EY’s GDS Tax Technology team’s mission is to develop, implement and integrate
technology solutions that better serve our clients and engagement teams.
Ever-increasing regulations require tax departments to gather, organize and
analyse more data than ever before. Often the data necessary to satisfy these
ever-increasing and complex regulations must be collected from a variety of
systems and departments throughout an organization. Effectively and efficiently
handling the variety and volume of data is often extremely challenging and time
consuming for a company.
As a member of EY’s core Tax practice, you’ll develop a
deep tax technical knowledge and outstanding database, data analytics and
programming skills. EY's GDS Tax Technology team members work side-by-side with
the firm's partners, clients and tax technical subject matter experts to
develop and incorporate technology solutions that enhance value-add, improve
efficiencies and enable our clients with disruptive and market leading tools supporting
Tax. You will be working closely with clients and professionals in the
following areas: Federal Business Tax Services, Partnership Compliance,
Corporate Compliance, Indirect Tax Services, Human Capital, and Internal Tax
Services. GDS Tax Technology provides solution architecture, application
development, testing and maintenance support to the global TAX service line
both on a pro-active basis and in response to specific requests.
Your key responsibilities
As
a Program Manager you will be responsible for delivering IT programs to
schedule, budget and quality assurance. The role requires mastery technical
knowledge of project and Program management inter-related process stages i.e.
initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close, and the supporting
processes e.g. scope, cost, time, issue, risk, resource, communication,
stakeholder management. Proficiency in related processes such as portfolio
management, program management, methods and tools and quality assurance is also
required. Program Manager must have excellent stakeholder relationship
management skills to successfully lead and manage the team and stakeholders,
and have expertise recognized and requested by customers.
Skills and attributes for success
Monitoring and managing program baseline to ensure activities are
occurring as planned - scope, budget and schedule – manages variances
Proactively identifying risks and issues on program - leading team to
develop risk management, change and issues management plans
Identifying potential points of contention for missed deliverables;
creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
Anticipating problems before they occur; defines the problem or risk;
identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and
implements most appropriate solution
Developing and managing plans to address program strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats
Demonstrating business analytics to manage and meet sponsor and customer
needs
To qualify for the role you must have
6 to 15 years in a corporate IT environment
8+ years’ experience in program management
Successfully execute the programs that agreed to your schedule, budget and scope
Perform the relevant project management processes -
i.e. initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close, and the supporting
processes e.g. scope, cost, time, issue, risk, resource, communication,
stakeholder management
Experience in planning the program based on a
defined need – results in detailed scope/budget/schedule baseline
Close the program to formalize acceptance of the
project result and release project resources
Interface and communicate with program team,
management and stakeholders
Performs gate reviews and quality assurance reviews with
all aspects of IT organization and business sponsors
Work within defined governance processes
Lead the development of the program charter and
scope, and ensure delivery of the solution to schedule, budget and scope
Develop objectives, phasing and content of the
project to deliver on the business case benefits, budget and timescales
Ensures that quality program standards are met as
prescribed by IT Services through the effective implementation or use of
approved processes, methodologies and deliverables
Ideally, you’ll also have
Strong client management skill
Manage external contracts and suppliers where required
Support development of business cases with the
customer team including leading on the solutions estimate
What we look for
We are
looking for technical people who demonstrate drive, vision and determination
and are passionate about helping our clients achieve their goals. We look for
high performers, who consistently deliver quality work while continually
looking for ways to improve.
We will need excellent business acumen and a firm
strategic vision, so if you are ready to use those skills to develop our team,
this role is for you.
What working at EY offers
Support, coaching and feedback from
some of the most engaging colleagues around
Opportunities to develop new skills
and progress your career
The freedom and flexibility to handle
your role in a way that’s right for you
About EY
As a global
leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the
finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving
you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to
make things better. Whenever you join, however
long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a
commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our
ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above,
please contact us as soon as possible.
Join
us in building a better working world.
Apply now.
