Associate Director, Indirect Tax Technology

As a senior member of our Indirect Tax Compliance & Technology team, you will help to develop and deliver our ambitious plan for market leadership. You will work across a range of our focus and priority areas such as the implementation of complex technology solutions for tax determination and/or e-invoicing, ensuring successful project delivery and client satisfaction.

You will work closely with other parts of the Deloitte global network to deliver on fast-paced national and international projects.

Responsibilities include

• Lead and manage the full lifecycle implementation of tax technology solutions
• Oversee project teams, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets and quality standards
• Provide expert guidance on ERP tax logic, tax engine configurations and add-on solutions
• Engage with clients, mapping out their 'as is' operations across IT, Finance, Data and Tax to understand their tax technology needs and design appropriate solutions
• Perform gap analysis to meet functional regulatory requirements
• Lead and enhance existing client engagements and target relationships, reporting direct to a Partner
• Develop new market opportunities locally, nationally and internationally with an opportunity to lead the market development of the new ideas
• Work closely with colleagues in other parts of the firm, and other Deloitte offices, to develop and pursue opportunities
• Assist with developing less experienced staff with hands on advice and support
• Manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution

• Proven experience in implementing and leading the implementation of technology solutions for tax determination
• Extensive expertise with ERP tax logic (SAP, Oracle and/or others), tax engines (eg. Vertex, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Indirect Tax), and/or add-on solutions
• Strong project management and leadership skills
• Proven experience with data analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, SQL and/or advanced Excel
• A strong understanding of business processes and experience in identifying and implementing process efficiencies
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships, understanding their needs and delivering tailored solutions

Desirable

• Indirect tax knowledge - strong technical knowledge of UK and/or international indirect tax principles and regulations
• Understanding of e-invoicing and e-reporting, including the evolving global regulatory landscape
• Experience with SAP DRC implementation and integration
• An understanding of how AI and ML can be applied to indirect tax processes, with experience in or exposure to techniques for anomaly detection, predictive analytics or automated classification within large datasets (eg transaction data, expense claims) and Natural Language Processing for extracting key information from unstructured tax-related documents (eg invoices, contracts, tax legislation)

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