Senior Manager, Information Systems - Tax Technologies

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ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Role Description:

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. As a Senior Manager for Tax technologies you will oversee the end-to-end Tax capabilities, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, adhering to Tax legal mandates, and driving process improvements. You will be responsible for leading, architecting, designing, and implementing end-to-end solutions in this space. As a Sr. Manager within the Technology team, this role will also help guide the transition from global ERP instance on SAP ECC to the S/4HANA Intelligent Enterprise and integrating SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) and Vertex for In-direct Tax determination. Are you a Tax Technology professional with deep transformation and technical experience delivering tax solutions? Come join a team that is passionate about innovation and making life better with technology!

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide vision and strategy to evolve global Tax capabilities and transformation

• Lead end to end design and architecture of tax solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance with local and international tax regulations

• Ensure cross functional process tax implications are assessed and mitigated but not limited to Plan to Stock (PTS), Order to Cash (OTC), and Source to Pay (S2P), etc.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate into technical design specifications to ensure the solution meets business objectives

• Ensure seamless integration of tax solutions but not limited to SAP modules, such as Finance (FI), Sales and Distribution (SD), and Materials Management (MM)

• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to deliver and sustain Amgen's S/4HANA ecosystem utilizing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Develop innovative solutions that drive speed to value via AI/ML and leading control practices

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience in leading complex architecture, design and configuring all aspects of Tax Technologies at a global scale leveraging Vertex and Thomson Reuters for sales & use Tax

• Hands-on experience in configuring, leading and supporting SAP Document and Reporting Compliance

• Ability to identify and deploy SAP leading practices that will drive business value for Amgen's tax professionals in areas such as profit in inventory, GAAP by legal entity, and tax-optimized data and ledger structure

• Developing global Tax deployment strategy, people management and passion for mentorship in fostering the development of talent

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Proficiency in SAP Advanced Intercompany, SAP Material Ledger, and optimized transfer pricing setup in SAP

• Experience in Corporate Tax suite, Automation, and Reporting

• Thomson Reuters suite Direct tax and statutory reporting is a plus

• Experience working in an agile environment and familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):

• Certification in Vertex (or) SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (Mandatory)

• Certification in Thomson Reuters (preferred)

• Relevant SAP S/4HANA FICO certification (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills

• Experience partnering with business leaders to drive strategic decisions

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.