Tax Technology & Transformation Manager
Join PwC Ireland's Tax Technology & Transformation team as a Manager and be part of our dynamic Partner-led team with diverse Tax, Finance and IT backgrounds. Our team works with market-leading clients across various industry sectors to advise on and implement the right technology solutions for tax.
About Us
PwC Ireland is a leading Tax practice with a strong presence in the Irish market. We offer a range of services, including tax consulting, compliance, and advisory, to help our clients navigate the complexities of tax laws and regulations.
Our Work
* We support organisations with all aspects of tax technology across all tax heads, including:
* The development of long-term tax function tax technology strategies and alignment of same with wider business operating model objectives;
* The design, build, and implementation of tax solutions using best-in-class artificial intelligence, robotics, data extraction, transformation, and analytics functionality;
* The implementation of our market-leading tax compliance and reporting solutions as well as tax workflow management and PwC-hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions;
* The optimisation of core Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to support the delivery of data in fit-for-purpose for tax process execution.
What Does This Role Offer?
This role combines tax technical expertise with technology and systems improvement opportunities, enabling you to drive positive tax ground-breaking objectives and deliver a more efficient tax function for our clients. Your specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
* Leading go-to-market business development initiatives while continuing to research and integrate best-in-class emerging technologies;
* Interpretation and documentation of client's tax and business requirements to support the future state systems design ambition and appropriate mix of tax technology solutions;
* Being responsible for project delivery teams in designing, building, and integrating tax technology-enabled solutions for clients;
* Building strong relationships and working across key client stakeholder groups (transfer pricing, corporate tax, indirect tax, finance, IT, etc.) as well as working with PwC specialists internally and across PwC's global network;
* Motivating the team to perform at their best, make a difference, and deliver results, while providing mentorship and guidance allowing them to stretch to their full potential.
About You - Key Skills and Competencies
* A minimum 5+ years' experience in a tax or tax technology-related role, ideally gained in a top-tier accounting firm, corporate, business consulting, or legal environment;
* Experience in tax or tax technology consultancy-related roles working with tax-related solutions in ERP systems and/or tax engines (SAP, Oracle, MSFT Dynamics, OneSource, Vertex, or other);
* Certification or extensive experience in agile technology and analytic solutions preferable (MS VBA, SQL, MS Power Apps, Alteryx, Tableau, UiPath);
* Deep technical and project management capabilities from leading and delivering large and sophisticated tax transformation projects;
* Experience with a Big 4 firm, large ERP/consulting organisation multinational company with tax-related experience preferable;
* Strong academic record (ACA/CTA or equivalent qualification preferable);
* Innovative and bold to develop business opportunities in order to generate growth within the tax technology and transformation offering and the firm;
* Superb communication skills both written and verbal;
* Leadership – commitment and experience to developing yourself, your clients, and your business.