Indirect Tax Technology, Manager, Listed & Inbound

Job Description

We help our clients stay ahead of changes that impact their businesses, navigating complexity and risk. We deliver deep tax technical, people and legal expertise, while providing the critical context to make informed and compliant decisions. With clientsranging from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses, the work we do is diverse. We are looking for a Technology specialist with a focus on Indirect TaxDue to unprecedented growth PwC is looking for a manager to help with the drive in its Technology business supporting the Indirect Tax Reporting & Strategy group across its consulting space. With an unparalleled client base held by the team this opportunity represents a real tangible chance to work within a specialist team and help shape and build the business and team within our Indirect Tax Technology practice. You will be fully supported bythe Tax Technology, Indirect Tax and the Tax Reporting & Strategy leadership teams in helping you achieve all your goals. The candidates can be based in our Manchester, Birmingham or London office. About the roleOverall, we provide a full range of audit, tax and related financial advice to a portfolio of clients ranging from large multinationals to small local businesses. The team is committed to providing proactive tax, technology and business consultancy advice.As well as advising businesses of varying sizes, our clients operate across a diverse range of market sectors. We are essentially a consulting business and little of our work is routine. Projects range from one-off initiatives providing bespoke solutions to specific problems, through to implementing global systems and advising countries on new regimes for the firsttime. One thing is guaranteed: the indirect tax and tax reporting and strategy practices offer a wide variety of opportunities. One of the core areas the team works in is Customs reviews, implementations and the integration of indirect tax related software solutions and middleware into these. We are looking for a candidate to enhance our team in this key area and the candidate will need to be able to demonstrate credible experience and skills in the systems space: Key area:With a core technical solution level understanding of Customs solutions and a rounded appreciation of other indirect tax systems:

• Experience in the implementation and technical review of key financial and logistics modules and of methods of data extraction from these systems. Including SAP GTS (ideally E4H).

Aside from this key area any the following are not essential but will also be an advantage:

• Familiarity with core principles of data and system architecture
• Experience with various Customs applications
• Experience with various Trade applications
• Experience with indirect tax engines
• Experience of working in indirect tax (VAT and Duty and/or supply chain) accounting
• Experience of working from raw accounting data
• Advocates use of technology (over and above excel)
• Strong data analytics skills
• Able to read, understand and critique SQL queries
• Data manipulation (using various ETL tools and techniques)
• Familiarity with some common coding languages (Python, C#, Javascript)
• Familiarity with building and using visualisation software
• Able to communicate tax, data and technology concepts to non-specialists
• Experience of multi-territory indirect tax compliance
• Experience of:
  • Producing requirements documentation
  • Undertaking impact analysis and detailed design sessions with both developers and business teams
  • Creating, reviewing and completing test cases
• Project management support

The candidate will be a self-starter, have a passion and drive to take this forward and be able to provide a technical centre of excellence as part of our team.