Indirect Tax​/ONESOURCE Consultant

Tax Consultant

Requirements for the Tax Consultant:

• 3+ years’ experience in Taxation, accounting and finance
• Specific expertise on international VAT compliance, cross‑border transactions, and tax code setup in SAP
• Preferable experience in tax code harmonization
• Experience in using tax automation products such as Vertex or One Source
• International tax reporting experience
• Experience with SAP S/4
  
  HANA
• Time spent on systems integration testing support and error fixing
• Preparation for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including design of test scripts and selecting test scenarios
• UAT test preparation and rectification of issues identified
• Some travel required (EU based)
• Candidate should be able to work on‑site in Surrey without restriction

Contract Details:
Start March 2020 – Duration: 12 months – Rate:
Based on Experience –

Location:

UK

Full time

Background:

• The successful candidate will produce a robust functional and technical design for an indirect tax solution for procurement, based on the integration between SAP Ariba and Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE.
• Responsible for gathering the tax requirements and translating them into a functional specification, configuration and defining an adequate testing scope (based on tax scope, e.g., tax decision trees).

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience with Thomson Reuters One Source (formerly Sabrix), ideally having worked on at least two prior implementation projects end‑to‑end.
• Sound knowledge of European VAT rules and requirements.
• Experience with One Source tax engine and configuration.
• Prior experience of integration between ONESOURCE and SAP Ariba as well as SAP FI.
• Experience in the oil industry or any multi‑country implementations is highly desirable.
• Exposure to working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Eligible and willing to undergo a background check prior to going on customer site.

Team responsibilities:
The Indirect and Operational Tax team is responsible for improving global processes relating to tax, transfer pricing and statutory accounts. This role supports the overall global transformation of indirect tax aligned with enterprise and global tax strategy and the new Tax & Stats TOM.

Travel:
This role will involve global travel for 30–40% of the time.