Tax Project Manager

The Tax Application Project Manager is responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of the assigned tax compliance product line(s). This individual manages all compliance and preseason products for the various markets served. This individual leads and manages a team of Tax Analysts and acts as a liaison between the development group and an external client/vendor, or a development group and an internal business sponsor and/or other stakeholders. This person is responsible for the day-to-day aspects of the team including planning/scheduling, reviews, hiring, process management/improvement, and task delivery.

Working conditions

This position does require during certain times of the year evening and weekend email monitoring for client escalations and action taken based on the time sensitive nature.

About the Role

As a Tax Project Manager, you will:

Project Management / Process Improvements (70%)

• Reviews specifications and communicates business requirements between development and stakeholders to design and implement business solutions fully understanding design specification and documentation standards
• Seeks process improvements and technologies that will streamline workflow process and improve time to market metrics and reduce costs when possible and manages processing deadlines within complex environments and make critical decisions that impact product time-to-market metrics.
• Demonstrates high-powered analytical skills and the ability to understand concepts and situations that pass by many others and develops ideas and programs to positively impact the client experience
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals and demonstrates the ability to scope out a complex project based on business requirements and create a project plan or statement of work.

Leadership (20%)

• Sets employee performance goals that compliment, augment and enhance the goals and strategic direction and demonstrates highly effective performance management skills necessary to identify and attract external talent as well as motivate and develop employees.
• Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies.
• Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization.
• Acts as an advisor to subordinate(s) to meet schedules, provide guidance and/or resolve technical problems and demonstrates strong cross team/group/org collaboration skills; ability to foresee and analyze project risks, develop risk management plan, and mitigate subsequent issues.
• Direct reports: Tax Analysts, Senior Tax Analysts, Product Analysts, Lead Business Systems Analyst, Tax System Specialists

Communication (10%)

• Demonstrates exceptional written and oral communication skills that allow effective when communicating up or down in the organization.
• Leads client meetings and/or responds to issues with little oversight or intervention.
• Effectively communicates with teams on the reasons for new project development or a change in direction related to the product.

Mandatory Experience and Skills

• Experience working with clients to determine and deliver solutions.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Must be creative, innovative, and flexible, with the ability to work in a matrix environment
• Demonstrable experience managing and delivering complex and time sensitive projects
• Experience in creating and implementing hiring and talent strategy
• Proven ability to co-ordinate the efforts of teams and to work under pressure to meet goals/deadlines
• Excellent cost management skills within understanding of how department cost impacts product development and ultimately the company's financial results.
• Ability to coach and develop staff without significant support from their own line managers.
• Higher education degree; MBA or CPA preferred

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What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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