Senior Manager, SAP Finance

The SAP Finance Sr Manager will be part of the IT team that supports the Finance organization and, specifically, the tax department globally. Leveraging both your comprehensive SAP-related experience on purchase and sales transactions as well as tax knowledge, you will play a critical role in leading and managing the end-to-end integration of Vertex indirect tax products with SAP Financial Systems, from initial tax requirements gathering to deployment, including solution design, configuration, testing, training, and post-go-live support. The analyst works closely with the Tax Technology Director and a wide variety of internal stakeholders in the full range of the product development cycle.   

You will make recommendations to management based on cost/benefit findings and participate in the development and customization of products. Individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in a specific area; ability to execute highly complex or specialized projects.  

What You’ll Do for Us:    

• Act as the primary liaison between the Tax Team and clients, effectively translating tax requirements into product functionalities and fostering strong client relationships.  
• Maintain an excellent understanding of the product roadmap by working closely with product managers and business stakeholders, evaluating user feedback/needs, and assisting the Tax Technology Director with evaluating the latest tax and technology trends that can bring value to the tax function   
• Organize and lead requirement-gathering sessions with the business stakeholders and translate them into technical user stories     
• Manage design, configuration, and testing of the required solution to meet business requirements.    
• Possesses a strong understanding of the business operations within the product domain    
• Work with the production support team from an operational standpoint to support the investigation and resolution of any product defects    
• Manages scope, budget, presentations to IT/Business, daily standup, agile ceremonies, backlog grooming, and retrospective sessions    
• Coordinate execution and implementation of approved projects within the area of responsibility in order to execute tactical and strategic business plans     
• Orchestrate the deployment of resources (e.g., people, infrastructure, financial, informational) from Coca-Cola (e.g., client, internal service providers) and third parties in order to ensure successful project completion     
• Develop and execute a communications plan (e.g., memos, letters, plan review meetings, status lists) to ensure frequent, accurate, and timely communication to all stakeholders and to solidify commitment to the project plan    

Qualifications & Requirements:     

• 5+ years of configuration experience in SAP FI, SD, and MM with a focus on Indirect Tax determination in each of these SAP modules  

• Strong understanding of the different types of tax and ability to configure tax codes in SAP and/or Vertex or other 3rd party tax applications 

• A high-level functional or technical knowledge of tax engines (e.g., Vertex products) and service offerings 

• 5+ years of experience managing and delivering mission-critical, high-availability large and small IT development projects using structured project management and system development methodologies.    

• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative problem-solving skills, ability to listen to and understand needs across diverse stakeholders at various levels of the organization. 

What We Can Do For You
•    Innovation & Technology: The ability to work with an award-winning team on the cutting edge of innovation.
•    Exposure to World Class Leaders: Availability to global technology leaders that will expand your network and expose you to emerging technologies and techniques.
•    Agile Work Environment: We embrace agile, with management that believes in removing barriers so you are empowered to experiment, iterate, and innovate.