Senior Director of Tax, Roku
$300-422k
Salary applicable to candidates based in CA + Equity
Office located in San Jose, CA
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$300-422k
Salary applicable to candidates based in CA + Equity
Office located in San Jose, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide its users with a more convenient and cost effective way of watching the programs they love.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 15 years of related experience, including 5+ years at a Director level working as part of a corporate tax department within a public technology company
- CPA license and Big4 experience preferred; Masters in Tax preferred
- Minimum of 5 years experience building, managing, and motivating a high-performing team of tax professionals
- Effective communications skills, including the ability to synthesize complex tax issues and strategy and to communicate them in a clear and succinct manner to non tax executive audience
- Experience presenting to the Audit Committee or Board of Directors preferred
- Experience with tax accounting for valuation allowances, treatment of stock compensation, international tax structure and cost sharing structures
- Experience successfully managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while meeting deadlines and communicating effectively with stakeholders. Proven record of successful internal cross-functional partnership and effective partnership with external counterparties
- Ability to partner effectively to quickly understand business objectives, propose solutions, and provide actionable guidance for integrating business objectives with tax strategies
What the job involves
- The Senior Director, Tax role is a highly visible role across the organization. In this role, you will provide critical enterprise-wide leadership and drive our global tax strategy including tax provision, tax planning and tax compliance and work closely with the company's accounting and finance teams to support the overall financial objectives of the organization.
- You will play a key role in cross functional initiatives and manage and lead the global tax team
- This role will report to the Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. We are looking for candidates in either Austin, TX or San Jose, CA
- Manage, develop, and mentor team members in the US and foreign locations, encouraging a collaborative team atmosphere
- Develop and lead tax strategy, assessing the tax impact of strategic initiatives, and driving tax decision-making that improves shareholder value
- Provide active support/advising leadership in strategic decision-making, due diligence, mergers/acquisitions, complex partnerships, restructuring, etc. to ensure business planning accounts for relevant tax considerations
- Lead evolution of Roku transfer pricing strategy, monitor transfer pricing policies and related documentation
- Manage worldwide GAAP tax provision, tax reserves (ASC 450) and related disclosures. Lead compliance (US Federal, US States and International), accounting for income taxes, technical research, process improvement, and risk and controls
- Manage the collaboration with the Company’s SEC reporting team as well as maintain excellent relationships with external auditors
- Review, analyze and maintain support for valuation allowances and stock compensation impacts of US and Foreign employees
- Ensure compliance with US and international tax laws and regulations, US GAAP, SOX, and other domestic and international requirements
- Actively partner with foreign operations on local tax matters (income tax, VAT, withholding tax, etc.)
- Manage indirect tax compliance and risks, advise on employment tax
- Manage global tax audits
- Champion operational excellence through process improvement and technology transformation
- Building, maintaining, and leveraging close working relationships with internal partners, including executive management, financial reporting, accounting, treasury, legal, HR and business operations
Our take
According to Nielsen data, the average streamer spends over seven minutes searching for something to watch. Streaming services use customers' viewing history to make suggestions, but these are limited to programs licensed for that particular service.
Roku provides an integrated streaming service that offers TV channels, movies and third-party streaming services, resulting in an all-in-one streaming platform. The service can be accessed through a variety of customized subscription packages and fees.
Roku stands out in the streaming industry by bringing many competitors together in one package. The startup provides further innovative services such as a weekly TV series named 'Roku Recommends' which uses first-party data to recommend essential viewing to users.
Alongside funding filmmakers through its "Change Makers Program", Roku also acquired its own original library of shows through its acquisition of now-defunct Quibi's library. Then, after successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released. In 2026, it was announced that media giant FOX would acquire Roku, which the companies say will create the third largest player in US TV by share of viewing.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2016
$45.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2015
$45.5m
SERIES H
Total funding: $247.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, wellness and financial benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
Company HQ
Newhall, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Anthony Wood
(Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Texas A&M before founding their first company in 1986. They held VP roles at both Adobe and Netflix.
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