leadership image

Talal Antar

Managing Director

Tax Technology

ROLE

Talal leads technical and functional design, project management, and project delivery for SAP integrations and custom solutions. He partners closely with client tax, finance, IT, and business teams to translate complex requirements into practical, scalable solutions and guide implementations from discovery through testing, cutover and stabilization. Talal has a broad knowledge base in many functional and project management areas, including tax calculation, sales and use tax return preparation, G/L reconciliation, manufacturing sub-contracting tax implications, and audit defense, allowing him to benefit the client and overall project significantly.

 

EXPERTISE

17 years in tax technology; 12 years with DMA; 11 years leading DMA’s SAP team

 

  • Leads DMA’s global SAP tax technology delivery team across the United States and Europe, overseeing SAP tax engine integrations and custom solutions implementations
  • Directs technical and functional design, requirements definition, project governance, implementation, and escalation management across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA Private and Public Cloud
  • Maintains functional working knowledge of SAP SD/FI/MM and configurations in tax technology platforms, including Avalara AvaTax, ONESOURCE IDT, Vertex O, and Sovos GTD
  • Designs SAP tax interface solutions, custom utilities, and accelerators that address functional gaps, strengthen controls, improve reconciliation, and reduce manual efforts
  • Expertise in implementation processes, integration procedures, project management, product and customer taxability determination, organizational settings, testing procedures, and cutover procedures
  • Previously responsible for various functional areas, including sales and use tax compliance, data management, data processing, filing requirements, and sales and use tax audit defense; led a group of tax accountants and interns on projects that involved process improvements, compliance automation, and development of an in-house compliance engine
INDUSTRIES

Automotive | Banking & Financial Services | Data Centers | Distribution | Entertainment | Healthcare | Hospitality | Insurance | Leasing | Manufacturing | Oil & Gas | Pharmaceuticals | Retail | Service | Technology | Wholesale

 

TECHNOLOGY

SAP ECC and S/4 Hana Cloud (Private/Public) | AvaTax | ONESOURCE | Vertex | Taxware

 

EDUCATION / CREDENTIALS

  • Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering – University of Michigan
  • Numerous accounting and tax courses, including those in cost accounting, not-for-profit accounting, asset and equity accounting, federal income taxation, tax research, auditing, and managerial economics