SAP Vertex Lead Tax Consultant

Title: SAP Vertex/FICO Lead Tax Consultant

Company: GROUPSOFT

City: Princeton, NJ

Employment Type: Contract / Regular

Area: SAP Consulting

Industry: Retail/ Fashion

Environment: SAP S/4 HANA

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Groupsoft US Inc. is a Software Service company providing end-to-end Consulting and implementation services to large Retail and Fashion Enterprises. At Groupsoft bold innovative thinking, inspired people, and passion for results come together to simplify, strengthen, and transform your Retail, Wholesale, and Fashion business. Groupsoft’s client base spreads beyond 100 plus satisfied customers with geographic coverage of 30 plus countries.
Groupsoft is a Service Partner with SAP, SNOWFLAKE, and AWS.

SAP Services Include: RISE with SAP - SAP S/4 Hana Retail and Fashion; SAP S/4 HANA Finance; SAP CAR - Customer Activity Repository - POSDTA, OPP, OAA, OSA, UDF ANALYTICS Services Includes: Snowflake Consulting and Implementation Services - Tableau, Microstrategy, Power BI, SAC Consulting and Implementation Services. Omni-Channel Integration Services includes: Complex Architectural Consulting, Implementation and Integration Services focused on B2B, B2C, OMS, 3PL (Ubereats, Instacart, Doordash, Grubhub) Integration and Marketplace (Amazon, eBay, Aliexpress, Zalando); Omni-Channel Revenue/ Inventory Optimization and Simplification of Order Fulfillment

Groupsoft has offices in Princeton USA, Toronto Canada and Bangalore, India.

Website
http://www.groupsoftus.com

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Consult and implement as SAP FI TAX consultant
• Experience in configuring New GL, AP/AR, AA, PCA, PCA, GAAP, foreign currency evaluation and country-specific taxation and localization
• Integration knowledge between FI and other logistics modules (e.g. MM, SD)
• Understanding of SAP S4HANA Simplifications across SAP Domains FI, MM, SD, PP, etc
• To be able to work with ABAP queries, Report Painter and Report Writer
• To have SAP Workflow experience & hands-on functional CONFIGURATION experience with SAP FI & CO modules
• Support internal customers in their definition of tax business process requirements
• Prepare technical specification documents to define how the SAP and Vertex systems should be configured to realize business requirements
• Configure the Vertex O Series system (i.e Legal entity, Tax payers, Tax assist rules, ECM) 
• Define the concept for and execute migration activities
• Test the SAP / Vertex interface; including analysis of Vertex logs
• Execute Vertex functional test cases
• Resolve defects that are reported during the user test cycles
• SAP Tax solution design and development

Essential Requirements

• Strong FICO Skills and Accounting skills
• Minimum 8 years of Experience in SAP VERTEX experience. Expert in Vertex interface including:
  • Vertex - use/input taxation, Vertex -VAT/VAT exempt Tax - Tax codes/Tax Assist rules/Jurisdiction codes/calculation procedures
  • Vertex Tax Accelerator Mapping (Tax drivers mapping)
  • Vertex Custom User Exit mapping
  • Vertex – SAP Tax Accelerator reports
  • Advanced Tax Return for Tax on Sales/Purchases
  • Vertex non-deductible Tax/ Reverse Charge
  • Vertex – RFC connectivity & updates
• Exposure to RPA is highly preferred
• Must have strong communication and team management skills
• Must have worked in multi Country implementation/roll-out experience

Eligibility

• Master Degree with relevant experience 
• Experience in Retail/Fashion Industry highly preferred
• 5-10 years SAP S4 HANA experience in consulting with at least one E2E full life cycle implementation
• S4 HANA/Simple Finance certification preferred