Mission Details

General responsibilities (Core & Regional team)
• Under control of Core team & in close coordination with iTeam
o Identify & analyse future needs, legal requirements, design organizations, processes, and SAP solutions to create a Tax Core Model that meet both legal and business requirements
o Manage Major Evolution request: create and present Gap Sheet to Arbitration Committee
o Contribute actively to process design, organize data and analyse the pro and cons of each alternative solution based on new tax regulations and system optimization
o Work closely with other domain, BPOs to design integrated tax flows
o Create and document detailed Tax processes in an end-to-end perspective
o Define procedures for periodic integrity verification for tax processes
o Perform all necessary tax tests to validate functional efficiency of the system

Roll out phase
• Conduct Gap Analysis workshops,
o Collect any local tax or business gaps and organize workshops to design a compliant solution in coordination with Core Team
• Promote Tax Organizational Core Model of Arkema to provide a clear picture of roles and responsibilities
o Perform Detailed Organization Impacts analysis & assist local management to build an action plan to mitigates risk
o Define organizational restrictions to be applied to derived functional Business Roles
o Maintain & validate user role matrix
• Build Training plan & Train key users project team
o New declarations
o VAT Algorithms
• Build test plan and validate completeness of tests on tax processes
• Execute cycle tests and assist key users in UAT; analyse defects and liaise with Core team to fix bugs
• Adapt and follow up the Cut over plan according to the legacy data source and assist key users in data conversion

Ongoing activities – Continuous improvement
• BPO Core Team
o Create, maintain and release the tax process documentation with a process-oriented approach
o Create and maintain WW organizational master data and perform all necessary data re-allocation to confirm with new requirements
o Maintain Business Role (Authorization) according to Organizational Core Model & ensure compliancy with AK group internal control policy
o Closely monitor and update the progress of the activities and alert of any delay in delivery
• BPO Regional Team
o Create & maintain a e-learning program for roll out, newcomers & knowledge improvement
o Organize, plan and deliver training sessions
o Create System Enhancement, follow the progress, test and approve release in production system
o Organize feedback sessions with tax managers to identify new requirements, improve the efficiency, and share best practices
o Identify any bad use of the system impacting data accuracy or closing deadlines and define actions plan
o Role & Authorization: design organizational restriction for local users, request BR derivation, define Access requests approval WF & organize periodic Roles & Authorization review

Required Profile

- Education: Business school & 5/10 years Finance background,
- Strong interest in IT systems and good knowledge in Taxes, Finance, SAP, knowledge of an ERP would be a plus.
- Capacities: analytical insight, coaching ability, teamwork leadership, change management promoter.
- Adaptability: Change in business rules, tax compliance rules and organizational efficiency,
- Diversity of users, entities, business processes, requirements to prioritize and reconcile.