Senior Manager Tax

FashionUnited; Porto; Presencial; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

FashionUnited’s Corporate Tax team seeks a Senior Manager Tax Digital & Transformation to lead global tax technology initiatives, align with SAP S/4HANA, and drive data analytics across regions.

You will coordinate tax tech upgrades, manage external partners, and ensure compliance, governance, and audit readiness while delivering scalable digital solutions.

Qualificações

• Strong indirect tax knowledge and ability to translate tax requirements into technology and process design.
• End-to-end tax process understanding including determination, reporting, compliance, controls and audit support.
• Experience with SAP ECC & S/4HANA or comparable ERP environments; familiarity with tax engines, compliance tools or reporting platforms is an advantage.
• Strong project and product management skills, including prioritisation, stakeholder management and delivery governance.
• Analytical mindset with affinity for data, automation, controls and AI-enabled improvements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Responsabilidades

• Lead global tax technology initiatives and translate the roadmap into executable programs and releases.
• Coordinate implementation and upgrade of tax technology products used by global tax teams and stakeholders.
• Support identification, design and implementation of AI use cases to improve tax processes.
• Act as functional tax product owner for assigned tax technology solutions, including prioritisation, requirements, design alignment, testing, deployment and continuous improvement.
• Support decisions on internal vs external tax technology solutions and evaluate options based on compliance, scalability, governance and efficiency.
• Drive tax input into SAP S/4HANA and related tax system initiatives, focusing on tax determination, VAT/GST and withholding tax processes.
• Support global eInvoicing and real-/near-time eReporting initiatives from a tax perspective, including technical requirements definition and deployment support.
• Manage relationships with external tax technology providers, advisors and service providers for assigned transformation initiatives.

Conhecimentos

Indirect tax knowledge

Project management

Communication skills

English proficiency

Formação académica

University degree in business/finance/taxation or information systems

Professional tax/accounting qualifications (beneficial)

Ferramentas

SAP ECC

SAP S/4HANA

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The overall objective of Corporate Tax is to create value for the global enterprise, business units, and shareholders by maximizing corporate profitability through minimizing overall tax burden while executing and directing compliance to conform with all legal frameworks in preserving the Company’s reputation and integrity.

OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

The Corporate Tax team is responsible for managing the groups risk positions and governing the tax compliance. In this role it is essential to develop understanding of the impact certain transactions or business initiatives might have to be able to liaise and support the specialist functions.

The Senior Manager Tax Digital & Transformation translates the global indirect tax and tax digital strategy into scalable technology, process and governance solutions. The role is the primary transformation lead between Corporate Tax, Global IT, GBS, regional and functional tax teams, external advisors and technology providers.

The position drives digital transformation of the tax function by coordinating the implementation, upgrade and optimisation of tax technology products, improving tax data and analytics capabilities, and supporting global process standardisation across tax determination, reporting, compliance, controls and audit readiness.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead global tax technology initiatives and translate the Director Tax roadmap into executable programs and releases.
• Coordinate implementation and upgrade of tax technology products used by the global tax team and relevant business stakeholders.
• Support the identification, design and implementation of AI use cases to improve tax processes.
• Act as functional tax product owner for assigned tax technology solutions, including prioritization, requirements, design alignment, testing, deployment and continuous improvement.
• Support strategic decisions on internal versus external tax technology solutions and help evaluate technology options based on compliance, scalability, governance and efficiency.
• Drive tax input into SAP S/4HANA and related tax system initiatives, with focus on tax determination, VAT/GST and withholding tax process requirements.
• Support global eInvoicing and real-/near-time eReporting initiatives from a tax functional perspective, including technical requirements definition and deployment support.
• Manage relationships with external tax technology providers, advisors and service providers for assigned transformation initiatives.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

InternalCorporate Tax HQ functions
Corporate regional tax teams
Global IT
Controlling Local & GBS accounting GBS Tax Operational teams (Systems, Control & Analytics, Accounting, Digital Compliance)

ExternalTax technology vendors and implementation partners
Statutory and tax advisors
Tax authorities where relevant in audits or technology-related discussions

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong indirect tax knowledge with ability to translate tax requirements into technology and process design.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end tax processes including tax determination, reporting, compliance, controls and audit support.
• Experience with SAP ECC & S/4HANA or comparable ERP environments; experience with tax engines, compliance tools or reporting platforms is an advantage.
• Strong project and product management skills, including prioritisation, stakeholder management and delivery governance.
• Analytical mindset with affinity for data, automation, controls and AI-enabled process improvements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• High degree of ownership, structured working style and ability to work independently in a global environment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Information Systems or equivalent background.
• Professional tax/accounting qualifications or comparable experience is beneficial.
• Approximately 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in indirect tax, tax technology, tax transformation, ERP implementation or Big 4 advisory.
• Proven experience in global projects, process transformation or technology-driven tax initiatives.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.