Tax Senior

Our company is seeking a highly skilled professional to join our team as a Tax Senior. As a member of our core tax practice, you will be responsible for developing a deep understanding of tax technical knowledge and acquiring outstanding database, data analytics and programming skills.

The ever-increasing regulations require tax departments to gather, organize and analyze more data than ever before. Often the data necessary to satisfy these ever-increasing and complex regulations must be collected from a variety of systems and departments throughout an organization. Effectively and efficiently handling the variety and volume of data is often extremely challenging and time consuming for a company.

You will work side-by-side with our partners, clients and tax technical subject matter experts to develop and incorporate technology solutions that enhance value-add, improve efficiencies and enable our clients with disruptive and market leading tools supporting Tax.

As a Tax Senior, you will have the opportunity to work closely with clients and professionals in various areas, including Federal Business Tax Services, Partnership Compliance, Corporate Compliance, Indirect Tax Services, Human Capital, and Internal Tax Services.

Additionally, you will provide solution architecture, application development, testing and maintenance support to the global TAX service line both on a pro-active basis and in response to specific requests.

We are currently seeking an Anaplan Senior to join our Tax Technology practice in Bangalore, India.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a pioneer firm whilst being instrumental in the growth of a new service offering.

As a Tax Senior, you will have the opportunity to lead financial planning, forecasting, and analysis (FP&A) project work streams, deliver high quality client solutions, manage client solution delivery, identify new business opportunities, and build strong client relations.

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and analysis (FP&A) project work streams.
• Deliver high quality client solutions that meet and exceed client and EY expectations and are delivered on-time and on-budget.
• Manage client solution delivery, including defining project approach, leading and motivating project teams, monitoring and managing project risks, managing client and EY key stakeholders, and successfully delivering client solutions.
• Identify new business opportunities, including building strong client relations, understanding client needs and EY solution offerings, communicating client opportunities to EY leadership, and helping develop client opportunities.

• FP&A experience, including financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting (e.g., income statement forecasting, balance sheet forecasting, capital forecasting, aggregation, driver-based forecasting).
• Financial services industry experience (e.g., retail banking, commercial banking, capital markets, life insurance, property and casualty insurance). Preferred but not required.
• Other beneficial experience includes:
• Planning, such as strategic planning and enterprise performance management.
• Forecasting, such as financial forecast modelling (e.g., by product, investments, liabilities), stress forecasting, governance, controls, and data and technologies.
• Reporting, such as regulatory reporting, profitability reporting, performance metrics, KPI's, drivers.
• Level 3 Model Builder Certification.
• Master Ana planner Certificate. Preferred.
• Anaplan Solution architect or Master Ana planner certification and/or significant work experience driving development using Anaplan in complex business environments. Preferred.
• Ability to configure and maintain Anaplan lists, modules, dashboards, actions and other model settings.
• Strong hands-on experience building and supporting complex forecast and planning models.
• Strong expertise and deep understanding of multi-dimensional modelling.
• Ability to translate from model-building in Excel to multi-dimensional technologies.
• Experience with full system implementation lifecycles (analyse, design, build, test, implement, support).
• Expert skills of Excel spreadsheet modelling, macros, pivot tables, formulas, charts etc.
• Technical design and development experience using various use cases preferred.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify needs, understand existing models, and translate that info into efficiently built Anaplan models.
• Experience with Financial Forecasting.
• Experience overseeing model build activities for multiple work streams while working with client team(s).

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in the banking and/or insurance industry.
• Minimum of 4 years of consulting experience, providing advisory services. Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and management reporting areas preferred.
• or Minimum of 5 years industry experience with Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and management reporting.

• Engaging with business partners and IT to understand requirements from various parts of an organization to drive the design, programming execution, and UAT for future state capabilities within the platform.
• Working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment while managing multiple projects and strict deadlines.
• Good understanding of outsourcing and off shoring, building win/win strategies and contracts with suppliers.
• Experience with Workday, Oracle FAH, or Oracle PCMCS.
• Experience using Anaplan Connect.
• Experience with MuleSoft or similar software, especially in conjunction with Anaplan.
• Experience with Tableau or similar software, especially in conjunction with Anaplan.
• Experience with Oracle Hyperion, SAP BPC or IBM TM1.
• Integration development to/from other systems.