Tax Senior

Deloitte Tax LLP seeks a Tax Senior in Chicago, Illinois.

Work You’ll Do
Work with a team of tax professionals to implement new tax software products and optimize the services provided via existing products. Provide an integrated approach to process improvement that can help the tax department maximize its strategic value to the organization. Tailor consulting methodologies to identify improvement opportunities. Advise clients on the business impact of implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Utilize tax technology applications experience to address a corporate tax functions unique needs, requirements and obligations and develop comprehensive solutions to ensure tax-critical financial information is captured and accessible in ERP systems. Solve complex tax issues as they arise. Present research findings to senior management. Inform clients of tax software developments that affect their business, as well as help clients to interpret and integrate such tax considerations into their business strategy. Address the challenges of multi-jurisdictional tax operations, including tax compliance, reporting, and risk management for direct and indirect taxes. Assess clients' current organizational capabilities and use data to create a roadmap for transformation. Interview clients. Mentor and coach junior staff. Will commute within the Chicago, IL area to consult with clients concerning the above job duties.

Requirements:  

Employer will accept a Bachelor's (or higher) degree in Accounting, Applied Statistics, Taxation, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and eighteen (18) months of experience as a Tax Senior or related occupation gaining experience integrating tax technology solutions to implement tax process automation.

Experience must include eighteen (18) months of:

• Integrating tax technology solutions utilizing corporate tax technical skills to implement tax process automation;
• Reviewing business process, work papers, or tax returns to gather tax requirements, and reviewing functional specification documents to identify tax impact;
• Performing tax package evaluation, solution design, development, implementation, system configuration and testing;
• Designing and implementing a blend of direct tax systems and advanced automation via data wrangling and data analytics tools;
• Integrating financial and tax systems modules for direct income tax and provisions;
• Integrating financial and tax systems modules for indirect taxes (transaction tax);
• Drafting test scenarios related to direct and indirect tax for testing, and resolving any defects;
• Gathering and documenting direct tax or indirect tax requirements for business and performing system fit, gap, and impact analysis;
• Implementing tax systems and tax solutions, including requirements analysis, design of solution configuration of system and testing go-live, developing solutions for implementing direct tax tools, including Corptax and OneSource, that integrate with Oracle/SAP; and
• Developing business cases to justify decisions for implementing tax systems.
• Less than 10% travel outside normal commuting distance.

Other
Hours: M-F, 40 hours/week;
Annual Salary: $87,010.00 - $161,590.00

If offered employment, must have legal right to work in U.S. EOE, including disability/veterans.