The opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious Director-level individual to join EY’s specialist Indirect Tax Transformation team, with a focus around tax SAP advisory work. This role will provide an opportunity to be part of the leadership team in a fast growth part of the UKI Tax practice. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to help steer and develop the SAP Tax business, work with significant multinational clients and to engage with our UK and global EY network to grow the business, providing a great opportunity to build your own career.
Modern tax regulations are highly complex and dynamic, and our clients need our support with understanding what these mean for them in terms of technology, data and technology solutions, as well as data, controls, process and governance strategy. As an Indirect tax SAP professional at EY, you'll use experience of Indirect tax global rules and requirements, and knowledge of SAP functionality, additional SAP tax applications and third-party solutions to help clients identify the right technology tools and manage their systems to deliver tax requirements effectively. The primary role would be to engage with clients and help to maximise the value that their SAP systems can deliver for tax, whether these systems are being implemented for the first time or clients are looking to extract more value from the existing SAP system.
In turn, we'll help you achieve your potential by giving you business advisory experience and professional development. Our senior tax professionals will support you throughout your career, helping you to grow and become a leader in the tax profession.
Job Description: SAP Tax Director
An SAP-experienced Tax Director to support the growth of our SAP Tax practice and effectively deliver/implement Tax Transformation projects.
1. Key member of the EY Tax Transformation team, delivering high quality SAP projects and advice to our clients based on experience and best practice
2. Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service
3. Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and growing your network
4. Contribute to winning new work by supporting the business development and sales process, working with VAT/Tax client relationship owners
5. Oversee and manage the successful delivery of tax SAP projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business-driven approach taken
6. Team development and day-to-day coaching and talen development
Core skills and attributes for success
7. SAP Tax with experience of 3+ end-to-end SAP implementation projects, focussing on VAT/GST or Sales & Use Tax.
8. Multi-country tax requirements gathering and deployment experience.
9. Consulting background preferable but not required - used to interacting with clients and working on large-scale projects
10. Proven high quality delivery and attention to detail
11. Experience working in a large change programme environment and leading project teams
12. Ability to work with clients in a consultative way; helping them translate their tax function’s business objectives, requirements into SAP solutions
13. Ability to manage complex and senior stakeholders
14. Ability to build and own trusted client relationships
15. Ability to set strategic direction, develop routes-to-market and propositions
16. Strong interpersonal, team and communication skills, both verbal and written
17. Demonstrate ability to coach, work in teams, collaboration, customer centricity, service orientation and quality focus
To qualify for the role you must have
18. Over 7 years’ experience in Tax transformation and SAP.
19. Experience of 3+ major SAP implementation projects in a client facing role.
20. Experience of VAT / GST / E-invoice configuration & related development in SAP
21. Experience in project management within complex transformation/SAP programmes
22. Experience of working with Systems Implementers and representing the Tax workstream
23. Experience developing commercial propositions
24. Experience in developing and leading client relationships
25. Able to lead tax workstreams, workshops and overall delivery independently
26. Deep understanding and experience of testing cross-module (FI-SD, FI-MM) functionality
27. Experience of solving business issues using SAP solutions on an on-going basis
Additional desired skills
28. Good knowledge of tax technology solutions such as tax engines, digital tax authority solutions, data analytics and compliance tools
29. Experienced in building effective relationships with other service lines/teams/alliance partners
30. Experience working with planning, consolidation, and financial reporting processes
31. Skills in SAP and Direct Tax data
32. Skills in SAP and Transfer pricing data
33. SAP tools like SAC, PaPM, DRC, Group Reporting, GTS are highly desired
34. Previous experience with consulting firms
What Working At EY Offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer
35. Commitment for support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
36. Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
37. The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.