R2R Advisor
Job Summary
The Financial Advisor Duties & Taxes is responsible for overseeing all aspects of duties and taxes
process & projects ensuring compliant and efficient operations. The role combines strong project
management with stakeholder engagement rigorous accounting analysis and hands-on support for
process transitions (e.g. migrations system implementations shared services transitions).
process & projects ensuring compliant and efficient operations. The role combines strong project
management with stakeholder engagement rigorous accounting analysis and hands-on support for
process transitions (e.g. migrations system implementations shared services transitions).
Please note this is not a taxation-related role but is a function managing the D&T process within record-
to-report (RTR)
to-report (RTR)
Key Responsibilities:
1) Project Management (Duties & Taxes Initiatives)
Lead and manage end-to-end duty &tax-related projects within Finance (e.g. compliance
automations process centralization ERP enhancements).
Develop project plans charters timelines RAID logs (Risks Assumptions Issues
Dependencies) and status reports.
Drive cross-functional execution with Finance Clearance STC Operations IT and external
advisors.
Track milestones budgets deliverables and post-implementation benefits; enforce governance
and change control.
2) Stakeholder Management
Act as the central point of contact for internal stakeholders and external authorities/consultants.
Facilitate workshops approvals and decision-making; manage expectations and resolve
conflicts.
Prepare clear communication packs-business cases impact assessments and executive
updates-tailored to audience.
3) Accounting Numbers & Analysis
Review and validate Duty/Tax GL postings journal entries and reconciliations for functional
accounts.
Perform variance analysis trend analysis and root-cause analysis on balances and cash flows.
Support month-end close activities provisions true-ups and reconciliations.
4) Process Transition & Stabilization
Lead transition planning for duties & taxes processes (e.g. moving tasks to GBS/Shared
Services outsourcing or new ERP rollouts).
Document SOPs process maps and controls; define RACI and SLAs for future-state ownership.
1) Project Management (Duties & Taxes Initiatives)
Lead and manage end-to-end duty &tax-related projects within Finance (e.g. compliance
automations process centralization ERP enhancements).
Develop project plans charters timelines RAID logs (Risks Assumptions Issues
Dependencies) and status reports.
Drive cross-functional execution with Finance Clearance STC Operations IT and external
advisors.
Track milestones budgets deliverables and post-implementation benefits; enforce governance
and change control.
2) Stakeholder Management
Act as the central point of contact for internal stakeholders and external authorities/consultants.
Facilitate workshops approvals and decision-making; manage expectations and resolve
conflicts.
Prepare clear communication packs-business cases impact assessments and executive
updates-tailored to audience.
3) Accounting Numbers & Analysis
Review and validate Duty/Tax GL postings journal entries and reconciliations for functional
accounts.
Perform variance analysis trend analysis and root-cause analysis on balances and cash flows.
Support month-end close activities provisions true-ups and reconciliations.
4) Process Transition & Stabilization
Lead transition planning for duties & taxes processes (e.g. moving tasks to GBS/Shared
Services outsourcing or new ERP rollouts).
Document SOPs process maps and controls; define RACI and SLAs for future-state ownership.
Conduct knowledge transfer (KT) training and hypercare; implement metrics to monitor post-go-
live stability.
live stability.