Role: Tax Programme Manager
Role Type: Temporary – 12 Months
Location: Luton – x3 Days On-Site / x2 Working Remote
Your New Company
We’re looking for an experienced finance programme/project manager to take the lead on the tax workstream in AZ’s Axial programme (Global S/4 HANA implementation).
You’ll likely be an experienced finance programme/project manager, having worked in a large corporate environment and have experience of technology enabled finance transformation.
Your New Role
* Manage the various tax workstreams within the Axial programme and ensure that they are delivered on time, to budget and inline with programme and stakeholder expectations.
* Build partnerships on a cross-functional basis to drive forward the plan and deliverables.
* Partner with central PMO teams including both internal and external teams.
* Define & develop and maintain project plans and timelines, tracking project milestones and deliverables and addressing any issues or risks that may arise.
* Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
* Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
* Manage deployment activities including the impact on group functions, partnering with deployment leads.
* Facilitate Management and Steering Groups, driving agreed actions to conclusion.
* Oversee testing and quality assurance activities to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of the solutions.
* In doing this, you will be supported by a PSO/junior project manager.
Essential Skills
* Minimum of 15 years of proven experience of project managing / programme management in technology enabled finance transformation. Ideally this would cover experience in the tax domain as a tax transformation professional.
* Experience of SAP ECC, S/4HANA would be advantageous
* Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills- flexible approach.
* Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
* Experience in working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Desirable
* Experience of S/4 HANA programmes and working with a mix of internal and external partners.
* Implementation/integration of tax engines and implementation of operational transfer pricing
WHY ASTRAZENECA?
It's an exciting time to join AstraZeneca, a global business that's rapidly growing - there's a lot happening and even more to come. And we are a valued part of this journey. Respected partners across the business, we provide the platform that's going to power us to achieve more.
So, what's next?
Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it's yours. Please apply with a copy of your CV.