UKI Indirect Tax - SAP, Director - London

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TAX – SAP DIRECTOR

Our high-profile Indirect Tax Transformation team, based primarily within our London office in the UK, focuses on assisting clients with transformation programmes and the operational management of VAT. This includes helping clients react to and adjust their VAT management approach because of the global trend towards tax authority digitisation. They advise clients on a wide range of operational, systems and technology projects, including ERP system VAT optimisation, process, controls, and supply chain, whilst also working with innovative technologies including machine learning and robotics.
The indirect tax transformation team works with a variety of organisations across all sectors. The business has been growing year on year and to seize the opportunities available in the market, the team requires new talent.
A key focus of this Indirect Tax Transformation team is SAP and we support clients with getting the most out of their SAP system from a tax perspective. We are a cross taxes multidisciplinary team, applying our range of experiences and skills, knowledge of best practice and practical hands-on experience throughout the SAP project lifecycle. This includes helping clients navigate an SAP implementation ensuring risks are managed and opportunities for tax are well understood and executed, optimise existing SAP set-up to better manage risk, drive efficiencies and reduce cash leakage, as well as implement future-proof solutions to manage taxes in a constantly changing tax and digital landscape.

JOB DESCRIPTION: SAP TAX DIRECTOR

An SAP-experienced Tax Director to support the growth of our SAP Tax practice and effectively deliver/implement Tax Transformation projects.

• Key member of the EY Tax Transformation team, delivering high quality SAP projects and advice to our clients based on experience and best practice
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service
• Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and growing your network
• Contribute to winning new work by supporting the business development and sales process, working with VAT/Tax client relationship owners
• Oversee and manage the successful delivery of tax SAP projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business-driven approach taken
• Team development and day-to-day coaching and talen development

CORE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

• SAP Tax with experience of 3+ end-to-end SAP implementation projects, focussing on VAT/GST or Sales & Use Tax.
• Multi-country tax requirements gathering and deployment experience.
• Consulting background preferable but not required - used to interacting with clients and working on large-scale projects
• Proven high quality delivery and attention to detail
• Experience working in a large change programme environment and leading project teams
• Ability to work with clients in a consultative way; helping them translate their tax function’s business objectives, requirements into SAP solutions
• Ability to manage complex and senior stakeholders
• Ability to build and own trusted client relationships
• Ability to set strategic direction, develop routes-to-market and propositions
• Strong interpersonal, team and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Demonstrate ability to coach, work in teams, collaboration, customer centricity, service orientation and quality focus

ADDITIONAL DESIRED SKILLS

• Good knowledge of tax technology solutions such as tax engines, digital tax authority solutions, data analytics and compliance tools
• Experienced in building effective relationships with other service lines/teams/alliance partners
• Experience working with planning, consolidation, and financial reporting processes
• Skills in SAP and Direct Tax data
• Skills in SAP and Transfer pricing data
• SAP tools like SAC, PaPM, DRC, Group Reporting, GTS are highly desired
• Previous experience with consulting firms

WHO WE ARE

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.”

• Over 7 years’ experience in Tax transformation and SAP.
• Experience of 3+ major SAP implementation projects in a client facing role.
• Experience of VAT / GST / E-invoice configuration & related development in SAP
• Experience in project management within complex transformation/SAP programmes
• Experience of working with Systems Implementers and representing the Tax workstream
• Experience developing commercial propositions
• Experience in developing and leading client relationships
• Able to lead tax workstreams, workshops and overall delivery independently
• Deep understanding and experience of testing cross-module (FI-SD, FI-MM) functionality
• Experience of solving business issues using SAP solutions on an on-going basis