Sporting Fashion & Goods
Senior Manager Tax
Mid Level
Porto, Portugal
in office
Full time
Job description
About the Role
The Corporate Tax function aims to create value for the global enterprise, business units and shareholders by maximising corporate profitability through minimising overall tax burden while directing compliance with legal frameworks to preserve the Company's reputation and integrity. The Corporate Tax team manages the group's risk positions and governs tax compliance, and the role requires understanding the impact of transactions or business initiatives to liaise with and support specialist functions. The role translates the global indirect tax and tax digital strategy into scalable technology, process and governance solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead global tax technology initiatives and translate the Director Tax roadmap into executable programmes and releases.
- Coordinate implementation and upgrade of tax technology products used by the global tax team and relevant business stakeholders.
- Support the identification, design and implementation of AI use cases to improve tax processes.
- Act as functional tax product owner for assigned tax technology solutions, including prioritisation, requirements, design alignment, testing, deployment and continuous improvement.
- Support strategic decisions on internal versus external tax technology solutions and help evaluate technology options based on compliance, scalability, governance and efficiency.
- Drive tax input into SAP S/4HANA and related tax system initiatives, with focus on tax determination, VAT/GST and withholding tax process requirements.
- Support global eInvoicing and real-/near-time eReporting initiatives from a tax functional perspective, including technical requirements definition and deployment support.
- Manage relationships with external tax technology providers, advisors and service providers for assigned transformation initiatives.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Strong indirect tax knowledge with ability to translate tax requirements into technology and process design.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end tax processes including tax determination, reporting, compliance, controls and audit support.
- Experience with SAP ECC and S/4HANA or comparable ERP environments.
- Strong project and product management skills, including prioritisation, stakeholder management and delivery governance.
- Analytical mindset with affinity for data, automation, controls and AI-enabled process improvements.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- High degree of ownership, structured working style and ability to work independently in a global environment.
- University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Information Systems or equivalent background.
- Approximately 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in indirect tax, tax technology, tax transformation, ERP implementation or Big 4 advisory.
- Proven experience in global projects, process transformation or technology-driven tax initiatives.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with tax engines, compliance tools or reporting platforms.
- Professional tax/accounting qualifications or comparable experience.
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