SAP Senior Manager - (Tax Transformation)

Role Title: SAP Senior Manager - (Tax Transformation)
Contract Length:  3 months with view to extend
Location:  London

As the SAP Senior Manager for Tax Transformation, you will lead and manage global and large-scale tax transformation projects, often integrated within broader finance transformation programs. You will assist my client in designing, building, and deploying ERP and tax automation solutions tailored for tax purposes. 

Role and responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the overall delivery of global and large tax transformation and technology projects, often as part of a wider finance transformation program
• Helping clients to design, build and deploy ERP and tax automation solutions which are designed for Tax
• Supporting our clients understand the importance of Tax, the optimal way to address tax requirements in their countries and the value that it can bring
• Working together with our other Tax Transformation colleagues as well as other groups in my clients organisation such as Consulting
• Helping clients develop robust global governance and process frameworks
• Develop our service offerings and service delivery models
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships with both existing and new clients
• Line manage managers and assistant managers and oversee output of offshore resource in order to deliver client projects;
• Identify opportunities to identify additional services that the client may need and liaise with subject specialists.
• Coaching and technical support for other team members.
• Follow my clients best practice and policy.

 
Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of technology and automation to drive efficiency, risk management and value
• Experience in process, risk and controls design
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong oral and written communication skills. Communicates with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. Sustains a high level of drive, shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work
• Analyses problems, identifies core issues, investigates, evaluates and integrates information
• Builds the reputation of my client through the quality of work, knowledge and experience
• Awareness or experience of tax and accounting compliance processes (e.g. Direct/Indirect tax returns, statutory accounting).
• Deep tax transformation experience – the ability to analyse tax requirements, design tax processes and implement tax technology solutions
• Strong and practical ERP finance and tax experience, specifically in SAP S4 HANA, Oracle or Workday, as a foundation for tax processes
• Strong experience of design and configuration of ERP systems for tax purposes
• Strong experience of implementing VAT determination engines and bolt-ons, such as Vertex O-Series, Thomson Reuters OneSource Determination, or Meridian VAT Add-On
• Strong tax technology implementation experience, including requirements gathering from a tax, IT and users and creating and reviewing design documentation
• Tax process knowledge, for example indirect tax, direct tax and/or transfer pricing
• Strong familiarity with end-to-end finance processes (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Record-to-report) and their integration with tax
• Advising on appropriate tax technology to support compliance and reporting processes
• Project management
• Client and engagement management

How to Apply:

Should you feel you have the right skills / experience please apply and you will be contacted by Daniel Ross from TRR.