Indirect Tax Tech Lead - Vertex & ERP Deployments

Caterpillar Inc; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Relocation assistance

Career development

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking an Indirect Tax Technology Manager to lead tax technology initiatives, Vertex deployment, and ERP integrations across the Americas. You will translate tax requirements into system configurations and work with Tax, Finance, IT, and external partners to ensure compliant solutions.

The role stresses project leadership, governance, and the ongoing optimization of tax technology to support automation, accuracy, and scalable processes in a complex enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of indirect tax concepts and how they drive system design.
• Ability to translate tax requirements into practical business processes and controls.
• Understanding of end-to-end business processes that impact tax determination, compliance, invoicing, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the configuration, implementation, and ongoing management of the US Vertex tax engine.
• Maintain tax determination logic that supports approved tax requirements and business processes.
• Translate indirect tax requirements into system configurations, testing activities, controls, and business solutions.
• Support compliance objectives by maintaining controls, documentation, and supporting evidence aligned to internal standards.
• Partner with tax advisors and business stakeholders to ensure technology solutions support evolving tax requirements.
• Lead indirect tax technology activities associated with ERP implementations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives.
• Oversee integrations between tax engines, ERP systems, invoicing platforms, finance systems, and reporting tools.
• Monitor and support data flows between business systems and tax determination solutions.
• Collaborate with deployment teams, IT, Finance, Tax, and external partners to support successful solution delivery.
• Develop and manage workstream plans, milestones, risks, and deliverables.
• Coordinate stakeholders across business, technology, tax, and vendor organizations.
• Provide status updates and communicate project risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Lead solution reviews, testing activities, implementation planning, post-launch support.

Skills

Vertex O Series

Tax technology

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP S/4HANA

ERP integrations

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking an Indirect Tax Technology Manager to lead tax technology initiatives, Vertex deployment, and ERP integrations across the Americas. You will translate tax requirements into system configurations and work with Tax, Finance, IT, and external partners to ensure compliant solutions.

The role stresses project leadership, governance, and the ongoing optimization of tax technology to support automation, accuracy, and scalable processes in a complex enterprise environment.