SME - SAP Tax

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Your Role: SAP Tax Functional Consultant (Global)

We are seeking an experienced SAP Tax Functional Consultant to support the global design, delivery, and operation of SAP Tax capabilities across our ERP landscape. Working under the strategic and technical guidance of the Tax Tech Lead, this role is responsible for executing and supporting SAP tax processes, tax engine integrations, statutory compliance, and tax technology initiatives. The consultant will serve as the primary functional expert for SAP Tax, partnering with Finance, Tax, Procurement, Order-to-Cash, and external vendors to deliver compliant, scalable, and efficient tax solutions.

Your Responsibilities

Global SAP Tax Process Ownership

• Own the day-to-day support and execution of global SAP Tax processes across SAP FI, MM, SD, VIM, Concur, and related finance applications.
• Lead functional support for statutory reporting, e-invoicing, Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC), Intrastat, withholding tax, deferred tax, rebate settlements, and country-specific compliance requirements.
• Provide functional expertise for country-specific tax regimes including Brazil, Turkey, EU, Russia, India, and the United States.

Tax Engine & System Integrations

• Manage SAP tax determination integrations with external tax engines including OneSource and related tax applications.
• Support tax determination flows including IDOCs, XML, APIs, tax exceptions, and reconciliation processes.
• Support integrations with OneSource, Deloitte Extractor, MasterSAF, Sovos, EXA, OneStream, Thomson Reuters solutions (OSR, Legal Tracker), EDWIN, and other tax applications.

Transfer Pricing & Solution Delivery

• Support the implementation of SAP Transfer Pricing solutions.
• Contribute functional expertise to solution design while working within the architectural standards established by the Tax Tech Lead.

Data Automation & Innovation

• Develop and maintain Alteryx workflows for tax data extraction, reconciliation, statutory reporting, and compliance activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve tax operations through automation.

Solution Delivery & Continuous Improvement

• Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable SAP functional solutions.
• Prepare functional specifications, process documentation, workflows, and implementation designs.
• Support enhancements, projects, upgrades, testing, and production deployments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Support

• Partner closely with Tax, Finance, Procurement, O2C, P2P, VIM, Concur, Enterprise Architecture, and external implementation partners.
• Provide guidance to Global Process Owners (GPOs), business users, developers, and project teams on SAP tax capabilities.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Educational Background: A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Experience in the life science, animal health, or a related regulated industry

Additional Information:

• Travel: 0%
• Location: IN, Bangalore - Hybrid Work Environment

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