Tax Services Senior Manager - FSO - Tax Technology & Transformation, Indirect EDGE

Ernst and Young; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Manager in Tax Technology and Transformation, where you will lead the implementation of innovative tax technology solutions. This role involves strategically enhancing tax processes and driving automation to improve operational effectiveness. You will collaborate with clients to develop technology-driven tax strategies that align with their business objectives. With a focus on leadership and team development, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the financial services sector. If you are passionate about technology and transformation in tax, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in tax technology and transformation.
• Certifications required: CPA, JD, Six Sigma, or PMP.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage tax technology solutions and transformation processes.
• Increase automation and improve operational effectiveness in tax functions.

Skills

Ownership of tasks

Automation of manual tasks

Dependency analysis

Embedding tax requirements

Clean code production

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Master's degree in Accounting, Tax Technology, or related field

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Hyperion

PAM

Investran

Job description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.

EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

Tax Services Manager – FSO – EDGE Tax Technology and Transformation

This position can be anywhere in the country (primary: MA).

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction.

The Opportunity:

A Senior Manager in Tax Technology and Transformation involves strategically leading and managing the implementation of tax technology solutions while overseeing the transformation of tax processes within the client’s organization. You will focus on the development and execution of technology-driven tax strategies that align with and support the client's overall business objectives.

Your Key Responsibilities

1. Improve operational effectiveness in tax functions.
2. Review the process and controls that are in place including technology, looking at effectiveness of the various technology systems.
3. Increase automation and data quality throughout tax processes, assessing the overall risk to establish a proper control environment.
4. Designing and building custom tax applications.
5. Manage large-scale managed services programs and/or tax transformation projects.
6. Lead Digital tax transformation projects.
7. Lead Tax technology strategy and road mapping.
8. Lead implementation and configuration of Direct and Indirect Tax systems.
9. Work with leadership to run these impactful projects.
10. Build and maintain client relationships, ensuring they receive excellent quality service and deliverables.
11. Understand key tax processes, technology, data, analytics, and risks/controls to mitigate risk and enhance quality.

Skills and attributes for success

1. Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and monitoring them until completion.
2. Identifying ways to automate manual tasks using existing financial or tax systems and emerging technologies.
3. Understanding of conducting dependency analyses across an integrated work plan containing multiple work streams or projects.
4. Embedding tax requirements into financial/business systems and processes (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Hyperion, PAM, Investran).
5. Producing clean, efficient code based on specifications.

To Qualify

1. A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Economics and/or a master’s degree in Accounting, Tax Technology, Management Information Systems, or Computer Science or related field.
2. A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience or a master’s degree and approximately two to three years of relevant work experience.
3. You are required to have one of the following certifications: CPA, JD, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt and/or Project Management Professional “PMP”.
4. Exposure to the financial services industry, accounting/finance/tax, tax or finance performance improvement, tax software development and/or implementation.

What we look for

We are interested in independent thinking individuals for project delivery. In addition, someone who will be responsible for the oversight of employees from staff to senior. Must have demonstrated ability to provide leadership to a team, provide feedback contribute to the growth of teams onshore/offshore along with managing quality of deliverables from offshore teams (as needed) to deliver projects to time, cost and quality requirements.