Tax Transformation And Automation Manager

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 excel. 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, you'll 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 project's 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:

Bachelor's 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 $136,000 to 204,000.
The base salary range for this position in our Newport Beach, CA, Bellevue, WA and New York, NY office only is between $146,900 to $220,300.
The base salary range for this position in our San Francisco and San Jose only is between $156,400 to $234,600.

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