Head Of It jobs in United Kingdom

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet need. With each new discovery and experimental drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. Gilead's primary areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver disease and serious cardiovascular and respiratory conditions.

The Manager IT Business Systems Tax will play a critical role in carrying out important initiatives of the Gilead IT team, to partner with the business, other groups of IT and AMS to ensure operational issues are resolved timely, and ecosystem is stable and the data integration is accurate, also to provide insight into enhancements (functional and technical subject matter expertise) and support ongoing sustainment roadmap, work with solution providers to ensure scalability, and fulfilling growing needs of the business.

• Implement and configure ONESOURCE tax modules to meet business and compliance needs.
• Integrate ONESOURCE with SAP S/4HANA, focusing on Direct Tax configuration and data flow.
• Design and support statutory tax reporting solutions, including e-invoicing, e-ledger, and SAF-T across various jurisdictions.
• Manage data integration and ensure accuracy between ERP systems and tax platforms.
• Provide ongoing support, troubleshooting, and user training for tax systems.
• Collaborate with tax, finance, and IT teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Contribute to project planning, execution, and communication with stakeholders.
• Act as key subject matter expert for core Tax modules of Thomson Reuters and SAP S4 HANA and any other tools which has strong knowledge of ancillary systems and integration points; understand systems/tools process and usage
• Conduct business needs analysis and identify key business challenges with the business teams and key stakeholders
• Identify improvement opportunities to achieve business desired business outcomes
• Define ‘To-Be’ stage of processes, solution application requirement and performance measurements
• Co-develop deployment/enablement strategy, roadmap and plan to achieve ‘To-Be’ stage effectively
• Conduct deployment activities and measure achievement of desired outcomes
• Lead change for large scale multi-site ERP Implementation (SAP S/4HANA, FI, MM) and other related transformational change efforts where we have Tax implications, including but not limited to efficiency and business process and systems capability development
• Analyze complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations
• Ability to develop, implement and support complex business processes in an SAP environment; to design, build, test and deploy S/4HANA Finance business and other technical solutions
• Partner with Global procure to pay leaders to understand the Tax requirements and priorities for the SAP PTP systems and tools
• Working knowledge of OpenText VIM integration with Tax and S4 HANA
• Knowledge of building integration with some of the country specific requirements in EMEA, Asia and Lat America via 3rd party integrators
• Provide global training, including ongoing support and guidance, for areas of responsibility

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in finance and Accounting with extensive IT experience in Thomson Reuters One Source and/or ERP Information Systems like SAP S4 HANA
• Proven experience with One Source Tax Suite implementation and Support
• Strong Knowledge of Statutory Tax reporting (e-Invoicing, e-ledger, SAF-T) across multiple jurisdictions.
• Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and data integration tools.
• Experience of working for a multinational corporation
• Experience in technology implementation and supporting stakeholders through change management
• Pro-actively contribute to the continuous improvement of technology/business processes through identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing changes.
• Take responsibility for Gilead’s core business systems, including administration, maintenance, and development.
• Excellent communication and management skills, with an ability to influence at all levels.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.