Position Title: Sr. Specialist, Tax (SAP)
Location: Mexico City / Remote
Duration: long Term (This is an Contract to hire position)
Client: Beverage Industry
Company Summary
We re the producers, creators and marketers of beer, wine and spirits brands that people love. We re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver products and experiences that resonate now, tomorrow and well into the future. Because of this approach, we re the fastest-growing large CPG company in the U.S. at retail, with operations in the U.S., Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. Our premium portfolio of iconic brands like Corona Extra, Modelo Especial, Kim Crawford, Robert Mondavi, The Prisoner, High West Whiskey, and more drives industry-leading growth for us today. But we re just getting started. Our ability to stay at the forefront of consumer trends has fueled our success since our founding in 1945 and will guide us in creating the next generation of products and experiences Worth Reaching For.
Position Summary
The Sr. Specialist is the senior technical reference for a product platform. The role owns end-to-end solution design, configuration, quality and delivery, and works with a high degree of autonomy as the principal technical partner to the Product Manager, Tax.
In this role, the product is SAP Tax. Working with Tax, Accounting, Finance, Procurement, Logistics, IT and globally distributed delivery partners, the Sr. Specialist helps ensure that tax solutions are adopted, well governed, compliant and deliver measurable value across the United States and Mexico.
We are looking for someone with an innovation mindset who is ready to use AI to improve how work gets done, within the company s controls, policies and risk management guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
Platform & Solution Ownership
- Own the solution blueprint, configuration and design of the product platform, making sure it is sound, scalable and aligned with enterprise standards.
- Set and enforce configuration, documentation and design review standards.
- Scope each new requirement and determine whether it is configuration, integration or a process change.
- Engage early in requirements and design discussions, and bring recommended options when issues require escalation.
- Manage the platform release cycle, including new functionality, regression risk and testing scope.
- Drive adoption by identifying work that runs outside the platform and partnering with the business to close those gaps.
Tax Platform Accountabilities
- Configure and continuously improve SAP Tax solutions, including the tax engine and Mexico tax localizations.
- Manage configuration, reporting and requirements for direct and indirect tax (US and MX), tax provisions, Pillar 2, US excise reporting and foreign trade.
- Develop functional specifications for reports, interfaces and enhancements, and guide the technical team through design and build.
- Lead the functional design and testing of integrations between SAP and tax engines and partner solutions such as OneSource.
- Evaluate SAP releases, tax solution capabilities and regulatory changes against business value, platform fit, controls and operational readiness.
Integrations & Data
- Lead the functional design of integrations with connected enterprise systems, in partnership with Solution Architecture.
- Define and maintain tax master data, data-quality standards and remediation requirements in partnership with business data owners.
- Identify downstream impacts of changes across connected processes before they are built.
Delivery & Quality
- Partner with the Product Manager and designated Product Owner to translate roadmap priorities into epics, user stories, technical designs and release plans.
- Define epics with a clear Definition of Done and groom user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
- Own the end-to-end testing strategy and coordinate UAT execution, defect resolution and documented stakeholder sign-off.
- Act as the liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, make timely, well-reasoned decisions, and communicate scope, schedule and quality trade-offs clearly.
- Develop practical options when constraints arise, and track agreed actions to completion with clear owners and dates.
- Adjust plans as priorities and constraints change, and raise risks early with clear ownership of follow-up actions.
- Provide technical input to backlog prioritization and maintain the technical readiness of assigned epics and stories in Jira.
Business Partnership & Communication
- Serve as the primary technology counterpart for business partners, translating needs into practical platform solutions.
- Partner with the Product Manager to shape the roadmap and set priorities.
- Build trusted relationships across business, IT and regional teams, and incorporate diverse perspectives into solution decisions.
- Define and track value measures such as adoption, compliance timeliness and data quality.
- Provide regular, proactive updates on status, risks and decisions, tailor communication to each audience, and translate technical issues into business language during incidents.
Partner Oversight & Knowledge Sharing
- Provide technical direction to implementation partners and support teams, and hold them to clear quality standards.
- Mentor team members and business super-users, and document platform knowledge so it does not depend on one person.
- Support rollouts across regions and align processes with globally distributed teams.
Role-Specific Requirements: SAP Tax
Experience
- 8+ years in a corporate IT environment delivering SAP solutions.
- 7+ years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA GL and Tax experience, including configuration, requirements, functional specifications and testing.
- At least one full-cycle SAP Tax implementation or major enhancement as technical lead, including tax engine integration such as OneSource.
Required Technical Skills
- SAP FICO with a Tax focus, including direct and indirect tax solutions and tax engines such as OneSource.
- Strong knowledge of Tax, Accounting and Finance processes, including Mexico tax localizations.
- Solution architecture, integration design across modules, and technical governance for direct and indirect tax.
- Tax master data quality, reporting and compliance measures.
Preferred Technical Skills
- SAP S/4HANA certification.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA public cloud.
- Experience building governed automation or agents with tools such as Microsoft Copilot Studio or Power Automate.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Proven experience leading the technical delivery of complex platform implementations or major enhancements in an agile product environment.
- Experience working with globally distributed internal and external delivery partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and to make and defend design decisions independently.
- Advanced English (reading, writing and speaking).
- Willingness to learn and apply AI responsibly, following company controls, policies and risk management guidelines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Food and beverage or CPG industry experience.
- Project management or agile certification.
- Working knowledge of Jira.
Location and Travel Requirements
- Based in Mexico City.
- Expected to travel approximately 25% of the time to office locations.
Thanks
John
Netstrive Consulting, LLC
450, E. 22nd St, Suite 178,
Lombard, IL 60148
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