Consultant

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

The Consultant, Tax Technology (“Consultant”) is part of a dynamic team providing tax automation services to Fortune 1000 clients by performing detail requirements analysis, process design, solutioning, configuration, installation, and implementation of tax automation business and system processes for enterprise applications. The role will also work with other Ryan teams to identify tax and cost savings opportunities for clients and to gain an understanding of how the client computes each component of the sales and use tax. This includes researching issues, reconciling data, building automation solutions, and testing proposed solutions. Additionally, this position offers the flexibility to work remotely.

We are seeking an enthusiastic tax technology consultant who is passionate about problem-solving through innovative, customized solutions and tax automation. The ideal candidate will be eager to create impactful client results, deliverables, collaborate with our dynamic team, and analyze client data to drive meaningful insights and solutions. This role offers an excellent opportunity to assist the team in various capacities, while learning from an experienced team and ensuring we meet our clients’ needs effectively. If you are a proactive thinker who thrives in a collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you!

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

People:

• Create a positive team experience.
• Engages in team meetings and discussions, contributing thoughtfully and showing enthusiasm for team initiatives.
• Approaches new challenges with an open mind, actively seeking opportunities for personal and professional development to enhance team capabilities.
• Manages time effectively and stays focused while working remotely, ensuring consistent progress on tasks and collaboration with the team.

Client:

• Assists with the creation of custom solutions for client tax automation and process needs.
• Assists with the creation of client deliverable documentation, including creating, composing, and editing written materials.
• Collaborates with multiple teams to gather requires and deliver solutions, both internal and for clients.
• Identifies technology requirements, highlighting opportunities for process enhancements, automation, efficiency gains, and best practice applications.
• Assists with the data gathering, extraction, and analysis of client data.
• Travels to client locations to gather requirements, documentation, data, and perform process reviews as necessary for use in the tax technology and transformation process.
• Assists Managers with all client related work in an efficient and timely manner.

Value:

• Helps develop solutions that are transformative in nature and eliminates challenging areas for clients throughout the transaction lifecycle (Tax Policy, Tax Determination, Compliance, Audit Support, Tax Planning)
• Assists with designing new process designs for tax transformation which includes tax determination, data enablement supporting the tax organization and other transformational areas.
• Participates in implementation, design, testing, maintenance, and support of software, based on technical design specifications.
• Participates in architecture reviews.
• Help draft technical design specifications, based on functional requirements and analysis documents.
• Reviews functional requirements, analysis, and design documents and provides feedback.
• Investigates software development tools.
• Analyzes existing business and system processes.
• Assists in documenting business and system processes performed for tax determination.
• Assists in installation and configuration of tax automation software solutions.
• Creates, executes, and documents testing scenarios.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Management Information Systems or Information Technology and Management with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Zero to two years related tax automation and technology experience.
• Experience participating in requirements gathering and design workshops and documenting solutions for review by management.
• Expertise in data automation & analytics, process improvement, and software exploration/experimentation is a plus.
• Strong solution minded and design skills required.
• Self-motivated attitude with the capability for solo work when assigned.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Experience with complex software development projects through all phases of the software development life cycle.  
• Working knowledge of software such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools (Automation Anywhere, UiPath, BluePrism), Data ETL tools (Alteryx, PowerQuery, Dataiku, Tableau Prep, Knime), and data visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau).
• Experience with Generative AI/LLM is a plus.
• ERP knowledge specific to tax determination and finance. Experience with SAP ECC / HANA is a plus.
• Tax Technology software experience (OneSource Determination, Vertex O Series, Vertex Returns, OneSource Compliance) is also a plus.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm and interface with external vendors as necessary.
• Independent travel requirement: up to 10%.
• 45+ hour standard workweek requirement.

Compensation:

• For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $81,600.00 - $105,050.00
• For other California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $74,800.00 - $96,250.00
• For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $71,400.00 - $91,850.00
• For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $74,800.00 - $96,250.00
• For other Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $71,400.00 - $91,850.00
• For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $81,600.00 - $105,050.00
• For other New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $68,000.00 - $87,450.00
• For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $74,800.00 - $96,250.00
• The Company makes offers based on many factors, including qualifications and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran