Job description:
Job Title: Finance IT Manager – Treasury & Tax
Work Location: Bangalore, India
Job Type: Permanent
Function: IT
About the role
We are looking for an IT manager who can provide IT business partnering for our Treasury and Tax (Finance) team. You will be responsible for managing the IT solutions and services related to SAP Finance topics such as SAP Finance Banking, SAP Treasury & Risk Management, SAP Direct & Indirect Taxes and SAP Intercompany Matching & Reconciliation (ICMR). You will also be responsible for vendor management and stakeholder management, ensuring the alignment of IT and business objectives and the delivery of high-quality IT products and services.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall architecture in SAP Finance Banking, SAP Treasury & Risk Management, SAP Direct & Indirect Taxes and SAP Intercompany Matching & Reconciliation (ICMR).
- Gather business requirements for finance solution developments and ensure the delivery of subsequent changes within the treasury and tax function.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key finance solution vendor contacts, finance process leads and other key finance team members.
- Support the delivery, operation, and regular upgrade of finance solutions, including SAP S/4HANA Finance, ensuring it remains aligned to the current and future business needs.
- Familiarity with Lease Accounting processes is desirable.
- Effectively communicate changes, upgrades, and enhancements to stakeholders, ensuring smooth transitions and user adoption.
- Ensure that the Finance IT development and application management services are delivered in accordance with all contractual SLAs and business expectations.
- Support regular Finance IT performance management meetings with key business stakeholders to drive performance improvements within the IT team and software vendors.
- Maintain a view of future solution functionality and aligned technologies that would enhance, simplify, or delight experience for our business stakeholders.
- Exposure to AI/Automation and SAP certifications are desirable and will be considered an advantage.
What are we looking for
Skills & Experiences
- Bachelor's/master's degree in finance or a qualified Chartered Accountant.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in designing and configuring treasury and tax processes with a background in SAP consulting and at least 2 end-to-end SAP implementations.
- Strong knowledge and experience in SAP S/4HANA Treasury & Tax topics, such as Finance – Banking, Outgoing payments (Automatic Payments), Incoming payments (Lockbox & Bank statement processing), Basic & Advanced Cash Management, Bank Communication Management, Multi Bank Connectivity, Treasury Management, Exposure Management, Hedge Accounting, Risk Management, In-House Cash, Trading Platform Integration, Cash Application module, US Taxation using Vertex, Indirect Taxes & VAT Reporting, Intrastat Reporting & With Holding Tax, SAP S/4HANA Intercompany Matching & Reconciliation module (ICMR).
- Good understanding of the functional integration aspects with other SAP modules like MM, SD.
- Excellent vendor management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and build trust.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve IT issues.
- Team player, with the ability to work collaboratively and constructively with others.
Key Interfaces & Stakeholders
- Role reports to the Head of IT - Finance
- Engagement with SAP and other software vendors as and when required.
- Engagement with Finance process leads and super users.
- Engagement with IT delivery and support partners.