Tax Consultant II, SAP Global Trade Services (GTS)

Global Trade Advisory Practice Opportunity

As a practitioner within Deloitte's Global Trade Advisory Practice, you'll have the opportunity to help clients get the most from their SAP investments and help position businesses for the evolving digital economy. Ready to reimagine your career possibilities? Deloitte can show you what it takes to explore an entire universe of ideas, possibilities, and opportunities and help make an impact that matters with SAP solutions. Work you'll do:

Deliver complex projects in a fast-paced, team environment

Lead and assist Customer and Sales Operations pursuits and practice development initiatives

Promote and participate in forums for sharing expertise, strengthening Deloitte's collective knowledge, and helping resolve our clients' challenges

Collaborate on innovative solutions to bolster the future of the practice

Develop your knowledge of and gain project experience in SAP's newest and future solutions such as SAP S/4 & SAP GTS, Edition for HANA

The team:

Our Global Trade Advisory practice is a national practice within Deloitte Tax LLP's International Tax business and advises U.S. and foreign multinational companies on global import and export strategies, compliance, and trade automation. Our team focuses on advising, implementing and operating SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) solutions with an innovative mindset which delivers tangible business outcomes for our clients. Professionals will have hands-on access and exposure to the latest technologies and thought leaders. We work with clients who want us to bring design thinking into the future of their technology enabled business processes to improve their ability to react on the digital world and enable scalability, remove performance barriers, enable innovation, and modernize core systems and reimagine their business with SAP digital solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to gather and document detailed business requirements for GTS projects.
• In your role, you will lead and/or facilitate business process definition and modeling.
• Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications for development and configuration.
• Coordinate with project teams, clients, and stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation within SAP GTS solutions.
• You will guide a team to implement and configure the software to replicate the required business processes and analytical/reporting needs.
• Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for end-users and client teams.
• Ensure that SAP GTS solutions comply with relevant regulations, standards, and organizational policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, infrastructure, and business teams, to ensure seamless service delivery and support.

Qualifications required:

• Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2 - 3 days per week.
• 1+ years relevant SAP consulting or industry experience.
• Good understanding of the supply chain management processes.
• Experience in other SAP modules other than SAP GTS.
• Technical knowledge in ABAP and SAP PL.
• Bachelor's degree in a legal, business or technology related field.
• Ability to travel up to 10-20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• One of the following active accreditations obtained, in process, or willing and able to obtain:
• Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA.
• If not CPA eligible:
• Licensed Attorney
• Enrolled Agent
• Certifications:
• US Customhouse Broker's License
• CUSECO (Certified U.S. Export Control Officer)
• Where applicable, non-US citizen qualifying credentials:
• Foreign equivalent of the above certifications
• CUSICO (Certified US Import Compliance Officer)
• Professional Accreditation in EU Customs Law (post masters)
• Technology Certifications:
• CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
• Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager
• Certified SAFe Architect
• Certified SAFe Agile Software Engineer
• Certified SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager
• Certified SAFe Agilist
• Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
• Certified SAFe® Scrum Master
• Certified SAFe® DevOps Practitioner
• Certified SAFe® Practitioner
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
• Professional Scrum Product Owner™ (PSCPO) - SCRUM.org
• Project Management Professional (PMP) + CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Professional Scrum Developer™ (PSD)
• Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)
• QAI Global Institute Certification
• Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA)
• Open Group Certified IT Specialist (Open CITS)
• IASA's Certified IT Architect (CITA) (Level F or A)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft MCSD Certification
• MCSD: Web Applications
• MCSD: SharePoint
• MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management Solutions Developer
• Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) -(ISC)2
• Oracle Certified Professional
• Java: Java EE Enterprise Architect 5+, Java SE 5+Programmer, Java EE 5+ Web Component Developer
• ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)
• UX or UX Master Certification
• Alteryx Designer- Advanced Certification
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Ssecure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)
• ASQ - American Society for Quality - Software Quality Engineer
• SEI - Software Engineering Institute Certification
• Lifecycle Management and Advanced Functional Testing Certifications (HP)
• Project Management; Professional (PMP)
• Six Sigma (Green or Black Belt)
• ITIL Certification
• Other: Vendor certification for management of implementations (Oracle, SAP, Thomson Reuters, etc.) or relevant industry certification such as Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), AWS (Amazon Web Services) or GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
• Preferred:
• 2+ years of experience implementing one or more of the following SAP GTS Modules:
• Compliance Management
• Customs Management
• Trade Preference
• Education with SAP focus (any of the following): S/4 or ECC Sales and Distribution, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Material Master, Transportation Management.
• Software aptitude in PowerPoint, MS Project, Access, Excel, and/or Visio
• Experience presenting to clients or other decision makers
• Knowledge of export regulations including ITAR/EAR
• Demonstrated interest in international trade or international business
• Strong research, writing, verbal communication, and project management skills
• Understanding of end to end processes and attention to detailed design.
• Strong team and organizational skills, ability to self-manage time and tasks
• Ability to manage client and cross functional team expectations
• Ability to bring 'out of the box' solution design that is aligned to leading practices and differentiated business outcome

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other