Senior Consultant, Tax Technology Consulting Actions

Why Ryan?

• Global Award-Winning Culture

• Flexible Work Environment

• Generous Paid Time Off

• World-Class Benefits and Compensation

• Rapid Growth Opportunities

• Company Sponsored Two-Way Transportation

• Exponential Career Growth

Job Profile Summary

The Senior Consultant, Tax Technology provides tax automation services to Fortune 1000 clients by performing detail requirements analysis, process design, installation and implementation of tax automation software, testing, and training; and developing client documentation.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team experience.
• Provides guidance and assistance to other and subordinate team members.

Client:

• Proactive work status update US / India liaison.
• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Assists with the creation of client deliverable documentation.
• Assists with the data gathering, extraction, and analysis of client data.
• Assists team in client data acquisition.
• Assists customer support with technical problems and questions.

Value:

• Implements, tests, maintains, and supports software, based on technical design specifications.
• Prepares technical design specifications, based on functional requirements and analysis documents.
• Reviews functional requirements, analysis, and design documents and provides feedback.
• Investigates software development tools.

• Participates in architecture and code reviews.
• Analyzes existing business and system processes.
• Develops new process designs for tax determination.
• Determines the documents business and system processes performed for tax determination.
• Installs and configures tax automation software solutions.
• Creates, executes, and documents testing scenarios.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Accounting, or Accounting Information Systems.

Experience:

Mandatory

SAP ABAP Development (3–5 years):

• ABAP OO, ABAP Dictionary (DDIC), Reports, IDOCs, Enhancements, BADIs, BAPIs, RFCs, and ALV Reports.
• OData Services, CDS Views, and development using RAP (RESTful Application Programming) in Eclipse.
• Experience with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) and SAP Cloud Platform technologies.
• Strong understanding of XML/JSON, HTTP, REST web services, SQL, and general SAP database structure.
• Familiarity with Object-Oriented design principles and modern integration patterns (REST APIs).

SAP Basis Administration (1–3 years):

• Serve as the point of contact for SAP Basis incidents and ensure timely communication with management.
• Analyze the SAP environment, identify system incompatibilities or shortcomings, and recommend improvements.
• Monitor and troubleshoot SAP systems for health and performance issues.
• Manage batch jobs, transport management, and OSS Note implementations.
• Create service-level reports and manage SAP add-ons, support packages, and portal implementations.
• Support SAP Archive Link and archiving solutions.
• Demonstrate flexibility and support cross-functional IT initiatives.

Nice to have:

• Basic SAP configuration experience in SD, MM & FI modules.
• Experience with tax automation solutions (Vertex, Onesource Determination, Sabrix).
• Experience in XI/PI/PO Integration, UI5, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, and workflow development.
• Knowledge of SAP Basis activities such as system monitoring, performance tuning, transport management, and OSS Note implementation.
• Understanding of SAP archive link solutions and system upgrade support.
• SAP Certification in S/4HANA or SAP Public Cloud.
• Knowledge of security best practices (OAuth, SAML, encryption, authentication in integration scenarios).

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have advanced proficiency in:

• SAP Technologies: ABAP, RAP, BTP, CDS Views, OData Services, and SAP configuration (SD, FI).
• Integration and Cloud: REST APIs, XML/JSON, HTTP, SQL, XI/PI/PO, and SAP Cloud Platform.
• Development Tools: Eclipse, SAP GUI, and modern web technologies (UI5, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS).
• General IT Skills: Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, and Project.
• Additional Skills (Preferred): Experience with Vertex or other indirect tax automation software, Alteryx, and workflow development.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.

• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm and interface with multiple external vendors and clients as necessary.
• Independent travel requirement: 50%.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran