SAP Tax Consultant

We are seeking an experienced and motivated SAP Tax Consultant to join our team on a full time basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing, configuring, supporting, and enhancing SAP tax solutions to ensure accurate tax determination, compliance with applicable tax regulations, and seamless integration with business processes.

The role involves working closely with Finance, Tax, IT, and business stakeholders to optimise tax related processes across SAP systems, including SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC. The ideal candidate will have strong functional knowledge of SAP tax configuration, indirect taxation, tax determination, and integration with core SAP modules such as FI, SD, and MM.

Key Responsibilities

1. SAP Tax Configuration and Implementation

• Configure and maintain SAP tax procedures, tax codes, tax conditions, and tax determination rules.
• Support SAP tax implementations, rollouts, upgrades, and system enhancements.
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into effective SAP tax solutions.
• Configure tax settings across SAP FI, SD, and MM modules.
• Support tax determination for domestic and international transactions.

2. Tax Compliance and Regulatory Requirements

• Ensure SAP tax configurations support applicable VAT, GST, sales tax, and other indirect tax requirements.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation and assess their impact on SAP systems and business processes.
• Support tax reporting, audit requirements, and statutory compliance activities.
• Work with tax and finance teams to resolve tax discrepancies and compliance issues.
• Assist with the implementation of country specific tax requirements for multinational operations.

3. SAP Integration and Process Management

• Support tax integration across SAP FI (Financial Accounting), SD (Sales and Distribution), and MM (Materials Management).
• Analyse and troubleshoot tax determination issues in sales orders, purchase orders, invoices, billing documents, and accounting postings.
• Ensure accurate tax postings to the general ledger and appropriate tax accounts.
• Collaborate with technical teams on interfaces, enhancements, forms, reports, and tax related developments.
• Support integration between SAP and external tax engines or compliance solutions, where applicable.

4. SAP S/4HANA and Tax Technology

• Support SAP S/4HANA tax functionality and assess opportunities to improve tax processes.
• Participate in SAP migrations, data conversions, testing, and deployment activities.
• Support integration with tax solutions such as SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, SAP Tax Service, Vertex, or Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, where applicable.
• Evaluate system improvements to enhance tax accuracy, automation, and reporting capabilities.

  5. Testing and Issue Resolution

  • Develop and execute functional test scenarios for tax related configurations and changes.
  • Perform unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
  • Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
  • Prepare functional specifications and work with ABAP developers on technical changes.
  • Maintain documentation covering configuration, testing, processes, and system changes.

  6. Stakeholder Collaboration and Support

  • Work closely with Finance, Tax, Procurement, Sales, IT, and external implementation partners.
  • Gather business requirements and provide functional recommendations.
  • Deliver user training and prepare process documentation.
  • Provide ongoing production support and continuous improvement for SAP tax processes.
  • Participate in project meetings, workshops, deployments, and post-go-live support.