Associate Director UK Tax

This role is responsible for leading the entire tax agenda for the UK. The purpose of the role is to ensure effective management of Diageo’s UK corporation tax and indirect tax affairs. This includes acting as the primary engagement lead with HMRC on these matters as well as being a strategic partner to leaders of the UK business.

The role requires excellent UK corporation tax knowledge, and a strong understanding of indirect tax would also be valuable.

Key Accountabilities:

• HMRC Engagement: Build and maintain an open and cooperative working relationship with HMRC’s Customer Compliance Manager and its Corporate Tax and VAT specialists. Take the lead on HMRC enquiries including the management of tax disputes, collaborating with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as needed.
• Diageo UK Stakeholder Partnering: Lead tax interactions with key stakeholders across the UK businesses to provide direction and influence, ultimately enabling clear decisions and facilitating business competitiveness. Monitor market tax risks taking action to detect, report, mitigate and track uncertain tax positions.
• Tax Compliance and Reporting: Contribute to the overall strategy for UK corporation tax and indirect tax matters and ensure our approach to UK tax compliance and reporting is robust. Oversee the UK corporation tax return and VAT return process, provide specialist tax input on material issues and review judgements made during the preparation process.
• Monitoring and Sharing Updates: Keep up to date with UK tax law changes and HMRC practice to ensure that all necessary changes are implemented in a timely and correct manner, and all impacted stakeholders are informed accordingly.

Experience/Skills Required:

• University / College Degree in finance/business/law/Tax.
• Thorough technical knowledge of UK tax legislation.
• 6+ years UK corporate tax experience.
• Working knowledge of indirect tax preferred.
• Accounting background with strong analytical skills.
• Experience of compliance, tax reporting and/or tax audit.
• Professional accountancy or tax qualification.
• Experience of dealing with HMRC.
• Excellent interpersonal, business partnering and influencing skills.
• Commercially astute; analytically strong strategic thinker with a global perspective.

Benefits:

• 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.
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