Tax Manager - Mexico

Responsibilities

About the team
The Tax Team at TikTok 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.

About this role
We are seeking a Tax Manager, based in Mexico City, who can move fast and learn quickly to help establish and scale new processes for our Mexican portfolio, particularly on financial technology products.
This role will have a strong focus on Mexico tax compliance and operational tax matters related to financial services and payment-related products, including withholding taxes, VAT, invoicing, fund flows, and regulatory reporting obligations applicable to digital platforms and fintech models. This role requires a hands on, operational tax mindset, with the ability to move quickly, manage ambiguity, and support the scale-up of new products in a highly regulated environment.
Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to work on a global team with cross-border colleagues and cross-functional teams. Applicants should have a track record of being able to assist with the management and ownership of the end-to-end operational processes for the subject areas. The successful candidate will be a highly driven, focused individual that can work well with internal and external partners at all levels.

Please submit your resume in English to be considered.

- Support tax compliance (Corporate income tax, VAT, and withholding) and operational tax requirements for fintech and payment-related products, including payment aggregation, digital wallets, cash advance, lending products, and other regulated financial services offered in Mexico.
- Coordinate and monitor compliance with Mexican digital platform reporting obligations, including real-time information access requirements, transactional data reporting, and tax authority information requests.
- To work with Product, Engineering, Finance, and external vendors to design and implement scalable tax technology solutions, including tax determination engines, invoicing automation, withholding automation, and tax reporting systems.
- Coordinate reviews with Mexican tax authorities (SAT), including audits, information requests, reporting reviews, remediation projects, and tax authority inquiries.
- Experience with CFDI invoicing, electronic accounting records, tax reporting automation, and interactions with SAT.
- Very familiar with Mexican fintech regulations and payment ecosystem participants (PSPs, acquirers, payment aggregators, wallets, lenders, etc.).
- Experience working with large-scale transactional businesses, e-commerce, marketplaces, or digital platforms.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s)
- 5 years of relevant experience in a large Multinational Corporation or professional firm, with a bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Law.
- Solid understanding of Mexican Corporate Income Tax, VAT and withholding tax rules, specifically those applicable to financial services, digital platforms, and payment models.
- Proven experience working with transactional tax data, performing reconciliations, and managing large volumes of operational data.
- Ability to translate complex tax requirements into operational processes for non-tax teams, along with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Strong oral and written English communication, problem-solving, and time management skills.
- A Team Player with a "Hands On" profile and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse environment.
- Possessing a relevant professional certification in Accounting or Law.

Preferred Qualification(s)
- Experience supporting fintech, payments, marketplaces, BNPL, or digital platform models in Mexico.
- Proven hands-on experience leading or supporting tax automation projects and initiatives.
- Practical exposure to fund flow analysis and settlement models (including cross-border) from a tax compliance perspective.
- Experience managing and supporting tax audits in the region.
- Familiarity with Transfer Pricing is an advantage.