Tax - Indirect Tax Technology Manager

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Tax

Industry/Sector
Technology

Specialism
VAT/GST

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
We are looking for an ITX Technology manager with strong VAT IT, business, technical, analytical and commercial skills and be able to apply your knowledge across the team.

In your role you will work with clients throughout the delivery and support lifecycle of technology solutions and may be asked to help with technical questions during the sales cycle. You will be a self starter and capable of working individually or in small groups both co-located and as part of a virtual global team. Although you will have local PwC office support, you will be comfortable acting on your own initiative. You will be mobile and prepared to support a regional team.

You will have a client facing role and must present well and be capable of clear and concise communication, including explaining ITX Technology concepts to clients who may not understand all the work being undertaken. You will build relationships with client IT/VAT staff during implementation phases and support the local PwC client relationship manager. You will become an expert on all current ITX Technology solutions and be a first point of contact for both internal and external clients wanting to understand how the solutions function.

Required skills & experience:

- Data manipulation, analytics and visualisation skills as well as experience using BI reporting tools (such as Power BI, Tableau, and Qlikview)
- Experience in Indirect Tax
- Able to communicate tax, data and technology concepts to non-specialists
- Advocates use of technology (over and above excel)
- Experience in the implementation and functional review of key financial and logistics modules and of methods of data extraction from ERP, accounting information systems and tax engines
- A working knowledge of ERP software - with a core technical understanding of SAP and/or Oracle and a rounded appreciation of other ERP and accounting information systems
- Experience of working from raw accounting data from other systems

Requirements

Ideal candidate would be

- Passionate and enthusiastic- and is excited by starting projects from scratch, is a 'doer' and can drive delivery of projects
- Has strong communication and interpersonal skills - with the ability to communicate with all internal and client stakeholders effectively
- Has Proven organisational skills - with the ability to project manage implementations with the assistance of the indirect tax teams
- Process driven and capable of delivering in a consistent manner
- Problem solver and enjoy the logic challenges presented by data work
- Expected to live by the PwC core values and fully integrate yourself in PwC culture.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.