Tax Technology and Transformation - Indirect Tax - Senior

Location: New York, Hoboken, Iselin, Washington, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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Tax - Tax Technology and Transformation - Indirect Tax - Senior

The opportunity

Tax Technology and Transformation provides services to help companies address the challenges posed by existing and emerging technologies, particularly the increasing data burden, by enhancing efficiency and transforming tax functions into cost-effective operations. The aim is to assist businesses in navigating the digital landscape of tax transparency, compliance, and audit methods while tackling pressing challenges. Key offerings include:

• digital tax transformation,

• tax applications-as-a-service,

• tax data improvement,

• analytics enhancement, and

• emerging technologies like robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain.

Additionally, services encompass tax technology program mobilization, custom application development, strategy road mapping, implementation of direct and indirect tax systems, post-transaction operational services, and assessments of tax functions. In today's evolving corporate environment, implementing a transaction tax calculation engine is crucial for automating tax determination and compliance processes across various transactional systems, including ERP applications and custom solutions.

Your key responsibilities

Help client tax departments operate at peak efficiency and productivity and better position them to take advantage of tax saving opportunities that might otherwise go undetected.

Transfer control of tax decision-making from the transaction processing personnel and outside vendors to the tax specialists within our client's tax department.

Understand how to define the solution, coordinate the necessary technical resources, and deliver a finished product that fulfills the client's goals and tax requirements, including:

• Documenting and reviewing current state tax processes and controls to identify enhancement opportunities

• Supporting the development of a business case to justify tax process enhancement solutions

• Providing support during the indirect tax software/ vendor selection process

• Documenting tax data requirements

• Implementing automated indirect tax calculation and compliance solutions

• Improving reporting capabilities to enhance our clients' ability to evaluate risk and capitalize on opportunities

• Supporting project team members in any way needed to help ensure timely completion of deliverables

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for this role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience; or a master's degree and approximately 3 years of related work experience.

• An undergraduate emphasis in accounting and approximately 4 years of related work experience in indirect tax process improvement experience or equivalent experience in business or industry; or a master's degree and approximately 3 years of related work experience preferred

• Approved technical certification, CPA license or membership to state Bar or progress to attaining those mentioned

• Indirect tax (Sales/Use Tax, VAT) experience and/or corporate indirect tax compliance experience preferred

• Excellent managerial, leadership, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills

• Relevant experience in one or more of the following specialty areas:

• Indirect tax software products such as Vertex, ONESOURCE (fka, Sabrix), Avalara; tax data and reporting requirements for ledger and consolidation systems such as SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, etc.; tax process and operational assessments

• Willingness and ability to travel at least 50% of the time

Ideally, you will have

• tax process and operational assessments

What we look for

We are looking for knowledgeable technical professionals with an excellent general knowledge of both international and domestic tax. You will need excellent business acumen and a firm strategic vision, so if you are ready to use those skills to develop your team, this role is for you.

What we offer you

At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more .

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $102,500 to $187,900. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $122,900 to $213,400. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

• Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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