PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

Support direct tax team to manage, plan, and ensure compliance with applicable tax laws and regulations.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATTION:

• Qualified CA with 2-4 years of experience.
• Has experience in direct tax technical knowledge, practical experience in industry preferable, problem solving, managing stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS:

• Extensive knowledge of direct tax laws and practices across compliance, litigation, and advisory.
• Ensuring direct tax and TDS compliance, including timely payments and accurate filings.
• Strong understanding of business dynamics to align tax laws with organizational needs.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver tax-related inputs.
• Interaction with tax authorities to effectively represent the company's perspective.
• Active involvement in audits, offering tax-related support and oversight.
• Participation in contract reviews to ensure tax compliance and risk mitigation.
• Acting as an in-house tax advisor, offering practical solutions and supporting their implementation.
• Conducting technical research, drafting responses, and developing tax positions
• Keeping internal stakeholders informed about key queries and responses across USL and its subsidiaries.
• Maintaining bookkeeping standards through GL reviews and reconciliations.
• Staying updated on tax-related developments and emerging trends.

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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 unique contribution each person brings.