Senior Tax Analyst - Tax Technology

McDonald's Corporation•Chicago, IL

1d•$85,014 - $106,267

About The Position

McDonald’s is accelerating technology innovation as part of its Accelerating the Arches growth strategy, focusing on Delivery, Digital, and Drive Thru to enhance customer experience globally. McDonald’s Global Technology aims to power future feel-good moments by leveraging AI, robotics, and emerging tech to digitize the brand and reshape the business, industry, and communities. The company faces complex tech challenges, addressed by diverse global teams thriving in a fast-paced environment. This role is for a Senior Tax Analyst - Tax Technology within the Global Tax function, responsible for translating complex tax and business challenges into practical and scalable solutions. It is a high-impact position that combines tax knowledge, process improvement, and technology solutions. The Senior Tax Analyst will report to the Tax Technology Solutions Lead, collaborating with Global Tax colleagues, other departments like Finance and IT, and external advisors to enhance tax delivery through improved processes, smarter tools, and strong user engagement. The role offers an opportunity to significantly impact global operations by solving problems, improving team efficiency, and driving the adoption of new tools and methodologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 4-5 years of experience in tax or a related field and proven experience in process improvement, automation and tax technology within a large corporate or professional services firm.
Experience in dealing with large datasets, data cleansing and transformation and complex processes.
Proficiency in data transformation, automation, visualization tools, finance systems, including: Alteryx (Core level or above); Microsoft Excel (intermediate or above); Microsoft SharePoint (intermediate); Microsoft Power Automate (and Desktop Version); Microsoft Power BI.
ERP systems such as Oracle Cloud, SAP or similar.
Effective organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, run projects end‑to‑end, handle stakeholder engagement and deliver ahead of time.
Strong listening and problem-solving skills—able to take complex, unstructured issues and turn them into clear, actionable steps.
Confident and clear communicator, comfortable presenting to groups, facilitating discussions and explaining complex concepts to a range of audiences.
Collaborative team player who can work independently and proactively with a continuous learning mindset, in a global environment.
Builds strong working relationships with internal teams and external advisors/consultants.

Nice To Haves

Experience with tax software will be useful.

Responsibilities

Drive and support end‑to‑end process improvement initiatives within the Global Tax team, from problem definition through to delivery and adoption.
Translate complex business and tax scenarios into clear, practical and actionable plans using Continuous Improvement methodologies.
Work on cross‑functional projects with teams across the Globe as well as other departments, such as Finance and IT, and external advisors to streamline tax data flows and reporting processes.
Support and continuously improve internal tax platforms for the Global Tax function, including: Day‑to‑day ownership, configuration and system governance; Driving user take‑up, engagement, and best‑practice; Acting as a key liaison between Tax, IT, and system partners.
Champion the practical use of GenAI tools, including Microsoft Copilot, to improve productivity, insight, and ways of working across the Tax team.
Design workflows and provide hands‑on support and guidance on Alteryx, including: Supporting Alteryx Gallery usage; Troubleshooting workflows; Establishing best practices and reusable approaches.
Design and deliver Lunch & Learn sessions, demos and training materials.
Act as a trusted point of contact for global tax colleagues, listening carefully to challenges and “playing back” structured solutions the team can act on.
Develop and create user-friendly Standard Operating Procedures for owned solutions.