Global Indirect Tax Automation Experienced Manager (Tax Technology)
About The Position
As the Tax Digital Consulting Manager, you'll implement and build third party tax systems with major third-party ERP and billing platforms (SAP, Oracle, Workday, PeopleSoft, Great Plains), as well as custom billing systems for your clients, across a wide variety of industries - all with the resources, environment and support to help you excel. You'll collaborate with team members, practice leadership, and our diverse client base and will play a key role in gathering requirements, design, build, and testing implementation because together is how we succeed. From day one, you'll be empowered by playing a key role in the requirements gathering, design, build, and testing of the implementation of third-party software products as well as our own custom solution to meet client needs and help you achieve more, confidently.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related technical field
- Must have one of the below credentials: Project Management Professional, Six Sigma, Lean or equivalent certification Master's degree in accounting, Tax Business Administration, Finance or Information Systems Tax Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation Equivalent accounting certification or law license in home country (e.g., Chartered Accountant)
- Five years of experience with SAP/Oracle functional and/or technical experience
- Two years of Oracle EBS/ERP Cloud/SAP ABAP Design and Development experience
- Deep technical understanding of SAP or Oracle. This includes understanding the customization path in the solutions, the table structures, and the core functional Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay streams
- Experience writing documentation for ERP implementations
- Experience managing and developing team members for these types of implementations
- Strong computer skills required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to travel as needed
Nice To Haves
- SAP Namespace development a plus
- Experience in public accounting is a plus
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Project Manager on assigned third-party tax software implementations (Vertex, Avalara, Sovos, Thomson Reuters, ADP, Billsoft) and custom software development projects
- Manage assigned system integration projects that involve major ERP and billing systems, such as SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, etc
- Requirements analysis and design for indirect tax software implementations
- Manage programming for custom system interfaces and modification of preexisting interfaces
- Manage testing and support of assigned system go-live projects
- Develop and deliver key project documentation including requirements documents, design documents, and test plans
- Help develop and lead staff to enable them to perform core project activities
- Participating in Sales meetings and Proposal Development meetings
- Network and develop key relationships both within Grant Thornton and externally
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Industry
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
