Sr Tax Analyst Service Transformation RPA

Role Description:

1. Tax Operations & Analysis

• Perform detailed tax analysis, tax calculations, reconciliations, and reporting for direct and indirect taxes.
• Support statutory reporting, compliance, monthly/quarterly tax closures, and return filings.
• Identify inaccuracies, data gaps, and process inefficiencies in current tax workflows.
• Provide insights on tax positions, risk exposure, and operational improvement opportunities.

2. Process Transformation & Optimization

• Lead end-to-end transformation of tax processes to improve accuracy, speed, and compliance.
• Conduct process mapping (AS-IS / TO-BE), gap analysis, and lean process design.
• Streamline tax workflows across data extraction, validation, reporting, and documentation.
• Collaborate with tax, finance, and shared services teams to redesign cross-functional tax processes.

3. RPA / Automation Design & Implementation

• Identify process automation opportunities in tax operations such as:
• Data gathering, cleansing, consolidation
• Tax calculations & adjustments
• Tax reports generation
• Compliance tracking
• Audit documentation & validations
• Work with RPA teams (UiPath / Automation Anywhere / Power Automate / Blue Prism) to create automation-ready documentation (PDDs/BRDs).
• Validate automation feasibility and ensure high-quality automation design aligned with tax rules and policies.
• Test and sign off automations for accuracy, compliance, and operational performance.

4. Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Partner with Tax Managers, Finance Leaders, RPA Developers, and IT teams to drive transformation initiatives.
• Act as the tax subject matter expert (SME) during automation design and implementation phases.
• Provide training, documentation, and guidance to end-users for automated workflows.

5. Data Governance & Compliance

• Ensure all automated processes comply with tax regulations, audit standards, and internal controls.
• Maintain high-quality documentation for tax processes, automation logic, and compliance requirements.
• Support internal and external audits, including providing automated data outputs and exception reports.

Qualifications

• 510 years of experience in tax operations, tax compliance, or tax analytics.
• Strong understanding of:
• Direct taxes / Indirect taxes
• GST/VAT/Sales Tax
• Corporate taxation & regulatory rules
• Tax provisioning & reporting
• Global tax compliance (preferred)

Digital Transformation & RPA Skills

• Experience in tax process automation or finance transformation projects.
• Hands-on exposure to RPA-driven process improvements (any platform such as UiPath, A360, Power Automate, Blue Prism).
• Proficiency in:
• Process mapping (Visio, Lucidchart, Miro)
• Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
• Creating PDD/SDD/test cases for automation
• Working with structured/unstructured tax datasets

Technical Skills (Good to Have)

• SQL/Excel advanced functions for data analysis.
• Basic understanding of APIs, workflow tools, macros, or scripting.
• Experience with ERP and tax systems: SAP, Oracle, Thomson Reuters, Vertex, or similar.