Associate Director, indirect tax transformation (e-invoicing)

Grant Thornton UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK is seeking an Associate Director in Digital Tax Consulting focusing on indirect tax transformation and e-invoicing. You will lead end-to-end delivery, shape solutions, and build strong client relationships across Tax, Finance and IT.

Based in London/Reading/Bristol with a hybrid model, you will coach teams, manage risk and contribute to business development while expanding global e-invoicing mandates and ERP integration initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering tax technology or e-invoicing projects in a consulting, professional services, or in-house tax technology environment.
• Deep knowledge of e-invoicing and e-reporting regimes in at least one major region.
• Hands-on experience implementing/integrating an e-invoicing or tax compliance platform.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder technology engagements.
• Strong stakeholder management.
• Track record of business development – proposals, client relationships and follow-on opportunities.
• People leadership experience across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Understanding of engagement risk and regulatory expectations in a professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of e-invoicing projects across the full lifecycle.
• Develop alliances with third-party technology providers.
• Interpret country-specific mandates globally and translate into practical actions.
• Act as senior point of contact with tax, finance and IT stakeholders.
• Lead and coach project teams and develop senior staff.
• Own engagement risk and ensure quality in line with firm standards.
• Drive business development through proposals and bids.
• Refine delivery methodology and build reusable accelerators and tools.

Skills

Delivery leadership

E-invoicing expertise

Stakeholder management

Business development

People leadership

Risk & quality management

Client relationship building

Tax technology experience

Global/regional mandates

Budget management

Education

CTA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

Oracle ERP

Microsoft Dynamics

SAP S4HANA

Job description

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Associate Director – Indirect tax transformation (E-invoicing)

Location: London/Reading/Bristol (hybrid)

Level: Associate Director

Team: Digital Tax Consulting Team (Indirect tax transformation and technology)

Role Overview

We're looking for an indirect tax transformation Associate Director with a primary focus on leading the delivery of e-invoicing projects within our growing Digital Tax Consulting team. This is a client-facing role initially focusing on global e-invoicing and e-reporting mandates but will also provide the opportunity to grow and support other areas of our transformation business as required i.e. implementation of VAT solutions, working on ERP programs.

As Associate Director, you will own end-to-end delivery of e-invoicing engagements – from solution selection/design through to requirements gathering, configuration, testing and go-live while building client relationships. You'll lead multi-disciplinary teams, coach Managers and Senior Associates, and represent the practice in front of Heads of Tax, CFOs and IT Directors.

What You Will Do

• Own end-to-end delivery of e-invoicing projects, managing scope, budget, risk and quality across the full project lifecycle
• Support, develop and help maintain alliances with third party technology providers
• Interpret country-specific e-invoicing mandates globally, including data and process impact/requirements and translating them into practical delivery actions for clients as part of projects
• Act as a senior point of contact on engagements, building and holding relationships with Tax, Finance and IT stakeholders
• Lead and coach project teams, developing Managers, Senior Associates and Associates through review, delegation and day-to-day guidance
• Own engagement risk and quality: apply firm policies and procedures, maintain appropriate documentation, and ensure compliance with internal quality standards and external regulatory expectations
• Drive business development: identify and shape new e-invoicing opportunities, lead proposals and bids, and contribute to thought leadership that builds the firm's market position
• Strengthen the wider practice — refine delivery methodology, build reusable accelerators and tools, and support recruitment and capability building within the team

Essential

Key skills and experience

• Experience delivering tax technology or e-invoicing implementation projects in a consulting, professional services, or in-house tax technology environment, at a level where you have owned delivery rather than supported it
• Deep working knowledge of e-invoicing and e-reporting regimes in at least one major region (EU, Middle East, Latin America or Asia-Pacific), and the ability to speak credibly about how mandates differ across jurisdictions
• Hands-on experience implementing/integrating at least one e-invoicing or tax compliance platform
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder technology engagements, managing budget, risk and quality without close supervision
• Strong stakeholder management
• A track record of business development – proposal writing, client relationship building, and converting engagement work into follow-on opportunities
• People leadership experience: managing, coaching and developing team members across multiple concurrent engagements
• Sound understanding of engagement risk, quality standards and regulatory expectations in a professional services environment

Additional Advantageous Experience

• Professional tax or accounting qualification (e.g. CTA, ACA, ACCA) or equivalent
• ERP experience (Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP S/4HANA) specifically for tax or e-invoicing purposes
• Experience leading global rollout programmes spanning multiple countries and jurisdictions
• Broader indirect tax technology exposure – VAT compliance solutions, Tax engines etc.
• Familiarity with data analytics or automation tools (Alteryx, Power BI, SQL, Python) to support e-invoicing data validation and reporting

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