Tax and Treasury Technology Leader

Aon Corporation•Virtual, TX

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About The Position

Aon is seeking an experienced Tax and Treasury Technology Leader to develop and implement the worldwide technology strategy and roadmap for tax and treasury systems, data, integrations, and digital capabilities. This senior technology leader owns the strategy, architecture, roadmap, delivery, and operational health of the global technology ecosystem supporting both functions. The portfolio spans tax provision and reporting, direct and indirect tax compliance, transfer pricing, treasury management, financial risk and capital markets, banking connectivity and payments, and financial data, analytics, automation, and AI. The role is responsible for ensuring end-to-end process integrity, data consistency, security, resilience, and governance across tax and treasury processes. It partners with senior leaders across Tax, Treasury, Finance, Accounting, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Data, Cybersecurity, and Technology to align platforms with business priorities and regulatory obligations. Responsibilities include platform governance, service management, release and change oversight, integrations, data stewardship, AI strategy, adoption, and support. The leader will implement an integrated Tax and Treasury technology vision and contribute significantly to enterprise transformation, including platform modernization and standardization, AI-enabled automation and analytics, and real-time banking, payment, and data connectivity. The position combines executive-level influence with hands-on leadership, supporting strategic roadmaps and transformation while engaging in architecture reviews, operational risk decisions, and proofs of concept. The work supports tax compliance, liquidity, financial risk management, payment integrity, operational resilience, and better enterprise decision-making. Aon describes itself as an organization united through trust, with a focus on helping colleagues and clients succeed. It promotes an inclusive workplace, colleague wellbeing, work/life balance, and continuous learning.

Requirements

Extensive experience, typically 7+ years, leading Tax, Treasury, Finance, or corporate technology portfolios in a global, matrixed organization.
Deep hands-on and strategic experience with tax provision, tax accounting, direct tax compliance, indirect tax, transfer pricing, and statutory reporting technologies.
Experience with treasury management systems supporting cash, liquidity, payments, bank account management, debt, investments, foreign exchange, hedging, and reconciliation.
Experience with bank connectivity and payment technologies, including SWIFT, host-to-host, APIs, payment files, bank portals, and fraud-control capabilities.
Experience with ERP, consolidation, subledger, payroll, procurement, billing, market data, data platform, and regulatory integrations supporting Tax and Treasury processes.
Experience with data architecture, master and reference data, data lineage, reporting, analytics, and data product operating models.
Experience with AI, machine learning, workflow automation, document intelligence, and agentic solutions, including responsible AI and governance controls.
Proven success leading complex, multi-year transformations, global deployments, process standardization, platform rationalization, and operating model change across Tax and Treasury.
Experience establishing reliable application support and service management for time-critical close, filing, payment, cash, and market-facing processes.
Experience driving adoption of AI, automation, and analytics in Tax and Treasury while maintaining appropriate human review, security, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
Background partnering with senior business collaborators to translate Tax and Treasury strategies, risks, controls, and performance measures into technology roadmaps and investment priorities.
Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing global teams across business, technology, data, architecture, delivery, and operations.
Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and interpersonal abilities, including the ability to work with senior leaders in Tax, Treasury, Finance, Accounting, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Data, and Technology.
Experience managing portfolio prioritization, budgeting, capacity, resource planning, and delivery across concurrent programs, enhancements, regulatory commitments, and operational needs.
Strong vendor and partner management skills, including contracts, performance, service levels, product roadmaps, security requirements, implementation accountability, and risk allocation.
Strategic problem-solving ability to connect Tax and Treasury technology, data, controls, and AI capabilities to outcomes such as compliance, liquidity visibility, risk reduction, payment integrity, operational resilience, and improved efficiency.
Demonstrated experience identifying and implementing automation, AI/ML, advanced analytics, and agentic workflows in controlled financial processes.
Ability to define a governed data strategy that improves data quality, accessibility, lineage, reuse, and decision support across jurisdictions and business divisions.
Ability to operate in a matrixed, global environment while balancing enterprise standardization with local tax, banking, legal, regulatory, and market requirements.
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Business, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Information Systems, Data, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Technology, data, cloud, cybersecurity, project management, or AI-related certifications, particularly those demonstrating skill in leading secure and well-governed enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement the worldwide technology strategy and roadmap for tax and treasury systems, data, integrations, and digital capabilities.
Own the strategy, architecture, roadmap, delivery, and operational health of the global technology ecosystem for Tax and Treasury.
Oversee tax provision and reporting, direct tax compliance, indirect tax, transfer pricing, treasury management, financial risk and capital markets, banking connectivity and payments, and financial data and analytics technologies.
Ensure end-to-end process integrity and data consistency across tax determination, provision, compliance, statutory reporting, payments, cash positioning, liquidity forecasting, bank reconciliation, hedging, debt, and investment processes.
Partner with senior Tax, Treasury, Finance, Accounting, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Data, Cybersecurity, and Technology leaders to align platform capabilities with business priorities and regulatory obligations.
Define and maintain platform governance, including demand intake, prioritization, architecture, security, change control, release management, access governance, and communication.
Lead the IT service model across application support, incident and problem management, monitoring, batch and interface operations, disaster recovery, business continuity, vendor support, and service-level performance.
Oversee evaluation and rollout of platform features and releases, including impact assessments and configuration, integration, controls, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
Drive adoption and support for new systems, data, analytics, and AI capabilities.
Champion data quality, lineage, standardization, retention, security, and controls, establishing ownership and collaborating with Data, Risk, Legal, Privacy, and Compliance teams.
Complete the AI strategy for Tax and Treasury and prioritize responsible use cases such as anomaly detection, reconciliation support, cash forecasting, scenario analysis, document intelligence, research assistance, workflow orchestration, and control monitoring.
Ensure effective integrations and data flows between Tax and Treasury platforms and adjacent systems, including ERP, HR and payroll, procurement, billing, banking networks, market data, consolidation, regulatory reporting, and enterprise data platforms.
Implement a strategic vision for an integrated Tax and Treasury technology ecosystem connecting operational processes, enterprise platforms, banking partners, authoritative data, analytics, automation, and AI.
Lead or contribute to enterprise transformation programs involving platform and process modernization, standardization, AI-enabled automation and advanced analytics, and real-time or API-enabled banking, payment, and data connectivity.
Blend executive-level influence with hands-on leadership, including multi-year roadmaps, major transformations, architecture reviews, operational risk decisions, and proofs of concept.
Shape team workflows by reducing manual effort, improving clarity, strengthening controls, and enabling faster, data-driven decisions.
Lead and develop high-performing global teams spanning business, technology, data, architecture, delivery, and operations.
Manage portfolio prioritization, budgeting, capacity, resource planning, and delivery across concurrent programs, enhancements, regulatory commitments, and operational needs.
Manage vendors and partners, including contracts, performance, service levels, product roadmaps, security requirements, implementation accountability, and risk allocation.