Indirect Tax Technology Manager
Job Summary：
Trane Technologies seeks an Indirect Tax Technology Manager to join the North America(“NA”) Indirect Tax Technology Team based in Davidson, North Carolina. The main goal of this position is to lead the NA Indirect Tax technology team including business implementations of tools, maintenance of existing processes that support the business unit indirect tax requirements and identify opportunities to increase efficiencies through standardization and automation of our tax processes and systems across NA regions. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to propose and execute on the implementation of innovative solutions to support the company in its objective to be compliant with Indirect Tax requirements. The position supports the implementation and the tax configuration of multiple applications including Vertex O Series tax engine and Oracle R12. Also, the position supports existing tools for transaction processing, cashflow optimization and indirect tax filings. The successful candidate will be required to work cross-functionally with business unit implementation teams to support the company in completing business-critical projects.
Responsibilities:
• Assist the project team with the implementation of Vertex O Series, Oracle R12, and Salesforce, including but not limited to:
o Partnering with the business unit and its implementation team to identify and communicate the applicable business and indirect tax requirements.
o Integrating, designing, configuring, and implementing Vertex tax engine for enterprise applications and billing systems for both sales and purchasing activities.
o Validating/correcting the transaction flows and tax treatment during the testing cycles.
o Preparing functional specification documents for tax engine integration with multiple systems.
o Advisory support with the review of the indirect tax determination tool (Vertex).
• Develop processes for ongoing maintenance of indirect tax logic rules in tax engine.
• Provide guidance and support the business with systems and process impact resulting from changes in US tax rules/regulations.
• Support the on-boarding of the new indirect tax activities at each go-live of Oracle R12/Vertex.
• Support Oracle upgrades and regression testing of the Vertex tax engine, where applicable.
• Collaborate with the worldwide indirect tax team to ensure accurate optimized solutions are in place.
• Collaborate with third-party vendor product teams (i.e. Oracle, Vertex, CertifyTax and other Tax partners) to optimize the use of the solutions and resolve issues, if any
• Oversee relationship as primary contact with external service providers that assist with implementations to ensure resources are being efficiently and effectively handled and that business needs are being met.
• Monitor legislative, case law, and other changes in indirect tax guidance or practice, determine the impact to the company and propose implementation measures.
• Tax Technology training to the team as required as well as other stakeholders.
• Continue to build strong relationships between Tax, Accounting, Business, IT and other relevant departments in order to implement tax (compliance) demands.
• Verify that content updates are applied correctly, troubleshoot tax calculation issues, and ensure that all systems are tested for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify tax technology needs, including opportunities for process improvements, automation, efficiency gains and application of tax process and technology best practices through the use of existing technology and the implementation of new technology and analytics.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or equivalent.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with large-scale Tax Technology projects and deployments in a multinational environment.
• Strong Indirect Tax Technical knowledge required.
• Experience with indirect tax compliance matters, preferred.
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP required and knowledge of Vertex O Series Tax engine, preferred.
• Strong information technology skills: Alteryx, Tableau, SQL, preferred.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Problem solver, results oriented that has a proven track record of taking ownership of projects and initiatives.
• Able to work both independently and able to manage competing priorities in a high-paced environment.
What’s in it for you:
- Benefits kick in on day one!
- 6% 401K match, additional 2% core contribution = 8% overall match
- 3 weeks of vacation, plus site paid holidays
- Benefits*: Trane-Technologies-Benefits-Offered.pdf
Base Pay Range: $114,400-144,000
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.