Tax Transformation and Automation, Manager (Direct Tax)

Description

As the Tax Transformation and Automation Manager you will work with large publicly owned and private companies to evaluate existing processes and challenges across the tax function make recommendations for improvements and follow through with tax process design and solution implementation for your clients across a wide variety of industries all with the resources environment and support to help you will collaborate with team members practice leadership and our diverse client base as well as play a key role in project planning and management delivery testing and go-live support of these engagements because together is how we succeed. From day one youll be empowered by managing a team of professionals and coordinating day-to-day activities to ensure that projects are on time and within budget based on the projects scope to meet client needs and help you achieve more confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

• Participating in sales and marketing efforts including speaking engagements drafting proposals and attending sales meetings
• Managing and leading several active projects
• Develop and deliver key project documentation including requirements documents design documents and test plans
• Serve as the Project Manager for third-party tax software implementations (ex: Corptax ONESOURCE Oracle TRCS Longview Bloomberg) and custom software development projects
• Work closely with clients to gather feedback on their issues and translate to Grant Thornton service offerings that support their overall tax objectives; team with tax subject matter specialists to bring complete professional expertise to our clients
• Assist with developing and leading staff to enable them to perform core project activities; supervise several staff resources during long term projects
• Participate in sales and proposal development meetings; network and develop key relationships both within Grant Thornton and externally
• Manage a broad range of complex tax technology projects from commencement to completion and a proven track record of delivering projects to a wide range of clients.
• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or other related technical field
• Secondary degree or minor in: Management Information Systems (MIS) computer science or data analytics is preferred
• Five to ten years of public accounting consulting or industry experience
• Certified Public Accountant or other professional designation is required
• Working knowledge of data management and data analytics concepts
• Strong foundational understanding of tax concepts
• Experience with tax technical matters for example: Accounting for Income Taxes (ASC 740) corporate consolidated returns partnership returns
• Experience with tax technology such as Corptax ONESOURCE Oracle TRCS Longview
• Experience with data analytics transformation and visualization tools such as Alteryx Microsoft Power BI Tableau
• Strong computer skills required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel as needed. Expect up to 40% travel
• The base salary range for this position in our Chicago IL office only is between $136000 to 204000.
• The base salary range for this position in our Newport Beach CA Bellevue WA and New York NY office only is between $146900 to $220300.
• The base salary range for this position in our San Francisco and San Jose only is between $156400 to $234600.

Required Experience:

Manager