Job Description
Job title/position: Africa Tax Reimagined Solution Architect | Number of positions: 1 |
Function and Business Unit: Tax & Legal | |
Description of the role and purpose of the job: The Africa Tax Reimagined Solution Architect plays a pivotal role in designing, governing, and delivering enterprise grade technology solutions that enable end to end tax & legal transformation. This role partners closely with all the Tax Reimagined Sub Regionals Leads, Lead Tax Partners and engagement leads across the One Africa cluster within KPMG including the tax subjectmatter experts, technology teams, data teams, and business stakeholders to architect scalable solutions that streamline compliance, improve data quality, and unlock automation, analytics, and digital reporting capabilities. The Africa Tax Reimagined Solution Architect will play a central role supporting the Sub-Regional teams and Lead Tax partners with go-to-market efforts ensuring the matching of appropriate KPMG solutions and technologies to client needs. The successful candidate will blend deep technical expertise with strong tax‑domain understanding to drive strategic modernisation across tax & legal processes, platforms, and data flows.
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Key responsibilities: Market/Client facing • Work with lead partners (teaming with transformation/technology solution architects) on target accounts to begin and advance the Tax Reimagined discussion, win work and execute on engagements. − Sales – build pipeline, identify/convert sales, articulate compelling KPMG Solutions, lead RFP’s − Shaping and delivery on client opportunities – share inform and educate clients on the art of the possible − Close and transition – define and play key role on engagements and client delivery − Delivery – level of assistance with respect to delivery will vary based on opportunity − Stable operations – drive client satisfaction and evolve solution as appropriate Tax Reimagined development • Contribute to the development of our approach and materials in this space and lead go-tomarket campaigns within the Africa Region partnering with Lead Tax partners and engagement teams. • Work to further develop the Tax Reimagined sales pipeline and assist in developing and driving the execution of these plans across the Africa Region. • Actively contribute to the development of go-to-market materials that support the targeting, qualification, proposal and pursuit learning efforts related to initiatives. Solution Architecture & Design |
• Lead the architecture design of digital solutions for indirect tax, corporate tax, transfer pricing, statutory reporting, legal and global tax data frameworks within the Tax & Legal Department. • Develop endtoend 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. Tax Technology Delivery • Architect and guide implementation of tax & legal technology platforms such as: • ERP tax engines (e.g., SAP, Oracle) • Compliance and reporting platforms (Digital Gateway) • Data and analytics (Digital Gateway, Alteryx) • Automation tools (Power Platform, 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. • Partner with data engineering teams to implement efficient ETL/ELT workflows. Stakeholder Engagement • Act as the technical lead and trusted advisor to the tax & legal leadership team • Facilitate architecture workshops and solution design sessions. • Communicate complex technical concepts in a clear, businessfriendly manner. Strategic Transformation • Contribute to multiyear technology strategy and platform modernisation. • Identify optimisation opportunities through automation, analytics, AI, and simplification. • Ensure futureready designs supporting digital tax & legal administration (eInvoicing, realtime reporting etc). |
Skills and attributes required for the role: Skills: • 7+ years in solution architecture, software engineering, or enterprise architecture. • Experienced delivering technology solutions within Tax, Finance, or ERP transformation programmes. • Strong understanding of global tax processes (direct/indirect tax, tax reporting, provision, transfer pricing). • 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 AIdriven analytics, machine learning, or modern data platforms. • Knowledge of tax authority digitalisation trends and regulatory reporting requirements. • Prior 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. |
Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience): Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. For Internal candidates: • Last performance rating must be Meeting Expectations • Latest compliance score must not be red.
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