Manager Portfolio Tax Reporting and Strategy, PwC (Flexible base)

Who We Are

We're the leading UK provider of tax services in terms of the reputation, size and scope of our practice. The work we do is diverse and our clients span a range of industries, from multinational organisations, to entrepreneurs and family businesses.

Our goal is to provide a technology enabled service you can be a part of, working alongside people with experience in developing solutions for our clients.Our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. It’s this focus that influence the services we provide and decisions we make.

We seek to attract the best people from a diverse talent pool and encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. This is what makes us a strong organisation with an increasingly agile workforce which is why we’ve introduced Everyday Flexibility, encouraging you to balance work and life. ‘Dress for your Day’ lets you choose what you feel is appropriate to wear for each working day.

The Opportunity

TRS are expanding their Tax Technology & Transformation delivery capability to address increasing demand in the market. With an unparalleled client base this opportunity represents a real tangible chance to work within a specialist team and help shape and build one of PwC’s priority businesses. You will be fully supported by the Tax Reporting & Strategy leadership teams in helping you achieve your goals.We are looking to add a team member at manager grade who will work on large scale transformation programmes including scoping, design and implementation of tax technology solutions to automate clients’ processes across different taxes and regulatory obligations. This means leveraging ERP system capabilities and other disruptive technologies (AI, Machine learning, Data & Analytics).

We are flexible where you will be based as long as you are able to travel to our London office when required.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to being:-

Participating in the identification of technology solutions and process changes for our clients across different tax areas (indirect tax, corporate tax, withholding tax etc.)
Service proposition development and subsequent execution of the delivery of the service offerings
Identifying opportunity areas for new ways to leverage clients’ existing technology stack and participate in the iterative development
Working with blue chip clients across a broad spectrum of sectors.
Gathering tax requirements (across all taxes) as part of a wider ERP implementation / finance transformation programme.

As part of our growing team you’ll be responsible for the day to day delivery of projects, working closely with both senior and junior members of the team to provide outstanding service to our clients.

Essential Qualification & Skills

We are looking for a high quality candidate, motivated by a desire to work within the fast moving environment and be capable of dealing with the technical demands that this will bring.

You will have:

An understanding of how finance operates with large multinational organisations and/or
Experience in ERPs, finance consolidation systems or Management Information systems.
Been involved in Data & Analytics, finance system integration and/or tax technology projects,an understanding of the broader digitisation of the tax agenda
Experience of dealing with real time reporting requirements (desirable but not essential)
Tax technical knowledge in direct and/or indirect taxes
Experience in process redesign
Project management experience
Proven ability to work independently within a broader project
Track record of participating in tax technology, finance systems or management information systems projects
Understanding of the wider digitisation of tax agenda
Experience in operating tax systems or finance / management information systems (particularly SAP and S/4HANA).

Desirable skills:

Experience in tax control framework, governance, taxonomies definition and implementation
Experience in Shared Service Centres implementation
Experience in compliance and reporting
We understand that applicants may not feel comfortable in applying for a role unless they fully meet the requirements as advertised.
We want to encourage people to apply who may not fully meet the requirements but still have relevant skills and experience to fulfil the role.

Tax

We help organisations and the people who run them answer the big business questions. How should we raise finance? Where should we be based? How should we reward our people? With some 3,300 experts whose expertise covers every conceivable area of taxation, we’re one of the UK’s leading tax practices.

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The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.
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Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.
Learn more here www.pwc.com/uk/diversity