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Job title: Sourcing & Tax Applications Specialist

Location : Chicago, IL or Remote

Long-term Contract

Position Summary:

The Sourcing & Tax Applications Specialist is responsible for supporting the Corporate Business applications owned by the GTS Corporate Applications team. This position serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) resource of applications for Tax, Sourcing, Shared Services, Travel & Expense, and Real Estate, supporting processes, and implementing improvements. The Business Applications Specialist ensures appropriate controls are in place and integrates data for decision makers and business owners to support IT, Compliance, project, and vendor management activities. The Application Specialist also provides administrative and project support to the team.

• Responsibilities:
• Sourcing & Tax Application Specialist responsibilities include:
• Serve as a Tax, Sourcing, Travel, Expense, and Real Estate applications subject matter expert associated with functionality, content, processes, and procedures.
• Assist with the design and implementation of operational and system enhancements to ensure production capabilities are both effective and efficient.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and technology staff, including off-shore personnel, to ensure that communication is open and ongoing.
• Serve as liaison between technical and functional stakeholders and project management teams to keep initiatives moving forward smoothly and in accordance with project plans.
• Define project scope, project strategy, deliverable priorities, and recommend alternative solutions.
• Define detailed requirements, analyse business needs, and validate solutions with the internal partners.
• Coordinate project activities, prepare agendas, document meeting outcomes, and collaborate with team members.
• Establish, administer, and maintain project and knowledge management processes and tools.
• Ensure applications are compliant with Client’s IT Policy. Build plans to enforce compliance with IT policy and standard user management processes.
• Evaluate SOC reports to ensure vendor and application compliance and surface risks.

Skills Required:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with Tax, Sourcing, Shared Services, Travel, Expense, or Real Estate applications
• Application configuration, design, and interface experience
• Experience working with third party vendors to implement SaaS solutions
• Working "hands-on" knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and project management methodologies
• Financial & Business acumen (working knowledge) and awareness of management and analysis processes, including but not limited to Tax, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Travel & Expense, and Real Estate
• Strong PC skills, including experience using MS Office Products, especially Excel and Project
• Excellent organization skills, and verbal and written communication skills

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of technology project support experience
• Experience with one or more of the following Tax applications: Corptax, Thomson Reuiters OneSource, Vertex, Aviation Tax
• Experience with one or more of the following Sourcing and Travel & Expense: Concur, Egencia, CoStar Real Estate Manager
• Understanding of Single Sign-On and Identity Management solutions
• Advanced level proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Intermediate SQL query skills
• Experience working in large enterprises with domestic and international locations

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.