Experience

Meridian Global Services

• Ireland
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Product Management - Tax Technology

  • Aug 2021 - Present

• Manager - SAP/VAT Consulting

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2021

  As Implementation Manager for the Meridian Tax Technology team I am involved in all aspects of VAT Add-on projects. Working closely with clients to identify critical VAT Determination points for their business while mapping all business flows. Once this information is gathered our team will implement the VAT Add-on including initial table entries, condition records and aide with masterdata adjustments.Full post implementation support and training supplied to clients.



Pfizer

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• VAT Specialist - SAP Projects

  • Feb 2013 - Jul 2017

  • SME for VAT as part of the SAP implementation project team.• Involved in all aspects of deployment to several large EU markets including our European Logistic Centre deployment where over 100 VAT registrations went live in SAP.• Working with the Business Technology team to create custom tables in SAP in order to automate the supply chain and other key areas. Tax strategy considered with cash flow savings in mind. • Interfaces updated/created to manage highly complex Intercompany cross border transactions.• Managing the testing strategy with the VAT compliance team. Coordinating all responsible analysts within the team to perform BAU testing and dealing with any anomalies or queries arising from same.• Supply chain project to evaluate all product routings from a financial and physical flow. • Tax code re configuration This project is stripping back all non essential tax codes to deal with the issue of two character VAT codes in SAP. Significant project working with EY colleagues and outside 3rd party resources.• Development of SAF-T FAIA requirements for the LUX and Portuguese markets. Significant configuration work to SAP and Oracle to develop reports from both systems.Supply point company rationalization project - involved in all aspects of preparing and testing new product flows to incorporate the reduction of Supply point companies from 8 to 5 globally. Manage VAT testing for new Optical Character Recognition tool for automation of AP postings.

• VAT Analyst - Seconded Specialist

  • Oct 2009 - Feb 2013

  In this position I worked on completing all indirect tax returns for a number of different markets including; UK, Austria, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland & Ireland. • Responsible for preparing and filing all VAT Returns, Intrastats, EC Sales and also CIS, Chamber Contribution and SCB workings. • Involved in various projects within the team including “VAT TRAC” an automation tool in Excel that performs a number of compliance checks on all invoices posted in both AP and AR.• Worked with both Oracle and SAP gaining a very high knowledge of both ERP systems. • Presented to the rest of the team on a quarterly basis concentrating on new developments in EU VAT such as place of supply rules and new VAT code creation based on increases/decreases in VAT rates.In March 2011 I was offered a secondment position as a VAT specialist. • Review all VAT, VIES and Intrastat reports prepared by the Analyst for my markets.• Manage compliance processes such as trend analysis and invoice registers.• Manage relationships with Market colleagues advising on new product flows for most efficient VAT treatment.• Manage relationships with EU VAT authorities. Answer any queries and manage audit requests.• In this time we had a visit from 2 UK VAT officers who I presented with a new compliance tool that automatically performs 20+ checks on all invoice postings on AP and AR. All automated through Excel using VB.



Houlihan Cushnahan & Partners

• Trainee Accountant

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2009

  My role was to compile full financial statements for Sole Traders, Partnerships and Companies alike. I also prepared Income Tax returns and Pension Workings for same. As part of this, special attention was put on Income Tax avoidance by maximizing full pension and life assurance savings. I interacted with various clients on a daily basis dealing with all areas of their financial commitments and liabilities, always ensuring I built up an excellent rapport and relationship with them including the utmost amount of trust. In this position I am required to work under pressure to meet very strict deadlines.