Lead Analyst, Tax

Your Opportunity as the Lead Analyst, Tax Technology

Location: Orrville, OH

Work Arrangements: hybrid, 30% in office expectation

In this role you will:

• Drive the Company’s tax technology roadmap, including engaging in establishing the team’s long-term vision and objectives

• Develop detailed understanding of current direct and indirect tax processes to identify opportunities for systems and/or process improvements

• Design, build, and test tax models using data extraction, transformation, and analytics/visualization tools (e.g. Spotfire, Tableau, Alteryx) to enhance automation and accuracy across tax workstreams, including providing post-production maintenance and support

• Automate real-time tax reporting and analytics for both direct and indirect tax functions

• Serve as liaison between the tax department and multiple cross-functional partners (e.g. Transformation office, Finance Data & Analytics, Information Services, Procurement, Payment Services, Customer Logistics, etc.) to ensure timely communication of upstream and downstream system and process changes; drive enhancements of the tax department’s information technology and data needs; and ensure proper system configurations and process / data flows across tax workstreams

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on system implementations, upgrades, and replacements (including subledger migrations within Oracle Cloud ERP roadmap) to ensure alignment of technology solutions with both business objectives and tax requirements

• Implement, use, and train others in technology-based tax solutions, data analytics and visualization tools, supporting the upskilling and change management of team members and cross-functional partners

• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in tax, including artificial intelligence

• Serve as system administrator and maintain configuration responsibilities on various tax applications, as appropriate

• Assist with the tracking and reporting of transformation savings and other key performance indicators for tax initiatives

• Review and assist with documentation of tax systems and processes

• Assist subject matter experts with business case proposals for tax system and/or process changes

• Assist with legal entity restructuring, acquisitions and divestitures to ensure proper systems and process integrations and/or revisions, as appropriate