Senior Manager, Tax

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WWE® is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion households worldwide in more than 20 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, The CW and Netflix. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to all premium live events, a variety of original programming and a massive video-on-demand library. Netflix is the exclusive home for WWE programming around the world, other than select international markets. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality. Senior Manager, Tax

The Senior Manager, Tax is responsible for leading all aspects of the domestic compliance functions, focused on developing and carrying out TKO’s tax strategy. This includes managing outsourced service provider.  Additional responsibilities in the areas of forecasting of cash tax payments, and coordinating with tax planning and business support, tax authority engagement, and collaboration with external consultants in fulfilling WWE’s financial reporting and tax compliance commitments.  Diversified technical tax knowledge including corporate, partnership, state and local and international tax across various industries is required.

• Responsible for management of outsourced service provider

• Responsible for the integrity and accuracy of the income tax compliance filings

• Working knowledge of tax accounting and financial disclosures for the quarterly and annual ASC 740 process across the organization, including maintenance of SOX 404 compliance, and communications with the external auditors and internal audit

• Owning the tax compliance function by acting as a “go-to” resource for the business by providing timely and accurate advice and establishing internal tax accounting policies

• Responsible for the forecasting of cash tax payments

• Responsible for provision-to-return adjustments and explanation of significant variances.

• Develop and implement tax process improvement projects and leverage tax technology to increase efficiencies. including automation and technology initiatives to transform existing tax functions in anticipation of the changing tax reporting and compliance landscape

• Determine proper tax treatment of tax positions and transactions pertaining to taxable income reported on the Federal and State tax returns

• Ability to evaluate, identify and model the impact related to current or proposed US legislative changes

• Playing a key role in our global financial audit relationship for tax, and with taxing jurisdictions worldwide

• Organize and maintain tax records as required by tax authorities.

• Direct the preparation and review process for the consolidated federal, state, and international tax returns/reporting

• Assistance in managing tax audits with the IRS and state and local authorities

• Responsible for reviewing and advising on tax language in contracts for legal and other business departments

• Working knowledge of indirect and other taxes such as VAT, sales/use, 1099s, 1042s, withholding tax, etc.

• Ensure compliance with all Company policies and procedures

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or Finance required; CPA required; advanced degree a plus

• Minimum 8 years of experience in public accounting and/or large multinational corporate tax department, involved with US/international tax research, interpretation and planning, tax controversy, risk management and transfer pricing

• Strong working knowledge of U.S. tax law and application to multinational enterprises, complex consolidated tax groups, and tax planning concepts

• Strong domain knowledge on IFRS/US GAAP related to income tax accounting including IAS12/ASC 740

• Strong communication skills, strategic thinking, strong problem solving and project management skills, and independent work ethic

• Experience with tax compliance and provision automation tools

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