Job Title: Direct Tax Analyst
Contract: permanent
Location: Budapest
About us
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose -Celebrating life, every day, everywhere-has a relevant role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value.
About the role
The purpose of this role is to ensure that the markets' direct tax processes (including CIT, TP and other
supplementary returns) are undertaken accurately, efficiently (utilising automation and outsourcing where applicable) and on time and the surrounding internal control procedures, legislative requirements are strictly adhered to.
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The role will support the successful implementation and ongoing operation of the Global Direct Tax and
Transfer Pricing processes, controls and automation tools under the new Tax Operating model.
About you
Scope of role covers preparing CIT and connected returns and supporting the transfer pricing cycle. This requires interaction with the Direct Tax Senior, a number of functions including both markets and central functions with a special focus on statutory compliance and financial controlling teams.
Accountabilities
- Preparing or supporting the preparation of CIT returns and connected supplementary returns in accordance with global standard process and controls, utilizing automation tools where applicable.
- Supporting routine CIT and other direct tax related audit enquiries and projects for your markets under the supervisory of the Team leader.
- Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring these are done on time and in an internal and external control compliant way.
- Actively managing tax document retention for your markets. Working with the Global Outsource Provider on Tax reporting processes including
- Contributing to the continuous improvement- through establishing a LEAN approach to drive effectiveness and efficiency- of the direct tax compliance processes
- Embedding and operating the new controls and KPI reports, monitoring the implanted KPI-s, investigating root-cause or errors and working with end-to-end processes to improve KPIs
- Promptly responding to market queries in respect of markets in her/his responsibility and supporting direct tax leaders, business partners, SME-s in non-routine questions, projects, and during tax audits in her/his competency.
What you'll bring
- Qualified graduate economist (work experience is an advantage, but we encourage fresh-graduates as well)
- Experience at an operational level in tax, controls and risk management is an advantage
- Experience in working with SAP is an advantage
- Strong analytical and questioning skills
- Good numerical skills and confident excel usage
- Able to work with tight deadlines
- Attention to details and overview of the business: able to operate at the detailed level when necessary but always focuses on the big picture.
- Self-motivated and well organised approach to work
Benefits of working here
- Outstanding Family Leave opportunity
- We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world
- You will deal with extraordinary brand portfolio
- Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities
- Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop
- We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym
- Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar
Inclusion & Diversity
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the outstanding contribution each person brings!