SAP Tax Manager, Global Trade Services (GTS)

Global Trade Advisory Practice Opportunity

As a practitioner within Deloitte's Global Trade Advisory Practice, you will have the opportunity to help clients get the most from their SAP investments and help position businesses for the evolving digital economy. Ready to reimagine your career possibilities? This is your chance to take your career to the next level.

Work you will do :

Deliver complex projects in a fast-paced, team environment

Lead and assist Customer and Sales Operations pursuits and practice development initiatives

Promote and participate in forums for sharing expertise, strengthening Deloitte's collective knowledge, and helping resolve our clients' challenges

Collaborate on innovative solutions to bolster the future of the practice

Develop your knowledge of and gain project experience in SAP's newest and future solutions such as SAP S / 4 & SAP GTS, Edition for HANA

The team :

Our Global Trade Advisory practice is a national practice within Deloitte Tax LLP's International Tax business and advises U.S. and foreign multinational companies on global import and export strategies, compliance, and trade automation. Professionals will have hands-on access and exposure to the latest technologies and thought leaders. We work with clients who want us to bring design thinking into the future of their technology enabled business processes to improve their ability to react on the digital world and enable scalability, remove performance barriers, enable innovation, and modernize core systems and reimagine their business with SAP digital solutions.

Responsibilities include :

Perform assessments of existing information systems, and identify gaps between business requirements and / or current process / system capabilities during workshop sessions with business users

Working with clients to assess and deploy technology solutions to enable international trade management operations

Planning and compliance assistance, and exploration of automated import and export solutions

Develop customized solutions and draft functional design documentation utilizing strong skills in logical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and attention to detail

Support new business processes around global trade and other areas such as supply chain and other key functions

Deliver & provide implementation support for complex projects in a fast-paced, team environment

Promote and participate in forums for sharing expertise, strengthening Deloitte's collective knowledge, and helping resolve our clients' challenges

You will contribute to the development and growth of the SAP GTS practice globally.

Qualifications required :

Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2-3 days per week

Minimum 5 years' relevant SAP consulting or industry experience

Experience implementing one or more of the following SAP GTS Modules :

Compliance Management

Customs Management

Trade Preference

Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Technical or functional lead on at least 2 full-lifecycle SAP implementation

Operational / process design awareness, executive presence, strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to solve complex problems and easily communicate findings

Prior implementation or support work experience with SAP GTS

Experience with one or more SAP ECC or S / 4 modules : SD, MM, LE

Bachelor's degree in a legal, business or technology related field

Ability to travel up to 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries / sectors you serve

One of the following active accreditations obtained :

Licensed CPA in state of practice / primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA

If not CPA eligible, one of the other designations listed below based on role requirements and business approval :

Licensed attorney

Enrolled Agent

Certifications :

US Customhouse Broker's License

CUSECO (Certified U.S. Export Control Officer)

Where applicable, non-US citizen qualifying credentials :

Foreign equivalent of the above certifications

CUSICO (Certified US Import Compliance Officer)

Professional Accreditation in EU Customs Law (post masters)

Technology Certifications :

CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional

Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager

Certified SAFe Architect

Certified SAFe Agile Software Engineer

Certified SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager

Certified SAFe Agilist

Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master

Certified SAFe Scrum Master

Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner

Certified SAFe Practitioner

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSCPO) - SCRUM.org and Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified SAFe - Certified Business Analysis Professional + Program Management Professional (PgMP)

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Professional Scrum Developer (PSD)

Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)

QAI Global Institute Certification

Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA)

Open Group Certified IT Specialist (Open CITS)

IASA's Certified IT Architect (CITA) (Level F or A)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft MCSD Certification

MCSD : Web Applications

MCSD : SharePoint

MCSD : Application Lifecycle Management Solutions Developer

Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) -(ISC)2

Oracle Certified Professional + Java : Java EE Enterprise Architect 5+, Java SE 5+Programmer, Java EE 5+ Web Component Developer

ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)

UX or UX Master Certification

Alteryx Designer- Advanced Certification

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Certified Ssecure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)

ASQ - American Society for Quality - Software Quality Engineer

SEI - Software Engineering Institute Certification

Lifecycle Management and Advanced Functional Testing Certifications (HP)

Project Management; Professional (PMP)

Six Sigman (Green or Black Belt)

ITIL Certification

Other : Vendor certification for management of implementations (Oracle, SAP, Thomson Reuters, etc.) or relevant industry certification such as Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), AWS (Amazon Web Services) or GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Preferred :

Education with SAP focus (any of the following) : S / 4 or ECC Sales and Distribution, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Material Master, Transportation Management.

Software aptitude in PowerPoint, MS Project, Access, Excel, and / or Visio

Experience presenting to clients or other decision makers

SAP SD / MM, S4HANA or similar certifications

Knowledge of export regulations including ITAR / EAR

Demonstrated interest in international trade or international business

Strong research, writing, verbal communication, and project management skills

Ability to work with ambiguity

Ability to bring 'out of the box' solution design that is aligned to leading practices and differentiated business outcome

Understanding of end-to-end processes and attention to detailed design

Strong team and organizational skills, ability to self-manage time and tasks

Ability to manage client and cross functional team expectations

Technology interest, problem solving, awareness of cutting-edge solutions

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at