Tax Director

Requisition ID # 162379 

Job Category: Accounting / Finance 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Customer & Enterprise Solutions

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

Enterprise Business Processes is a cross-functional organization that is leading PG&E’s Propel program, a major business and technology modernization program to unlock customer value by simplifying the way we work together. Propel will migrate PG&E to the new version of SAP, S/4HANA, seizing this unique opportunity for PG&E to standardize business processes, clean the technology core, and enable innovation for breakthrough change across Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, and Information Technology. Through a phased approach, Propel will implement process standardization, operating model changes, data improvements, SAP, and other technology applications with a focus on incrementally improving business capabilities and delivering value. Enterprise Business Processes is comprised of multi-disciplinary coworkers with deep functional and industry expertise to design and implement end-to-end business processes and technology solutions following industry leading practices. The team partners closely with IT and external partners to work collaboratively with many stakeholders to adopt standard processes and maximize use of out-of-the-box proven technology solutions to meet business needs. Each role in this department offers immense career growth potential and a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to accelerate the outcomes of our True North Strategy and deliver for our customers. 

 

Project Overview

Propel is a PG&E program that will lead our migration to the new version of SAP: S/4 HANA. The transition from our current version of SAP, set to expire in 2027, provides a unique opportunity to standardize end-to-end processes, clean our technology core, and enable modernization and innovation across the company.  The scope of the project includes our business processes across finance, work and asset management, supply chain, and human resources.

 

For Finance, in scope are our Record to Report and Forecast to Plan major processes where we are looking to build future processes by streamlining, automating, and integrating end-to-end processes not only across Finance, but across all other relevant areas such as work and asset management, supply chain, and human resources.

 

Currently, we recently began the Enterprise Design phase (an integrated and coordinated design pahse that works across all areas of scope listed above) where we will create a process-driven, detailed outline of how S/4HANA will look across PG&E's business and application landscape. Following the Enterprise Design phase, we plan to launch Propel in four scheduled releases. This staged approach will allow us to learn from each release and make improvements. The specific order we're following will help us minimize business risk and day-to-day coworker impacts. 

 

Following the Enterprise Design phase, we plan to launch Propel in four scheduled releases. This staged approach will allow us to learn from each release and make improvements. The specific order we’re following will help us minimize business risk and day-to-day coworker impacts. 

 

Position Summary

The Tax Chief role will be instrumental in leading the design, testing, integration, automation and implementation of PG&E’s tax processes of the future.  Design topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Ensure tax sensitive data integrity is properly maintained and available throughout the tax life cycle 

• Deep dive into all significant tax processes to understand and determine best solutions for the processes in the new environment 

• Work with tax teams to develop the best design for tax data, analysis and automation ensuring accuracy and proper control 

• Ensure proper integration with PowerPlan tax modules and other platforms commonly used by the tax department 

 

The successful candidate will work closely with their Systems Integrator (SI) counterpart to run various workshops with SMEs throughout Finance and the Enterprise to eval