Principal Analyst, Tax Systems

Vertex Inc. • Boston, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Business Engagement & Technology Principal Analyst for Tax Systems will partner with business leadership in the Corporate Tax group to develop capabilities and systems roadmaps that align to support business strategy. Additionally, the Business Engagement & Technology Principal Analyst for Tax Systems will ensure team members maintain reliable, scalable and compliant systems that easily meet business needs by efficient delivery and enhancements that provide opportunities for developing and implementing innovative solutions and integrations.

Requirements

• Experience in configuring ERP solutions like Oracle E-Business Suite and/or SAP to achieve indirect tax compliance is required
• In-depth knowledge in the core disciplines of project management, business analysis, solution design, delivery, testing and training
• Experienced in building productive partnerships with business stakeholders and aligning them around a recommendation/solution
• Strong understanding of the business, processes, and any appropriate regulatory environments
• Results oriented contributor with a proven track record of on-time project delivery for large, complex projects with global stakeholders
• Able to manage own workload with minimal direction
• Very strong written and verbal communication skills and strong ability to present complex or sensitive information in a clear and concise manner to various technical and non-technical audiences
• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and prioritization skills
• Strong system life cycle expertise
• Good knowledge of running IT managed services or outsourced/ offshore teams
• Very strong MS Office skills, including MS Project & Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in Agile methodology
• Bachelor's degree in technology discipline or equivalent
• 6 years relevant business systems in the Life Sciences industry, or the equivalent combination of education and experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in supporting Indirect and Direct Tax using existing applications like Coupa Business Spend Management, Oracle E-Business Suite, Workiva, OneSource Tax Provision is highly desirable
• Experience in supporting Direct and Indirect Tax using existing technologies like Alteryx Analytics, Snowflake Data Cloud is desirable
• Experience in implementing Notice-Ninja or equivalent solution to manage Tax Notices (Federal/State/Direct/Indirect) & Audits is desirable

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert and become a trusted partner of the business leaders within their remit (Corporate Tax)
• Understand their needs and vision, and deliver technology solutions to support and enable their goals and objectives
• Provide insights on how technology can improve business processes to enable operating efficiencies and support the achievement of business goals and objectives.
• Help refine and execute the technology strategy by leading the evaluation, selection, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of technology solutions
• Translate accounting requirements into functional specifications for system enhancements or new implementations
• Support testing, validation, and deployment of system changes related to revenue processing.
• Partner with DTE teams to ensure proper integration of data flows between upstream and downstream accounting systems
• Stay up to date on latest system capabilities as they relate to both the existing on-prem instance or Oracle as well as cloud features (including AI capabilities as a differentiator)
• Develop and maintain a long term life cycle plan for the ongoing maintenance and management of systems.
• Work closely with DTE Compliance, Internal Audit, and Quality Assurance groups as needed to ensure compliance with all appropriate regulations, as well as our DTE system lifecycle and change management requirements

Benefits

• inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations
• From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level