SAP Senior Tax Technologist - Indirect Withholding Taxes 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

939569911

The Senior Indirect and Withholding Tax Technologist supports the ongoing digital transformation process of SAP’s Global Tax Function to automate and optimize its indirect and withholding tax processes with a focus on the standardization and automation of any compliance related responsibilities to ensure future readiness. The Senior Indirect Tax Technologist will be reporting to the Head of Tax Technology. This position does not include personnel responsibilities.

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

As a Senior Indirect and Withholding Tax Technologist, you will:

• Support digital transformation initiatives for indirect and withholding taxes, including projects like NGBC, NGCS, Tax Compliance Tool, and ViDA.
• Proactively drive the digital transformation of SAP’s Global Tax Function by identifying indirect and withholding tax technology needs, focusing on automation and compliance standardization.
• Collaborate with Global Tax Team members, Tax Process Managers, and IT teams to identify, plan, and execute opportunities for indirect and withholding tax process optimization and automation.
• Support Global Tax Team members user acceptance testing (UAT) and end-to-end (E2E) testing for indirect and withholding tax projects.
• Willingness to build up indirect and withholding tax skills based on the Tax Expert knowledge of SAP’s Global Tax Function.
• Develop and promote an IT mindset and upskill existing Global Tax Experts to help fostering an IT-mindset in SAP’s Global Tax Function.

YOUR PROFILE

• University degree (or comparable) in business administration, accounting, tax, law or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of working experience, ideally in an international audit/advisory/tax consulting firm or tax function of a multinational company, with strong focus on tax transformation and automation.
• Professional qualifications such as Qualified Tax Advisor/Chartered Tax Consultant/Certified Public Accountant or comparable qualification are advantageous.
• In-depth knowledge of indirect and withholding tax processes of a Global Tax Function.
• Proficiency in IT solutions, particularly in digital process optimization and data models.
• Familiarity with tax software, and preferably hands-on experience with SAP ERP systems (FI/CO, S/4HANA) and global tax management solutions.
• Experience with project management tools like JIRA or similar tools.
• An aptitude for learning and adapting to emerging cloud technologies.
• Ability to analyze processes and specify requirements, bridging gaps between departments such as Finance and IT.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (innovative “solution seeker” rather than a “problem definer”).
• Team player with strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Fluency in English is essential.

Yearly bonuses, sick days paid and sick leaves fully refunded, flexible start/end of working hours, contributions to the pension/life insurance, meal vouchers, holidays 5 weeks, educational courses, coaching and mentoring opportunities, free massage, cafeteria plan, free fitness studio, generous shares program, etc.

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