Global Indirect Tax Automation Manager (Tax Technology)

As the Global Indirect Tax Automation Manager, you’ll implement and build third party tax systems with major third-party ERP and billing platforms (SAP, Oracle, Workday, PeopleSoft, Great Plains), as well as custom billing systems for your clients, across a wide variety of industries – all with the resources, environment and support to help you excel. You’ll collaborate with team members, practice leadership, and our diverse client base and will play a key role in gathering requirements, design, build, and testing implementation because together is how we succeed.  From day one, you’ll be empowered by playing a key role in the requirements gathering, design, build, and testing of the implementation of third-party software products as well as our own custom solution to meet client needs and help you achieve more, confidently. 

Your day-to-day may include:

• Serve as the Project Manager on assigned third-party tax software implementations (Vertex, Avalara, Sovos, Thomson Reuters, ADP, Billsoft) and custom software development projects
• Manage assigned system integration projects that involve major ERP and billing systems, such as SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, etc
• Requirements analysis and design for indirect tax software implementations
• Manage programming for custom system interfaces and modification of preexisting interfaces
• Manage testing and support of assigned system go-live projects 
• Develop and deliver key project documentation including requirements documents, design documents, and test plans 
• Help develop and lead staff to enable them to perform core project activities 
• Participating in Sales meetings and Proposal Development meetings
• Network and develop key relationships both within Grant Thornton and externally 
• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related technical field
• Must have one of the below credentials: 
  • Project Management Professional, Six Sigma, Lean or equivalent certification 
  • Master’s degree in accounting, Tax Business Administration, Finance or Information Systems Tax
  • Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation 
  • Equivalent accounting certification or law license in home country (e.g., Chartered Accountant) 
• Five years of experience with SAP/Oracle functional and/or technical experience
• Two years of Oracle EBS/ERP Cloud/SAP ABAP Design and Development experience
• Deep technical understanding of SAP or Oracle.  This includes understanding the customization path in the solutions, the table structures, and the core functional Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay streams 
• SAP Namespace development a plus
• Experience writing documentation for ERP implementations 
• Experience managing and developing team members for these types of implementations 
• Experience in public accounting is a plus
• Strong computer skills required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel as needed
• The base salary range for this position in the firm's Chicago, IL office only is between between $136,000 and $204,000. 
• The base salary range for this position in the firm's Los Angeles, CA, Bellevue, WA and New York, NY office only is between $146,000 to $220,300. 
• The base salary range for this position in the firm's San Francisco and San Jose office only is between $156,400 to $234,600.