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Job Description
Job Description –Manager IT Business Systems Tax
Specific Responsibilities and skills for Position: Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet need. With each new discovery and experimental drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. Gilead's primary areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver disease and serious cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. The company is currently seeking a Manager IT Business Systems Tax
The Manager IT Business Systems Tax will play a critical role in carrying out important initiatives of the Gilead IT team, to partner with the business, other groups of IT and AMS to ensure operational issues are resolved timely, and ecosystem is stable and the data integration is accurate, also to provide insight into enhancements (functional and technical subject matter expertise) and support ongoing sustainment roadmap, work with solution providers to ensure scalability, and fulfilling growing needs of the business.
‘Manager IT Business Systems PTP’ role description: An Ideal person will be someone with extensive experience in Thomson Reuters one source and its various products not limited to One Source Tax Determination, Indirect Tax Compliance, Orbit Tax but also this ONESOURCE Tax IT Consultant is responsible for the end-to-end implementation, configuration, and support of Thomson Reuters’ ONESOURCE tax solutions, with a strong focus on integration with SAP S/4HANA. This role requires deep expertise in direct tax configuration within SAP S/4HANA and a solid understanding of global statutory tax reporting requirements, including e-invoicing, e-ledger, and SAF-T reporting. The consultant will work closely with tax, finance, and IT teams to ensure compliance, streamline tax operations, and support digital tax transformation initiatives.
Functional Skills: Must have proven experience of implementation, configuration, customization and integration of Thomson Reuters One Source, SAP S4 HANA and Collaboration Modules in a global company.
Implement and configure ONESOURCE tax modules to meet business and compliance needs.
Integrate ONESOURCE with SAP S/4HANA, focusing on Direct Tax configuration and data flow.
Design and support statutory tax reporting solutions, including e-invoicing, e-ledger, and SAF-T across various jurisdictions.
Manage data integration and ensure accuracy between ERP systems and tax platforms.
Provide ongoing support, troubleshooting, and user training for tax systems.
Collaborate with tax, finance, and IT teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
Contribute to project planning, execution, and communication with stakeholders.
Act as key subject matter expert for core Tax modules of Thomson Reuters and SAP S4 HANA and any other tools which has strong knowledge of ancillary systems and integration points; understand systems/tools process and usage
Conduct business needs analysis and identify key business challenges with the business teams and key stakeholders
Identify improvement opportunities to achieve business desired business outcomes
Define ‘To-Be’ stage of processes, solution application requirement and performance measurements
Co-develop deployment/enablement strategy, roadmap and plan to achieve ‘To-Be’ stage effectively
Conduct deployment activities and measure achievement of desired outcomes
Lead change for large scale multi-site ERP Implementation (SAP S/4HANA, FI, MM) and other related transformational change efforts where we have Tax implications, including but not limited to efficiency and business process and systems capability development
Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations
Ability to develop, implement and support complex business processes in an SAP environment; to design, build, test and deploy S/4HANA Finance business and other technical solutions
Partner with Global procure to pay leaders to understand the Tax requirements and priorities for the SAP PTP systems and tools
Working knowledge of OpenText VIM integration with Tax and S4 HANA
Knowledge of building integration with some of the country specific requirements in EMEA, Asia and Lat America via 3rd party integrators
Provide global training, including ongoing support and guidance, for areas of responsibility
Qualifications:
Master’s or bachelor’s degree in finance and Accounting with extensive IT experience in Thomson Reuters One Source and/or ERP Information Systems like SAP S4 HANA
Proven experience with One Source Tax Suite implementation and Support
Strong Knowledge of Statutory Tax reporting (e-Invoicing, e-ledger, SAF-T) across multiple jurisdictions.
Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and data integration tools.
Experience of working for a multinational corporation
Experience in technology implementation and supporting stakeholders through change management
Pro-actively contribute to the continuous improvement of technology/business processes through identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing changes.
Take responsibility for Gilead’s core business systems, including administration, maintenance, and development.
Excellent communication and management skills, with an ability to influence at all levels.
The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive and are subject to change in accordance with the needs of the firm.
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