Sr. Consultant, Tax Technology

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)

• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One

• 401K with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

• Fertility Assistance Program

• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team experience through collaboration, accountability, and professional conduct.

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to junior team members on business analysis, data analysis, solution documentation, testing, and tax technology delivery practices.

• Review work products for accuracy, completeness, data integrity, and overall quality.

• Support cross-functional collaboration across internal teams, global counterparts, technology teams, tax subject matter experts, and client-facing delivery teams.

• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and practical adoption of tax technology tools and solutions.

Client:

• Interface directly with internal and external stakeholders to understand business needs, operational challenges, and system requirements.

• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and solution designs.

• Provide proactive status updates and maintain effective communication throughout project lifecycles.

• Assist with data gathering, extraction, reconciliation, and analysis.

• Develop and deliver high-quality client documentation, reports, and presentations.

• Support resolution of client inquiries, technical questions, and service-related matters.

Value:

• Analyze existing business and system processes to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.

• Develop and document scalable business process and solution designs aligned to client objectives.

• Create, configure, implement, test, and support business and technology solutions based on defined requirements.

• Build, execute, and document test scenarios to ensure solution quality and performance.

• Assist in development of project plans, timelines, and deliverables to ensure successful execution.

• Identify risks and escalate issues appropriately to support timely resolution.

• Contribute to operational excellence by delivering accurate, timely, and high-quality results.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Technology, Data Analytics, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in consulting, business analysis, tax technology, technology implementation, data analysis, ETL, process improvement, or related professional services environment.
• Experience working in or supporting tax, finance, accounting, enterprise technology, or client solutions environments preferred.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing complex business processes, tax processes, data structures, and system requirements and translating them into actionable solutions.
• Experience supporting project delivery, including requirements gathering, documentation, data analysis, testing, stakeholder coordination, and implementation support.
• Experience with low-code/no-code tools, ETL processes, automation, data visualization, and reporting preferred.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Process, project management, tax technology, data, or analytics certifications such as Six Sigma, PMP, Alteryx, Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, or related certifications a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Advanced Excel skills preferred, including data analysis, formulas, pivot tables, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Experience with ETL, data transformation, and low-code/no-code automation tools such as Alteryx required or strongly preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, and other low-code/no-code ETL, automation, and data visualization tools preferred.
• Experience with Databricks, data lakes, data pipelines, notebooks, or cloud-based data platforms a plus.
• Working knowledge of data structures, data models, data mapping, querying concepts, relational databases, and reporting logic.
• Experience with SQL or similar data querying languages preferred.
• Experience with transaction tax engines such as Vertex, OneSource, or Avalara, including configuration, data flows, testing, troubleshooting, and reporting.
• Experience integrating tax engines with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics, with a strong preference for SAP, including S/4HANA and ECC.
• Familiarity with integrations across ERP, e-commerce platforms, billing systems, tax engines, third-party/vendor software, and enterprise reporting platforms.
• Experience with APIs, system integrations, and data mapping concepts, including REST, SOAP, JSON, and XML.
• Working knowledge of tax data structures and reporting requirements for U.S. Sales and Use Tax and/or international VAT.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, workflows, reconciliations, data validation routines, or automated data processes that support tax, finance, or operational decision-making.
• Experience with project, software management, and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Planner, Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, ClickUp, or similar tools.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new tax, data, reporting, automation, and technology platforms.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:  
This position has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Work Environment: 

• Standard indoor working environment. 

• Long periods of sitting while working at computer. 

• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm and vendors both in-person and via e-mail and telephone.  

• Independent travel requirements: up to 25%, depending on client.  

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran