Your field of responsibility

You will be responsible for:

• Lead the dedicated team with background in tax process automation and technology implementing and maintaining business critical solutions for tax reporting and forecasting
• Take ownership of improvement / change projects and BAU maintenance / configuration of the Group Tax accounting system (Longview)
• Find opportunities for streamlining the system and associated processes and drive required change by gathering user requirements / feedback and coordinating the change projects working with various collaborators including Finance, Tax, IT, Change and Longview developers
• Find opportunities working with Tax SMEs and drive enhancement / automation of BAU processes peripheral to Longview (e.g., automation via Alteryx, Tableau, Excel VBA, UiPath)
• Proactively identifying and resolving any errors in Longview by monitoring of control outputs / reports and project manage BAU book of work to fix any reported errors in Longview
• Continuous improvement of controls around Longview input, processing and output
• Understanding, documenting and articulating user business requirements in a language that can be understood by IT and Longview developers
• Train and develop the team by means of regular training sessions and up-to-date process and system change documentation

Your future colleagues

The Credit Suisse Tax Department is primarily responsible for the firm’s Corporate Income Tax and VAT (also referred to as Indirect Taxes) liabilities. The Credit Suisse Tax Department has strong tax technical domain knowledge and has a deep understanding of the technical rules that apply in calculating the firm’s tax liabilities. In addition, the department also has a group of individuals with skills and experience in Tax technology and data analytics.

We are a department which values Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and is committed to realizing the firm’s D&I ambition which is an integral part of our global cultural values.

Remote Working? Yes 

This position offers remote working opportunities for an agreed amount of days per week.

Your skills and experience

To excel in this role, you must possess:

• Drive and energy to craft and implement impactful solutions for complex problems
• Outstanding ability to listen to user requirements and understanding their business needs
• Loves problem solving
• Excellent analytical skills, structured and results driven way of working and ability to get things done within proposed deadlines
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Any tax or accounting software or database implementation experience (e.g., Corptax, Longview Tax, OneSource, Oracle Tax provision, Anaplan, CCH integrator, etc.)
• Proven experience driving cross functional projects and/or processes involving multiple jurisdictions
• Demonstrated experience and aptitude with learning and implementing software solutions (accounting, tax, ERP, etc.)
• Experience using a 3rd party data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Qlik, Excel VBA, etc.)

Desired skills/Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data analysis or accounting related field (some tax or accounting exposure is a plus)
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in a similar role preferably in a finance function (accounting or tax function is a plus)
• Experience of leading a team in multiple regions
• Proven experience and knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and ideally using integration features with other financial applications (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft GL, JDE, QuickBooks, SAP, HFM, Essbase, Smart View etc.)
• Programming experience is a plus (VBA, SQL, Python, etc.)
• Result oriented, dedicated, individual with high level of integrity, sense of urgency, attention to detail and quality standards
• Dedication to fostering an inclusive culture and value diverse perspectives