
• A collaborative, hands-on approach, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while improving processes and supporting business growth.
• CPA, CTA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience combining Big Four or other public accounting work with an in-house tax role.
• Experience supporting a multinational organization across multiple tax jurisdictions.
• Background in gaming, interactive entertainment, digital products, technology, or e-commerce.
• Experience with tax data automation, workflow improvement, or AI-supported productivity tools.
• Please ensure that the résumé/CV you attach is written in English.
• At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that! We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!
• For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range
• $137,700 — $202,000 USD

Preferred Qualifications

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