Key Responsibilities

• Design tax determination rules and functionalities of an indirect tax determination engine 

• Design the functionalities of new Indirect Tax application and functionalities to support VAT / GST / WHT compliance, reconciliation and reporting. 

• Assist in the development, testing and deployment of the applications 

• Liase with global process owners, project peers, country accounting and indirect tax experts, to ensure the designed solution fits with global and local business and legal requirements 

• Collaborate with IT experts, to ensure that design decisions are aligned with Novartis architectural standards, performance, quality and security principles 

• Liase with project management and project leads to ensure that project work is delivered to agreed time, cost and quality constraints following the release calendars 

• Create and maintain project documentation, training and educational material of the processes 

Essential requirements:

• University level degree 

• Previous experience in indirect tax department, tax and financial accounting in multinational companies 

• Business acumen: very good understanding of various worldwide data models 

• Digital savvy: very good grasp of the impacts and opportunities of data and technology will create to Novartis 

• Leadership skills: ability to inspire change, involve country-experts and effectively communicate to relevant stakeholders 

• Work closely with IT Experts, tax process owners and country experts, to ensure integrated and standardized solutions across the organization.