Products - Reinvention Partner Finance - Direct Tax Manager

We are seeking an experienced Direct Tax Manager – Tax Technology, Implementation & Transformation to lead and support complex tax transformation initiatives, with a primary focus on direct tax processes, tax provision, compliance, data, technology, and ERP/EPM implementations.

The ideal candidate combines strong direct tax knowledge with hands-on experience translating tax requirements into scalable technology solutions. This individual will work across Tax, Finance, Accounting, IT, and implementation teams to redesign processes, define business and functional requirements, support system configuration and testing, and drive successful deployment of tax technology solutions.

This role is well suited for someone with experience in consulting, corporate tax transformation, or large-scale finance and tax technology programs involving platforms such as Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle Tax Reporting Cloud Service (TRCS), Oracle EPM, SAP S/4

HANA, One Source, Corptax, or similar enterprise tax technologies.

Key Responsibilities Tax Transformation & Process Design Lead direct tax work streams within broader tax transformation, finance transformation, and ERP implementation programs.

Assess current-state direct tax processes and develop future-state operating models covering:

Income tax provision

Federal, state, and international income tax compliance

Tax data collection and management

Book-to-tax adjustments

Deferred tax Effective tax rate calculations

Tax forecasting

Tax reporting

Tax account reconciliation and close processes

Identify opportunities for standardization, automation, controls improvement, and reduction of manual spreadsheet-based activities.

Facilitate workshops with Tax, Finance, Accounting, IT, and business stakeholders to document requirements and design future-state processes.

Tax Technology Implementation Translate tax business and technical requirements into functional system requirements and solution designs.

Lead or support implementation of tax technologies such as:

Oracle TRCS / Oracle EPMOracle Cloud ERPSAP S/4

HANAThomson Reuters ONESOURCECorptax

Other direct tax, provision, compliance, and data-management platforms

Define requirements for entities, jurisdictions, tax accounts, tax attributes, book-to-tax differences, tax rates, ownership structures, tax adjustments, and reporting dimensions.

Develop configuration workbooks, process flows, functional design documents, mapping specifications, and business requirements.

Partner with technical teams on integrations between ERP, consolidation, EPM, tax applications, and data platforms.

Data, Integration & Automation Define tax data requirements and map source-system data to tax applications and reporting solutions.

Evaluate general ledger, subledger, consolidation, and other financial data required to support direct tax processes.

Design repeatable data collection and transformation processes that improve data quality and reduce manual intervention.

Identify opportunities to leverage workflow, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities within the tax operating model.

Testing & Deployment Develop tax-specific testing scenarios covering business requirements and end-to-end processes.

Lead or coordinate:

System Integration Testing (SIT)
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Data validation and reconciliation

Parallel testing

Cutover and deployment activities

Analyze defects and work with functional and technical teams to determine appropriate resolutions.

Support post-go-live stabilization and continuous improvement.

Project & Stakeholder Management Manage direct tax work streams, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and status reporting.

Coordinate activities across Tax, Controllership, Finance, IT, ERP/EPM teams, external advisors, and system integrators.

Communicate tax requirements clearly to technology teams and explain technology implications to tax stakeholders.

Develop executive-level materials that clearly articulate business issues, solution options, benefits, risks, and implementation considerations.

Manage multiple priorities and deliverables in complex global transformation environments.

Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Information Systems, or a related field.

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in corporate tax, tax technology, tax transformation, finance transformation, or consulting.

Preferred Qualifications CPA, MST, JD/LLM in Taxation, or comparable professional qualification.

Big Four, large consulting firm, tax technology…