Senior Manager - Tax Transformation Solutions Architect at KPMG South Africa

About the Job:

• The Solutions Architect plays a pivotal role in designing, governing, and delivering enterprise‑grade technology solutions and methodologies that will enable end‑to‑end tax transformation. This role requires advising a large portfolio of clients and working in multi-disciplinary teams, including tax teams, technology analysts and Data and Analytical teams across the firm.

Key responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Manage the Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) process of financial data for all tax technology types of projects.
• Lead the architecture design of digital solutions for different clients from different tax lens inter alia, indirect tax, customs, corporate tax, transfer pricing etc. in relation to statutory reporting, legal and global tax data frameworks., with a view to enhance automation and optimisations
• Develop end‑to‑end solution architectures covering application, data, integration, automation, cloud infrastructure and security layers.
• Create technical design documents, architecture diagrams and solution roadmaps.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements and technology governance frameworks.
• Advise clients on how to sustain tax data quality standards in financial systems to enhance tax processes, operations and effectiveness of tax reporting and other requirements.
• Contribute to G2M pursuits to meet specific budgetary targets.

Tax Technology Delivery

Architect and guide implementation of tax technology platforms such as:

• ERP tax engines (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft D365 etc.)
• Compliance and reporting platforms (mainly Digital Gateway)
• Data and analytics (e.g Digital Gateway, Alteryx, PowerBI etc.)
• Automation tools (Power Platforms, Alteryx, UiPath)
• Support development teams during build, testing, deployment and UAT phases.
• Translate functional requirements into scalable technical specifications.

Data Architecture & Integration

• Design data models, data pipelines, and integration patterns across ERP, finance, legal and tax systems.
• Oversee data quality, governance, standardisation and lineage strategies for tax & legal data.
• Partnering with data engineering teams to implement efficient ETL/ELT workflows.

Strategic Transformation

• Contribute to multi‑year technology strategy and platform modernisation.
• Identify optimisation opportunities through automation, analytics, AI and simplification.
• Ensure future‑ready designs supporting digital Tax & Legal administration (e‑Invoicing, real-time reporting etc).

Skills and attributes required for the role:

Skills:

• 3+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or enterprise architecture.
• Experienced delivering technology solutions within Tax, Finance, or ERP transformation programmes.
• Good understanding of tax processes (direct/indirect tax, tax reporting, provision, transfer pricing etc.) and implementation of automation technology

Hands‑on experience with one or more:

• SAP or Oracle tax functionality
• Cloud architecture (Azure/AWS)
• Integration technologies (APIs, middleware, ETL tools)
• Data modelling and SQL
• Automation tools (Power Automate, UiPath, Alteryx)
• Ability to create architecture diagrams (e.g., using Visio, Lucid chart, or Draw.io).
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with AI‑driven analytics, machine learning or modern data platforms.
• Understanding of tax authority digitalisation trends and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Experience in professional services, consulting, or global multinational environments.

Personal attributes:

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Comfortable operating in complex, fast‑moving global environments.
• Collaborative and confident in leading cross‑functional teams.
• Curious, proactive and committed to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Accounting, Information Systems, Engineering, or related fields.