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Tax Innovation - Software Engineering - Director
Posted 22 Oct
What’s this role about? You will lead the design and delivery of software solutions that support tax services while driving business growth and client engagement. This role involves overseeing architecture, coding, and testing activities while coaching cross-functional teams to advance tax innovation.
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About PwC At PwC, we help clients drive their companies to the leading edge. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com. PwC: Audit and assurance, consulting and tax services PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Content on this page has been prepared for general information only and is not intended to be relied upon as accounting, tax or professional advice. Please reach out to your advisors for specific advice.
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Responsibilities
- As a Tax Innovation - Software Engineering - Director you will lead the design and delivery of software solutions that support tax services, bringing together engineering, product thinking, and client-facing problem solving within our Tax practice. As a Director you will set direction, drive business growth, shape client work, and guide teams across multiple efforts while translating vision into action and fostering a culture of quality, integrity, and inclusion. In this role at PwC, you will use your software engineering background to develop applications, evaluate new approaches, and help turn tax technology ideas into practical solutions that improve service delivery and business performance.
- Setting strategic direction for tax technology initiatives and translating business priorities into software engineering plans
- Leading client-facing software engineering efforts that support tax innovation, digital transformation, and service delivery improvement
- Overseeing architecture, design, coding, and testing activities for scalable applications and technology-enabled solutions
- Shaping client engagement strategy, business growth opportunities, and solution roadmaps across multiple concurrent efforts
- Directing cross-functional teams through enterprise application architecture, integration, and functional requirements development
- Evaluating emerging technologies, including AI tools, to advance automation, productivity, and modern engineering approaches
- Coaching leaders and developing team capability across solution architecture, programming, and business process management
- Validating adherence to professional standards, code of conduct, and independence requirements throughout technology delivery
- Building relationships with business and technology leaders to identify opportunities, address issues, and advance innovation efforts
Qualification
- At least 8 years of experience
- Demonstrating software engineering leadership in tax innovation initiatives
- Driving client-focused technology solutions across tax service delivery
- Developing software architecture, integration, and application design approaches
- Translating tax requirements into scalable engineering strategies
- Leading thoughtful change across people, process, and technology
- Adhering to professional standards, code of conduct, and independence requirements
- Up to 20%
- Job Posting End Date
- The salary range for this position is: $150,000 - $438,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
- PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
- Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- Holiday pay
- Vacation
- Personal sick leave
- Family sick leave
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