The role
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1. As a strategic addition to the team, the candidate will be working directly with the UK Operational TP Leader, the Operational TP team and Global Tax and TP Leadership in developing our priority Transfer Pricing technology assets and delivering cutting edge solutions to our clients
2. The candidate will have the opportunity to join a team that is growing at a very fast pace and help the team continue to shape our technology offering
As part of this new role, the candidate will be:
3. Working on a very wide range of clients to assess, design and implement cutting edge solutions on their intercompany set up, directly into the client’s ERP / financial systems/platforms or EPM environment.
4. Working with senior members of the team to help out clients convert Transfer Pricing policies and needs into business and functional specifications and requirements.
5. Working with clients and our Tax / Advisory practice to identify opportunities to supplement ERP TP-related capabilities with additional technology tools, based on the client’s use case and problem statement
6. Leading the team through the delivery of Transfer Pricing aspects of company wide transformation programs, coordinating the Transfer Pricing inputs as part of broader tax or finance workstream and understanding the different steps and interdependencies of these programs to being able to spot risks / opportunities early on and remediate accordingly
7. Driving technical training on finance systems architecture to the core Operational TP team
8. Driving the activities of the Operational TP lab, which is our innovation centre, that looks at discovering and exploring the use of cutting edge technology applied to transfer pricing use cases
Essential skills and experience:
9. ACA or CTA or ACCA or equivalent qualification
10. Innovative thinker, with track record of implementing cutting edge solutions
11. Direct exposure to ERP and EPM implementation of Intercompany / trading partner solutions (preferably within an Oracle or SAP environment)
12. Extensive working knowledge of Management and Financial Reporting and their interconnections
13. Excellent stakeholders management skills
14. Knowledge and understanding of intercompany processes, broader Tax processes (eg Cash to Tax) and their interactions with other business processes (R2R, O2C)
15. Understanding different ERP/systems requirements and architecture (Oracle and/or SAP preferred) and knowledge of key differentiators in terms of functionalities of the different applications (eg SAP PAPM vs BPC vs SAC, Oracle PCMCS, etc.)
16. Strong SAP Finance & Controlling experience
17. Experience in multinational implementations
18. Minimum two projects experience in intercompany processes including trade of goods and intercompany recharges
19. Strong knowledge in integration between SAP FI, CO, MM & SD
20. Deep knowledge in SD pricing, condition tables and TP calculations
21. Knowledge of transfer pricing strategies
22. Knowledge of new SAP capabilities in intercompany & transfer pricing
23. Knowledge of TP functionality in SAP PaPM
24. Knowledge of Indirect and withholding tax
25. Some technical knowledge especially in the use of IDocs
26. Excellent communication skills, with ability to discuss Operational TP topics and adapt style / content based on the audience (i.e. technical VS stakeholders
27. CIMA qualification is a plus