Senior Tax Manager - Global Monetization Product & Technology

Senior Tax Manager - Global Monetization Product & Technology

Location: San Jose

Team: Finance

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A60684

About the team: The Tax Team at ByteDance helps ensure that our company and all our products are tax compliant throughout different regions and countries. Also, the Tax Team provides support to internal requests and works with multiple different stakeholders to support product and business launches and new features.

Responsibilities

Act as a senior individual contributor and trusted Tax Business Partner to business teams, independently owning tax assessments for complex or high-impact new products, initiatives, and business models across multiple jurisdictions.

• Serve as the primary tax advisor for assigned business areas, providing timely, practical and well-reasoned tax advice on both day-to-day matters and complex, ambiguous issues.
• Support and influence tax-related decision-making for significant commercial contracts, product launches, and operational events, including digital advertising and e-commerce activities.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with key non-tax stakeholders, and proactively stay informed of business, regulatory, and operational developments that may have tax implications or risks.
• Proactively communicate material business and product developments to the Tax team to support alignment and ensure ongoing compliance with international tax requirements.
• Play a key individual contributor role in global and cross‑functional tax projects related to in‑scope products or business lines, contributing deep technical and business expertise.
• Independently review existing tax solutions, structures and processes within scope, identify risks or inefficiencies, and drive improvements through hands‑on analysis and execution.
• Closely monitor global tax legislation and policy developments, assess potential impacts, and provide forward‑looking, actionable tax guidance to business teams in advance.
• Design and deliver tax trainings and guidance sessions as a subject‑matter expert, enhancing tax awareness, compliance capability, and operational efficiency across global teams.
• Support leadership with independent tax analysis, recommendations and ad‑hoc strategic projects as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s):

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of progressive tax experience in a digital marketplace, technology‑driven company, or professional services firm.
• Strong ability to independently handle complex, ambiguous, and high‑impact tax matters with sound judgment.
• Proven ability to manage priorities and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced, evolving business environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex tax issues into clear, practical guidance for non‑tax audiences.
• High levels of written and oral fluency in Mandarin are required for this role.

Preferred Qualification(s):

• Solid experience in international tax matters and cross‑border transactions; strong indirect tax (VAT/GST/SUT) experience in the digital economy is highly preferred.
• Good understanding of transfer pricing concepts and their practical application in business operations.
• Prior experience in the Internet, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) industry is preferred.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $159,000 – $288,000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Los Angeles County Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
• Exercising sound judgment.