Tax - Indirect Tax - Global Trade Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Global Trade - Senior

EY Studio+ Nederland•Akron, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

EY’s Global Trade practice, a national group in Indirect Tax, provides advisory services on global customs and import, export and other international trade matters to some of the largest corporations in the world. We help our clients reduce their global trade costs, identify and address risks to achieve worldwide compliance, as well as enhance and improve trade operations and assist with automating certain trade-related processes. Our strategic planning ideas and experience dealing with global trade controversy provide unique value to our clients through our expansive global network of dedicated trade professionals. Leadership of EY’s Global Trade practice is on a mission to drive aggressive growth in our revenue, client base and service coverage in the coming years, which will result in a practice significantly larger than our existing size. Areas for growth include outsourcing services of certain customs activities, trade automation, trade data analytics, free trade agreements, supply chain advisory, export restrictions and a host of other areas. The enormous growth potential for global trade advisory services coupled with our aggressive expansion plans will create long-term career paths for those candidates able to deliver in their market-facing and client management role. Come join EY’s Global Trade practice on this exciting journey.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, International Business or a related field.
Two or more years of related work experience in industry, a professional services firm, a Fortune 500 company or a major importer is helpful.
Proven experience in Thomson Reuters OSGT software implementation projects.
Technical knowledge in configuring and testing Thomson Reuters OSGT.
Ability to proactively engage clients to describe and market our value-add global trade services and deliver high-quality project deliverables.
Proficiency in a technology-enabled environment – experience with trade automation, global trade management systems/software and data analytic tools is highly sought after.

Nice To Haves

Candidates possessing a US Customs Brokers license will be considered.
Foreign language capabilities.
Successful project management experience with excellent organizational skills, strong motivation and a positive attitude.
Proven experience in independently coaching, mentoring and motivating project teams to influence a positive, accountable and collaborative approach.
Effectively communicates project expectations to all team members and stakeholders, including business representatives, partners, customers and consultants.

Responsibilities

Manage the design and delivery of trade automation solutions to our clients through our different service offerings using Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Global Trade (OSGT).
Identify, design, and deliver solutions that can solve various challenges in a client’s business operations.
Support client projects with our team of resources to deliver high-quality work products.
Collaborate and work with our global trade colleagues in other countries and regions to deliver Thomson Reuters OSGT technology solutions.
Design, configure, test, and deploy Thomson Reuters OSGT technology solutions across a wide array of industries.
Participate in Thomson Reuters OSGT software implementation projects, working closely with technical implementation teams and consulting teams through major phases, including requirements, design, software configuration, system integration, testing, cutover and go-live.
Help to ensure key project components are in place such as setting up appropriate project organization, a clear statement of requirements and benefits, planning and scheduling project activities, controlling the execution of project plans, managing risk and quality, configuration management, and change control.
Collaborate with the project team, while planning and monitoring the project with regards to time, cost and resources when delivering the required outputs.
Prepare and stage project, if necessary create exception plans in conjunction with project team while partnering with the client program management, and Project Management Office; report and present to the client program management through status reports and stage assessments as a good and fair arbiter, understanding different perspectives when project situations arise and representing all best interests to find a solution.
Support project work streams and associated resources and deliverables.
Participate in functional and process requirement workshops with clients to define business, process and functional/data requirements related to global trade operations (imports, exports and localization requirements).
Participate in Thomson Reuters OSGT business and technical solution design workshops.
Develop and review software implementation work products and deliverables.
Configure various aspects of Thomson Reuters OSGT functional modules and processes.
Understand full suite of EY global trade service offerings and able to present to clients.
Advise clients on global trade advisory needs and integrate with our network of dedicated global trade professionals.
Keep informed of current global customs/trade developments and effectively apply knowledge to client situations.
Understand and keep informed of new Thomson Reuters OSGT functionalities to be applied as a client solution.