Senior Manager (Indirect Tax)

Gdańsk

Senior Manager (Indirect Tax)
Gdańsk
NR REF.: 1129836


Your new company

Thomson Reuters

Your new role

A new, fast-growing center in Gdańsk is looking for experienced managers. Join the Indirect Tax team and cooperate with teams from all around the world.

• Manage and develop a growing professional services team based in Poland, focusing on implementation of Thomson Reuters’ products for companies, predominately though not exclusively, those focused on indirect tax compliance. Supervise the work the team - allocating resources, prioritising tasks, coaching, delegating, and managing performance appraisal/development. Also recruiting new joiners as required and facilitating their on-boarding and ramping up.

• Manage professional services engagements and take ownership of deliverables to ensure quality implementations through the phases of project initiation, design, build, test, deployment and post go-live support as necessary.

• Act as a key point of contact and escalation point for customers during implementation projects. Identify and develop opportunities for additional professional services.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders. Liaise internally with product, content and sales teams as required, as well as with external implementation partners. Play a key role in supporting the sales team to demonstrate the value of professional services and produce work estimates and statements of work (SOWs).

• Ensure operational requirements, standards and best practices are factored into plans. Contribute to ongoing refinement and development of operational requirements and standards. Assess implementation processes for improvements and efficiencies across the project management phases, drawing from personal experience, market trends and emerging technologies to deliver an enhanced customer experience.

• Monitor project budgets, including backlog and revenue forecasting, as well as team utilisation and client billing.

What you'll need to succeed

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of international indirect tax requirements and regulations.

• Proven experience in enterprise software implementations, project life cycles and software implementation methodologies, particularly those focused on indirect tax. A working knowledge of ERP systems, particularly SAP, is also required.

• Project management and team leadership, possibly gained through working for a consulting or professional services organization e.g. a systems integrator, Global 7 professional services firm etc.

• Ability to independently coach, mentor, and motivate project teams to influence a positive, accountable, and collaborative approach

• Effectively communicate project expectations to all team members and stakeholders including management, business representatives, partners, customers, and consultants.

• Fluency in English is required and other European languages, particularly German, would be beneficial.

Desired Skills:

• Experience of implementing ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Compliance or a similar product.

• ERP experience, particularly SAP experience (ABAP, FICO, SD & MM).

• Knowledge or experience of other tax and accounting technology implementation, for example, statutory reporting or global trade would be a bonus.

Education/ Certifications:

• Candidate must be educated to degree level or equivalent.

• A recognised qualification in tax or accounting e.g. ACA, ACCA, CTA etc

• Project management (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2) desirable, but not essential

What you'll get in return

• Job in an international, dynamic environment

• Intensive training package

• Well-being scheme including private healthcare and Multisport card

• Company social incentives

• High standards of ethics in the workplace

• Networking opportunities

• 2 additional days off for voluntary activities

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