Counsel Director, Tax

ABOUT FANDUEL

FanDuel Group is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States and Canada. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including: America’s #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform, FanDuel Casino; the industry’s unquestioned leader in horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing; and its daily fantasy sports product.  

In addition, FanDuel Group operates FanDuel TV, its broadly distributed linear cable television network and FanDuel TV+, its leading direct-to-consumer OTT platform. FanDuel Group has a presence across all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia.

FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).

THE POSITION
Our roster has an opening with your name on it

FanDuel is looking for an experienced tax attorney to join our Tax Team in our New York City office. Reporting directly to the SVP of Tax with a dotted line to the Counsel Senior Director within the Legal & Compliance organization, this role will lead the legal function within the Tax team and serve as a key member of both the Tax and extended Legal & Compliance leadership teams. The Counsel Director, Tax will lead all tax controversy matters and support a broad range of tax planning initiatives including managing relationships with external tax and legal advisors, conducting and reviewing tax research and position memos, and interpreting tax statutes and guidance across all tax types - including gaming taxes and customer tax reporting & withholding. This person will collaborate with the Finance leadership team on intercompany agreements, third-party contracts, and regulatory licensing and registration matters and help manage the broader Tax function alongside the SVP of Tax and Tax Director.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape FanDuel’s tax strategy and processes across North America while influencing the broader industry in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Assist the SVP of Tax and Tax Director with managing the Tax function as a whole as a member of the Tax leadership team
• Serve as a member of the extended Legal & Compliance organization leadership team
• Develop and deploy future vision for the Tax Legal division including development of a structured tax research and memo drafting upskilling program for the other members of the Tax team
• Provide sound data-driven business and legal analyses especially when dealing with uncertain areas of tax and gaming law and incomplete data to enable strategic decision-making by senior leadership
• Own all tax controversy matters under the direct supervision of and with support from the SVP of Tax and Counsel Senior Director
• Contribute to a wide variety of tax planning projects (e.g., restructuring, M&A, SOX compliance, etc.) across all lines of business within our North American operating groups
• Interpret current and pending tax and gaming statutes, regulations, and other guidance and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop appropriate action plans based on those interpretations
• Advise on the potential impacts of pending tax statutory and regulatory changes across all tax types
• Obtain and maintain a strong knowledge of all lines of business and associated products in order to provide advice regarding any necessary tax related product functionalities and reporting
• Lead the rest of the Tax team and external tax and legal advisors on conducting/reviewing tax research across all tax types
• Work with other members of the Tax team and external tax and legal advisor to draft tax and legal position memos across all tax types
• Assist SVP of Tax and other senior leaders who serve as key SMEs for the Government Affairs and Strategic Partnerships functions
• Draft/review intercompany agreements and finance-related third-party contract language
• Partner with the Legal & Compliance organization to help manage all finance-related corporate governance, regulatory licensing, and business registration related matters
• Liaise with internation