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How to manage global E-invoicing compliance

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As Governments push for the widespread implementation of e-invoicing and real-time reporting companies are faced with numerous compliance challenges; ERP platforms and business systems need to be able to exchange data with tax authorities, and automated solutions need to keep up with the demands of e-invoicing requirements.

To address these needs, our expert panel of speakers will discuss the practical steps companies need to take to remain compliant and understand how to implement the evolving technology to address new compliance challenges.

Attend this session and learn how to:

Lay the foundation for a successful e-invoicing implementation strategy and determine the best way to manage new processes.
Secure buy-in from key stakeholders.
Integrate with other technologies.
Create a low maintenance, tax and technology vision for the future.

Presenters:

Kirsty Kerr – Senior Product Manager, Tax & Accounting, Thomson Reuters
Jennie Fisk – Tax Director, Tax and Customs Product Manager, Global Strategic Tax & Customs, The Lego Group
Anna Micklewright – Global Head of Sales, Pagero
Kathya Capote Peimbert - Tax Managing Director, Global Lead of E-invoicing & Digital Reporting, KPMG
Éva Fekete - Regional Tax Advisor, FedEx Express

Speakers

Kirsty Kerr

Senior Product Manager, ONESOURCE Indirect Compliance,Tax & Accounting Thomson Reuters

Kirsty has been with Thomson Reuters since 2009, working in indirect tax content, implementations and then moving into product management. In her current role she is responsible for shaping indirect compliance product strategy and roadmap and ensuring regulatory compliance globally, all with a deep understanding of market and client requirements in the indirect tax space. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Kirsty worked in Big 4 tax management consultancy, concentrating on tax automation and compliance solutions across a breadth of taxations. She brings over 20 years of experience in tax technology, focusing especially on the needs of global multinational corporations.

Jennie Fisk

Tax Director, Tax and Customs Product Manager, Global Strategic Tax & Customs

The Lego Group

Jennie has over 25 years of experience in tax technology & tax function effectiveness, covering tax operating models, risk management and governance, processes and controls, data and the effective use and implementation of technology for Tax, including ERP configuration.

Since July 2022, she is a Director in Global Strategic Tax & Customs at the LEGO Group, leading the development and strategic transformation of digital product (technology) for Tax and Trade Compliance. She was previously at Maersk, as Global Process Owner for Tax, then Tax Product Owner within the Finance & Tax platform. While at Maersk, she established tax as a key component in the business case, design and implementation of S/4HANA & related technologies. Prior to that, she was a consultant at several Big 4 firms.

Anna Micklewright

Global Head of Sales

Pagero

Originally working in the UK public sector (department of Health) of a national and regional level handling NHS VAT and procurement for complex high vale projects, before moving to work as a consultant, advising suppliers to navigate the complexities of customer’s alongside the benefits of EDI to drive efficiency and revenue. Having understood the value of EDI for efficiency, Anna has specialised in e-documentation for the last 15 years working with many large multi-nationals to drive commercial strategies through automation, serving as advisory with many global multi-nationals Now, through the emergence of key B2B and compliance mandates she likes to share her experiences of embracing global compliance whilst increasing an organisation’s competitive edge.

Kathya Capote Peimbert

Tax Managing Director, Global Lead of E-invoicing & Digital Reporting

KPMG

Kathya is an international tax attorney and tax technology specialist focused on indirect tax automation, global indirect tax systems and process optimization. She has over 15 years of experience working on various functions, including but not limited to global e-invoicing and digital reporting analysis and requirements gathering, ERPs and tax engine implementations.

Kathya is currently the global e-invoicing and digital reporting lead for KPMG’s global indirect tax services practice, assisting clients with the creation of customized global e-invoicing roadmaps, global matrixes based on client’s tax footprints, e-invoicing vendor/solution selection and strategies to validate and implement solutions to comply with the electronic data required by tax administrations. Kathya also has a lead support role as part of the KPMG One Americas tax technology team, where she provides guidance on the creation of smart tools to assist with the automation of compliance processes and facilitate the mapping of regional tax technology strategies. As a KPMG tax professional, Kathya has worked with Fortune 1000 clients to implement global solutions. Prior to joining KPMG, Kathya was responsible for the development and maintenance of the international tax content for a global tax engine indirect tax software.

Éva Fekete

Regional Tax Advisor

FedEx Express

Éva Fekete is an experienced finance and tax advisor who is currently working as a Regional Tax Advisor at FedEx Express EMEA Headquarters. She is responsible for designing and implementing the digital reporting process for Europe. In this role, she created and implemented the Digital VAT and SAF-T reporting processes. Eva has worked for a variety of other companies, including Johnson and Johnson/Depuy International, UPS SCS Hungary, and Bristol Myers Squibb.

Éva has a Master's degree in International Business from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and studied Economics and Banking at the College of Economics. Éva has also participated in various programs on leadership and agile product development (SAFe POPM 6.0).