Ryan
Senior Manager, Transaction Tax Transformation and Automation
Job Posted 10 Days Ago
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The Senior Manager manages tax automation projects, overseeing scope, timelines, client relationships, and technical guidance to staff, ensuring transformative delivery of solutions.
Why Ryan?
Hybrid Work Options
Award-Winning Culture
Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
401K with Employer Match
Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
Fertility Assistance Program
Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service
Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results
People:
- Provides supervision, coaching, mentorship and training to staff as required.
- Provides project management support to the delivery team as they configure tax automation software solutions and assumes responsibility for day-to-day project management duties.
- Creates and executes project workplans and enforces proper methodology and standards.
Client:
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of projects.
- Oversees the creation of custom solutions for client tax automation and process needs.
- Oversees the creation of client deliverable documentation, including creating, composing, and editing written materials.
- Oversees technical delivery for including development of Alteryx workflows, tax engine or ERP configurations, and the development of a custom solution.
- Reviews documentation and deliverables created by the project team, confirming business and system processes performed for tax determination, and works with the team and clients to help review, define, and document existing and proposed transaction tax processes.
- Develops project workplans and timelines associated with project deliverables.
- Creates processes to track adherence to project timelines and budgets, helping drive project profitability and efficiencies.
- Manages and validates data gathering, extraction, and analysis of client data.
- Manages client data acquisition to support the tax technology services on a required basis.
- Travels to client locations to gather requirements, review processes, and perform other tax technology services as necessary.
- Provides management support to client service teams and clients.
- Prepares and distributes weekly project status reports to all project stakeholders.
Value:
- Manages projects and teams who deliver solutions that are transformative in nature and eliminates challenging areas for clients throughout the transaction lifecycle (Tax Policy, Tax Determination, Compliance, Audit Support, Tax Planning)
- Leads new process designs for tax transformation which includes tax determination, data enablement supporting the tax organization and other transformational areas.
- Leads implementation, testing, maintenance, and support of software, based on technical design specifications.
- Leads or facilities architecture and code reviews.
- Performs management review of technical design specifications, based on functional requirements and analysis documents.
- Reviews functional requirements, analysis, and design documents and provides feedback.
- Investigates software development tools.
- Analyzes existing business and system processes.
- Documents business and system processes performed for tax determination.
- Leads development, installation, and configuration tax automation software solutions.
- Oversees creation, execution, and documentation of testing scenarios.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Management Information Systems or Information Technology and Management, and a minimum of seven hours of Accounting.
- Five to ten years related tax automation and technology experience.
- Experience leading a team, supervising, coaching, mentoring and training staff as required.
- Experience leading requirements gathering and design workshops and documenting solutions for review by management.
- Strong solution minded and design skills required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Experience with complex software development projects through all phases of the software development life cycle.
- Working knowledge of software such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools (Automation Anywhere, UiPath, BluePrism), Data ETL tools (Alteryx, PowerQuery, Dataiku, Tableau Prep, Knime), and data visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau).
- Experience with Generative AI & LLM is a plus.
Computer Skills:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
- Working knowledge of software such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools (Automation Anywhere, UiPath, BluePrism), Data ETL tools (Alteryx, PowerQuery, Dataiku, Tableau Prep, Knime), and data visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau).
- Experience with Generative AI & LLM is a plus.
- ERP knowledge specific to tax determination and finance. Experience with SAP ECC / HANA is a plus.
- Tax Technology software experience (OneSource Determination, Vertex O Series, Vertex Returns, OneSource Compliance) is also a plus.
Certificates and Licenses:
- Valid driver’s license required.
Work Environment:
- Standard indoor working environment.
- Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
- Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm and interface with external vendors as necessary.
- Independent travel requirement: Up to 15%.
Compensation:
- For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,500.00 - $213,400.00
- For other California based locations, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,500.00 - $195,800.00
- For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,500.00 - $187,000.00
- For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,500.00 - $213,400.00
- For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $161,500.00 - $195,800.00
- The Company makes offers based on many factors, including qualifications and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation.
#DICE
Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran
Top Skills
Alteryx
Dataiku
Hana
Knime
Onesource Compliance
Onesource Determination
Power BI
Powerquery
Robotic Process Automation (Rpa) Tools
Sap Ecc
Tableau
Tableau Prep
Vertex O Series
Vertex Returns
Ryan Bellevue, Washington, USA Office
10500 NE 8th St, Suite 1400, Bellevue, WA, United States, 98004
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