UKI Indirect Tax - SAP, Director - London

Our high-profile Indirect Tax Transformation team, based primarily within our London office in the UK, focuses on assisting clients with transformation programmes and the operational management of VAT. This includes helping clients react to and adjust their VAT management approach because of the global trend towards tax authority digitisation. They advise clients on a wide range of operational, systems and technology projects, including ERP system VAT optimisation, process, controls, and supply chain, whilst also working with innovative technologies including machine learning and robotics.

The indirect tax transformation team works with a variety of organisations across all sectors. The business has been growing year on year and to seize the opportunities available in the market, the team requires new talent.

A key focus of this Indirect Tax Transformation team is SAP and we support clients with getting the most out of their SAP system from a tax perspective. We are a cross taxes multidisciplinary team, applying our range of experiences and skills, knowledge of best practice and practical hands-on experience throughout the SAP project lifecycle. This includes helping clients navigate an SAP implementation ensuring risks are managed and opportunities for tax are well understood and executed, optimise existing SAP set-up to better manage risk, drive efficiencies and reduce cash leakage, as well as implement future-proof solutions to manage taxes in a constantly changing tax and digital landscape.

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., An SAP-experienced Tax Director to support the growth of our SAP Tax practice and effectively deliver/implement Tax Transformation projects.

• Key member of the EY Tax Transformation team, delivering high quality SAP projects and advice to our clients based on experience and best practice

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service

• Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and growing your network

• Contribute to winning new work by supporting the business development and sales process, working with VAT/Tax client relationship owners

• Oversee and manage the successful delivery of tax SAP projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business-driven approach taken

• Team development and day-to-day coaching and talen development

• SAP Tax with experience of 3+ end-to-end SAP implementation projects, focussing on VAT/GST or Sales & Use Tax.

• Multi-country tax requirements gathering and deployment experience.

• Consulting background preferable but not required – used to interacting with clients and working on large-scale projects

• Proven high quality delivery and attention to detail

• Experience working in a large change programme environment and leading project teams

• Ability to work with clients in a consultative way; helping them translate their tax function’s business objectives, requirements into SAP solutions

• Ability to manage complex and senior stakeholders

• Ability to build and own trusted client relationships

• Ability to set strategic direction, develop routes-to-market and propositions

• Strong interpersonal, team and communication skills, both verbal and written

• Demonstrate ability to coach, work in teams, collaboration, customer centricity, service orientation and quality focus

To qualify for the role you must have

• Over 7 years’ experience in Tax transformation and SAP.

• Experience of 3+ major SAP implementation projects in a client facing role.

• Experience of VAT / GST / E-invoice configuration & related development in SAP

• Experience in project management within complex transformation/SAP programmes

• Experience of working with Systems Implementers and representing the Tax workstream

• Experience in developing and leading client relationships

• Able to lead tax workstreams, workshops and overall delivery independently

• Deep understanding and experience of testing cross-module (FI-SD, FI-MM) functionality

• Experience of solving business issues using SAP solutions on an on-going basis

Additional desired skills

• Good knowledge of tax technology solutions such as tax engines, digital tax authority solutions, data analytics and compliance tools

• Experienced in building effective relationships with other service lines/teams/alliance partners

• Experience working with planning, consolidation, and financial reporting processes

• Skills in SAP and Direct Tax data

• Skills in SAP and Transfer pricing data

• SAP tools like SAC, PaPM, DRC, Group Reporting, GTS are highly desired

• Previous experience with consulting firms

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

• Commitment for support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you