Robin Ellis Simpson

About Robin Ellis Simpson

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.\" — Winston S. Churchill\"Personal growth lies within the unknown; courage permits you to explore this space.\"I have found my calling! Technology was what made showing up to work fun and interesting - now I get to \"do Technology\" all the time! I am passionate about finding the right tools to do the right job – I am the expert developing, deploying and maintaining Tax Technologies and Transformations. Along with my reputation for delivering high functioning results, my key strengths include:1. Assembling and managing high performing teams including tax professionals (direct employees, consultants), business stakeholders and vendors2. To effectively evaluate Technology solutions, and3. To identify and deliver valuable automation opportunitiesI facilitate a culture of excellence to produce superior automation and value improvements with my specialized knowledge of recruitment and career management of Tax Technologists.I know how to extract value for Tax from ERP and other Finance systems.Reach out of you want to talk about Tax grabbing a seat at the Finance Technology Table and optimizing ALL the opportunities! Ignoring change won\'t stop change - embrace and drive change to make it work for you!

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Tax Technology

   Boston Scientific

   Mar 2020 — Present · Marlborough, MA, US

   Drive procurement, implementation, optimization, Transformation, maintenance in compliance with all relevant tax laws and regs for Tax Technologies/Applications & related data management strategies/challenges to ensure the accuracy and completeness of tax-related data. Provide “Help Desk” type support and guidance/training for Finance Department personnel. Support awareness within the Department of data privacy obligations and cybersecurity threat prevention. In collaboration with Finance Team members, identify opportunities for improvement and drive to completion enhancements.o Product owner Vertex O Series implementation Identify, Plan, Support & execute Technology initiatives and improvements to meet tax compliance/reporting requirements and deadlineso Magellan Program–Global implementation of/upgrade to SAP S/4HANA, multi-year program to lead and execute Transformation for the Finance Functiono Magellan Application Remediation Extended Team (MARET) – sync external apps with SAP S/4HANA roadmap, goals and capabilitieso Finance Forward Global Finance Innovation Initiative to cleanse/manage/maintain Master Data, implement more sophisticated automation tools, re-design/develop new Teams to address how Finance works in 2023 and beyond to the goal of $30B revenue Design/implement Tax Technology solutions to support Finance Department:o Manage external consultants and collaborate with BSC personnel around the world to gather/communicate requirements & determine best solutions to meet needs in different countrieso Transfer Price/Mark-up calculation tool to address gap in Magellan Programo Tool to describe products sold/purchased and subject to transaction taxes such as VAT/US Sales & Use Taxed for mapping the product categories in Vertex O Series for proper tax determinationo Participating in re-design of the internally developed Alteryx/Tableau solution to meet TP, FDII, UNICAP and FTC data needso Implemented E&P, GILTI and 163(j) calcs in Corptax

Education

• University of La Verne

  Business Administration and Management, General

• University of the Pacific

  Business Administration and Management, General

• California State University, Stanislaus

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration

Skills

• Corptax Software
• Sap
• Onesource Workflow Manager
• Microsoft Excel
• Tax Compliance
• Onesource Tax Provision