Senior Tax Manager / Tax Director

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site)

Reports To: VP, Accounting & Corporate Controller

Level: Senior Manager or Director

Triumph Labs is a rapidly growing consumer gaming and collectibles business operating a peer-to-peer skill-based arcade gaming platform and a rips / collectible card pack draw business. Headquartered in San Francisco, we are scaling domestically and preparing for expansion into Europe, South America, and Australia.

This is a foundational, high-ownership tax hire. You will own the day-to-day of the company's tax function – income, gross receipts, and indirect tax, information reporting, the ASC 740 provision, and the international infrastructure to support our global expansion – and take the lead in managing our external tax firm, directing and pressure-testing their work rather than deferring to it. You will report to the VP, Accounting & Corporate Controller and work in close collaboration with them and the broader finance team, partnering with finance, legal, and operations to embed tax into business decisions from the ground up.

• Income, gross receipts & indirect tax. Federal, multi-state, and local compliance and the ASC 740 provision, including apportionment across an expanding nexus footprint, San Francisco Gross Receipts Tax (Prop M classification and NAICS positioning), and sales and use tax, with taxability calls on gaming credits, prize redemptions, and collectible card sales.

• Estimated tax & planning. Quarterly estimates and prior-year safe-harbor strategy (IRC 6655), NOL preservation including ongoing Section 382 monitoring, and incentives such as the R&D credit (IRC 41) and Section 174 elections.

• Information reporting & withholding. 1099 versus W-2G determinations for player winnings, constructive-receipt timing on wallet credits and buybacks, and the supporting W-9 and W-8BEN processes.

• International build-out. Tax structuring for entry into the EU, Brazil, and Australia, including permanent establishment risk, transfer pricing, VAT / GST and gaming duties, and US international provisions (GILTI, FDII, Subpart F, Form 5471).

• Advisors, provision & audit readiness. Lead the external tax firm as the primary in-house point of contact, build the uncertain-tax-position inventory ahead of the first financial statement audit and eventual public-company reporting, and stand up unclaimed property and escheatment.

• Process & infrastructure. Govern the sales-tax engine, build scalable compliance processes, and establish the tax calendar, controls, and documentation standards for a function built from scratch.

Required.

• 6-12+ years of progressive corporate tax experience

• Strong federal corporate income tax and ASC 740 foundation

• Multi-state income and sales / use tax experience, including apportionment and nexus, and exposure to digital goods, marketplace platforms, or consumer products

• Track record managing external advisors, with the confidence to direct and challenge a Big 4 team

• CPA required. MST or LLM in Taxation a plus

Preferred.

• Gaming, fintech, marketplace, or consumer technology experience

• Exposure to gross receipts taxes, high-volume information reporting, and VAT / GST regimes (EU, Australia) and international tax structuring concepts (PE risk, transfer pricing basics)

• Familiarity with skill-based gaming or collectibles and trading-card tax treatment

• Experience building a tax function at a growth-stage or pre-IPO company

The tax profile here is genuinely unusual. Skill-based peer-to-peer gaming sits in contested regulatory and tax territory, and the rips and collectibles business adds its own layer of secondary-market and state taxability questions that vary by jurisdiction. A candidate who can navigate ambiguity and engage substantively with novel fact patterns, rather than defaulting to outside counsel on every edge case, will thrive here.

• Base salary: $165,000 to $230,000

• Equity is offered on top of the base salary.

• Benefits include health, dental, vision, and more.