Tax Senior Analyst

We are seeking a Tax Senior Analyst to join our team in Budapest. As a Tax Senior Analyst, you will play a critical role in ensuring that the markets' tax processes are undertaken accurately, efficiently, and on time. You will support the successful implementation and ongoing operation of the Global Tax processes, controls, and automation tools under the new Tax Operating model.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing or preparing VAT, customs & excise duty, environmental tax, and connected returns and reports
• Compiling and ensuring accuracy and timely filing of VAT, customs & excise duty, environmental tax, and other related reporting
• Working closely with tax analysts to ensure compliance with market-specific regulatory requirements and legislative changes
• Advising the Team Leader on daily issues
• Flagging risks and tax-saving opportunities identified during the return preparation
• Working closely with Tax Analysts/Financial Accountants to ensure compliance with market-specific regulatory requirements and legislative changes
• Reviewing/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
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of the tax compliance processes
• Embedding and operating the new controls and KPI reports, supervising the implemented KPIs, investigating root-cause or errors, and working with end-to-end processes to improve KPIs
• Ensuring 100% CARM on tax-related CARM controls
• Ensuring that the Tax Calendar is monitored and filled-in in a timely and quality manner
• Promptly responding to market queries and supporting direct tax leaders, business partners, SMEs in non-routine questions, projects, and during tax audits

Requirements:

• Ideally minimum 2-3 years' relevant tax experience in SSC and/or FMCG/Big 4 advisory environment
• Previous experience at an operational level in tax, controls, and risk management
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in working with SAP is an advantage
• Experience in the review and/or coordination of the work of others is an advantage
• College/university degree in finance/accounting
• Strong analytical and questioning skills
• Excellent business English
• Good numerical skills and confident Excel usage
• Able to work with tight deadlines
• Attention to details and overview of the business
• Self-motivated and well-organised approach to work

What you'll bring:

• Flexibility and a willingness to work in a fast-paced environment
• A highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package
• The opportunity to contribute, make an impact, and play your part in making life's moments mean a little more

Working with Us:

• We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package
• We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute, and strive for their personal best