This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
In the Finance and Corporate Strategy team we ensure that the business’s capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused. This is how we work to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company. By gathering and analysing financial data we can influence decisions within the business, drive initiatives, and help ensure alignment with our wider objectives. Join us redefine what’s next for you.
Responsibilities
Tax department role with people management responsibility; primary liaison with Finance Systems Architecture and broader Finance/IT delivery teams; role locations: Bangalore, India and Wroclaw, Poland.
Owns the tax technology and reporting enablement roadmap from a Tax perspective (intake, prioritization, business case, scope, and outcomes) and provides strong program management to drive cross-functional execution with partner teams.
Interprets tax policy and compliance requirements and translates them into clear functional requirements, data definitions, and controls; designs reusable approaches to address similar reporting requirements across jurisdictions and entities.
Partners with Finance Systems Architecture and IT delivery teams on solution architecture decisions, ensuring tax requirements are correctly embedded; defines acceptance criteria, supports testing/UAT from the Tax standpoint, and approves that tax policy needs are met (implementation/configuration owned by delivery teams).
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Owns tax data and reporting pipelines (source-to-report) including standard data mapping, reconciliations, and workpaper outputs; governs design and ongoing enhancements delivered through partner teams to improve traceability, data quality, and cycle times.
Defines and maintains tax policy-driven controls, documentation standards, and audit-ready evidence requirements for tax data, reporting pipelines, and tax-relevant system outputs; partners with control owners on SOX/ITGC alignment.
Monitors regulatory and business changes (e.g., e-invoicing/e-reporting mandates, new filing requirements) and leads impact assessment, requirement definition, and prioritization; ensures sustainable, repeatable solutioning for recurring reporting needs.
Establishes governance routines (steerco, design reviews, risk/issue forums) and communicates status, risks, and decisions across Tax, Finance Systems Architecture, and delivery teams, drives adoption through clear guidance and training on standards and processes.
Partners on vendor and solution evaluations to ensure fit to tax policy and compliance requirements; contributes to selection criteria, tax functional design, and service expectations while delivery teams execute implementation.
Leads and develops a high-performing team focused on tax requirements governance, tax data/reporting standards, and compliance enablement; provides coaching, performance management, and capability building.
Defines program and operational metrics (e.g., time-to-close, exception rates, data quality, reusability/standard adoption) and drives continuous improvement through standardization and repeatable solution patterns.
Education and Experience Required:
First-level university degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
Typically, 8+ years of experience spanning tax, finance systems, data/analytics, and/or technology delivery; experience supporting global tax processes strongly preferred.
Typically, 2+ years of people management experience and demonstrated strength in program management (driving cross-functional roadmaps, governance, dependencies, and executive communication).
Knowledge and Skills:
Strong understanding of tax process domains (direct and/or indirect) and how tax requirements translate into systems, data, and controls.
Strong familiarity with tax technology platforms and/or tax engines (e.g., Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, Vertex, Avalara, Sovos, SAP tax solutions) and end-to-end data flows/integrations to ERP systems; able to define tax functional requirements and validate outcomes.
Strong data skills (e.g., SQL, data modeling, reconciliations) and experience governing automated data/reporting pipelines; comfortable partnering with engineering/analytics teams using ETL/automation and visualization tools (e.g., Alteryx, Power BI, Python or similar).
Exceptional program management skills (roadmap planning, governance, dependency management, risk/issue management, and change management) with the ability to lead without direct control over implementation teams.
Controls mindset and experience designing and operating process/IT controls (e.g., SOX, audit support, documentation standards) in a regulated environment.
Proven ability to partner effectively with Finance Systems Architecture and technical teams, translating tax policy into scalable requirements, data models, and repeatable solution patterns.
Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and building capabilities across tax requirements governance, data, and reporting.
Working knowledge of finance and accounting concepts that interact with tax (e.g., close processes, master data, chart of accounts, and provision-related data flows).
Excellent problem-solving skills with a long-term mindset—drives root-cause analysis and designs solutions that scale and can be reused for similar reporting requirements.
Additional Skills:
Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Big Data Analytics, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Empathy, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Internal Controls, Long Term Planning, Management of Change, Managing Ambiguity, Numerical Data Analysis, Policy Management, Problem Solving Mindset {+ 4 more}
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job Level:
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HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.
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