, India
Job Family Group:
Finance
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
August 5, 2026
Business Unit:
Finance
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
What’s the role

The Process Excellence Manager plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the organization’s tax and finance transformation agenda. With overall responsibility for delivery, process design, controls, and the Direct Tax digital/automation journey, this role is instrumental in advancing a ‘Tax nirvana’ vision—one where automated, robust, and optimized processes underpin strategic outcomes. The incumbent will champion the integration of technology, drive end-to-end automation, and ensure tax technical rigor, collaborating extensively with cross-functional teams.

What you’ll be doing
Lead the Process design, documentation, and continuous enhancement of end-to-end tax processes, ensuring alignment with best practice and regulatory requirements
Design, develop, implement, and monitor robust Finance controls (alignment with Future of Controls),



focusing on risk mitigation and process integrity throughout the tax lifecycle
Champion standardization and simplification initiatives to support operational excellence and audit readiness
Provide expert insights into direct tax Process automation, with a focus on leveraging automation and AI-driven solutions to enhance accuracy, compliance, and efficiency
Act as Subject Matter expertise (leveraging tax technical insights) to lead/drive automation agenda/projects for Tax
Stay abreast of evolving tax legislation and digital trends, ensuring the organization’s automation journey is tax-compliant, future-ready, and strategically aligned
Drive the adoption of digital tools, intelligent automation, and AI technologies across tax function
Lead the MDT digital transformation roadmap, identifying prospects for process digitization and efficiency gains
Foster a culture of digital innovation, upskilling teams and embedding a dat

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