Why the urgency in cloud migration? First, cloud-technology investments throughout the organization — including the tax department — increasingly qualify as a board-level priority because they are often part of the broader organizational strategy. Second, the business case for a cloud migration of tax solutions tends to be more difficult to make if your team were to take it on alone. However, when an ERP cloud migration takes place as part of a finance transformation effort, you’ll be less likely to be scrutinized on your business case for migrating tax automation to the cloud with the mindset of, “We’re going through finance transformation, and everyone’s going to have an opportunity for improvements — what does the tax department need?” That’s why you should advocate for your team to be included in the larger finance transformation efforts so you can leverage the larger budgets and resources that go along with ERP implementations.