Associate Director – Tax transformation and technology (Oracle/Microsoft Dynamics 365)

Associate Director – Tax transformation and technology (Oracle/Microsoft Dynamics 365) Tax transformation and technology (Oracle / Microsoft Dynamics 365) Location: London/Reading/Bristol (hybrid) Level: Associate Director Team: Digital Tax Consulting Team Role overview We are looking for an Associate Director to lead the delivery of tax-focused ERP projects, with a primary focus on Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics 365 (although experience with other systems is beneficial), with the opportunity to support on wider tax technology projects. This is a senior, client-facing role, supporting businesses with optimising their ERP systems and data for tax, both during and post implementation. As an Associate Director, you will own the end-to-end delivery of projects for clients, whilst leading and coaching multi-disciplinary teams, and representing the practice in front of Heads of Tax, CFOs and IT Directors.

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Responsibilities

• What you will do Own end-to-end delivery of tax projects within Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics 365, managing scope, budget, risk and quality
• Leading a range of projects from supporting clients with ERP reviews and remediation to gathering tax requirements, solution design, testing and go live support during ERP implementations
• Work cross service line i.e. with finance transformation and technology teams to ensure tax requirements are embedded across ERP programmes
• Support, develop and help maintain alliances with third party technology providers and system integrators
• Act as a senior point of contact on engagements, building and holding relationships with Tax, Finance and IT stakeholders
• Lead and coach project teams, developing junior members of the team through review, delegation and day-to-day guidance Own engagement risk and quality: apply firm policies and procedures, maintain appropriate documentation, and ensure compliance with internal quality standards and external regulatory expectations
• identify and shape new ERP-related tax opportunities, lead proposals and bids, and contribute to thought leadership that builds the firm's market position
• refine delivery methodology, build reusable accelerators and tools, and support recruitment and capability building within the team
• Key skills and experience
• Strong stakeholder management (of finance transformation and IT teams as well as senior tax stakeholders) A track record of business development: proposal writing, client relationship building, and converting engagement work into follow-on opportunities

Requirements

• Experience delivering tax workstreams within ERP implementation projects (Oracle and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365) in a consulting, professional services, or in-house tax technology environment
• Strong working knowledge and hands-on experience of how tax determination, reporting and compliance requirements are configured within Oracle and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365 (or experience with other systems)
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder technology engagements, managing budget, risk and quality
• managing, coaching and developing team members across multiple concurrent engagements
• Sound understanding of engagement risk, quality standards and regulatory expectations in a professional services environment

Additional advantageous experience

• Professional tax or accounting qualification (e.g., CTA, ACA, ACCA) or equivalent
• Experience leading global rollout programmes spanning multiple countries and jurisdictions
• Experience with implementing point tax solutions i.e. E-invoicing, VAT compliance solutions, Tax engines, Tax reporting etc.

Preferred

• Familiarity with data analytics or automation tools (Alteryx, Power BI, SQL, Python)