SAP S4 FICO, Tax Integration Product Designer

Ford Motor Company

Managing S4 Tax product configurations and supporting integration with Vertex systems at Ford. Collaborating with cross-functional teams for compliance and system enhancements.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $99,600 - $192,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for S4 - Tax product configurations/customizations across IERP & other Non-IERP Landscape and Accounts Payables module specifically.
Maintain & Support S4-Vertex product integration for new release rollouts, major enhancements, technical upgrades etc.
Work with Business/Product manager to document and manage Product Requirements to create Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and Functional Specification Documents (FSD).
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture/users for optimized end2end design cloud-based solution approach that meet both business needs and technical standards.
Identifying where current tax systems require updates to meet new legislative requirements.
Understanding the lineage of data from a source transaction (invoice) to a final tax return.
Ability to understand system "rules" or logic tables within S4/Integration with relevant tax engine [Vertex].
Support test cases, that validate complex tax scenarios (e.g., edge cases in tax jurisdictions or exemption certificates) and maintaining a robust regression testing to ensue system stability.
Acting as the primary point of contact for Support tickets, working with S4, Vertex and other interfaces from a tax standpoint.
Maintain and enforce S-Ox (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance and application security protocols across the tax landscape.
Perform, control and innovatively improve application development, deployment and testing standards for the IERP Tax.
Proactively building a strong and trusting business relationship to global and local stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
5+ years of Design/Implementation/support experience in S4/ECC [MM/FICO module] configurations/customizations.
Good experience in preparation/alignment on BRD/Functional Specification documents with Business and hand-holding the technical team on the requirements & functional specifications.
Good experience working with integration projects and interface teams.
Passion for understanding the underlying business processes in the Office of Tax Council
Very good communication & collaboration skills in global environment
Strong analytical skills, and the ability to identify root cause of business concerns; understand & predict business 'motivators'
Solution-oriented and can-do-attitude; excellent problem-solving skills.
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred)
7+ years of Design/Implementation/support experience in S4/ECC [MM/FICO module] configurations/customizations (preferred)
Experience in S4 Tax/ Vertex or any other tax engine integration specific experience will be an added advantage (preferred)
Experience in handling Technology integration roles across systems will be an added advantage (preferred).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

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Hard Skills & Tools

S4 configurationsS4 customizationsVertex integrationBRD preparationFSD preparationregression testingapplication developmentapplication deploymentapplication testingtax system updates

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaboration skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillssolution-oriented mindsetrelationship buildingstakeholder managementbusiness process understandingroot cause analysiscan-do attitude

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in EngineeringMaster’s Degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s Degree in Engineering