Job Title: Tax Analyst
About us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new insights, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
About the Function:
Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We're part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.
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Whether we're utilising our digital capabilities and analytics to advise our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future - no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we'll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.
About the team
About the role
Tax Analyst prepares Tax returns and other financial and statistical reports based on given checklists and task notes, keeping deadlines and aligning with market legislation and regulatory requirements. Tax Analyst supports other Tax members by preparing statutory returns, analysis and replying to ad-hoc queries and contributes with ideas.
Ensure tax legislation and Diageo global standards are closely followed and correctly applied across Diageo teams, guarantee processes and systems are aligned to Tax and Statutory requirements to get in compliance with Tax Authorities doing the right things the right way.
Accountabilities
- Ensure Tax filings and Tax reports are prepared accurately and submitted on time to authorities and Group Tax.
- Prepare accurately and on time, in line with legal requirements and get approval to submit indirect tax returns to Tax authorities (e.g. VAT, withholding taxes, Gross Sales Tax and others) on time and avoid incurring on penalties.
- Prepare quarterly and annual Tax and statutory reports and ensure they reconcile with taxes reports submitted to Tax Authorities and Group Tax.
- Ensure intercompany reporting related to the Tax and statutory financial documents are completed accurately and on time adhered to strict control procedures.
- Participate and contribute to month-end close timetable activities planned to ensure completeness and accuracy of Financial Documents necessary for Tax reports.
- Maintain framework for tax compliance & reporting, be up to date on tax law changes and communicate proactive and optimally to other teams to ensure processes performed follow the local legislation.
- Understands and promotes Diageo's tax policy including indirect taxes, transfer pricing, corporate tax and the importance of intercompany accounting. Applies commercial insight to assess feasibility of new projects and business-related activities.
- Builds phenomenal relationships with internal and external collaborators, to mention some: GDBS cross-functional teams, Diageo markets, Group Tax, Tax advisors, Tax authorities, Auditors.
- Participate and contribute to month-end close timetable activities planned to ensure completeness and accuracy of Financial Documents necessary for Tax reports.
- Ensure that year-end financial documents are audit compliant and markets supported meet external and internal statutory reporting requirements and deadlines.
- Keep Process Documentation actualized and accurate.
Capabilities
- Analytical skills and problem solving oriented
- Critical thinking and prioritization
- Accounting systems: SAP (preferable), AS400, Oracle, others
- Attention to detail and organized
- Accounting systems: SAP (preferable), AS400, Oracle, others
- Good excel skills
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
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