Description
This role sits in the Direct Tax Reporting and Compliance team, focusing on Rest of the World entities. It is critical in delivering the group tax external reporting requirements including obligations under SOX.
The role ensures that European, African, APAC markets' direct tax processes are undertaken accurately, efficiently, and on time. The scope includes two major parts:
- Direct tax reporting: including reporting and reconciliation of return to group report differences, maintaining and managing deferred tax schedules and reconciliation, filling OTP tax provision and deferred tax schedules for non-complex Diageo entities.
- Direct tax compliance: activities such as corporate tax returns, GL reconciliation, and supporting the local tax manager.
Responsibilities include:
- Timely and accurate production of group prior year tax adjustments and P09 reporting for non-complex RoW entities in line with IFRS standards and group reporting instructions.
- Monitoring changes to external environment with respect to reporting and taxation and assessing impact on Diageo.
- Understanding business changes and developments and proactively interpreting and managing tax reporting implications.
- Compliance activities, including corporate income tax, suffered withholding tax, and other supplementary returns.
Requirements:
- Diploma in finance or accounting, 2-5 years of finance experience.
- Interest and motivation to develop strong technical accounting skills with an excellent understanding of IFRS.
- Good communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure.
- Good judgement.
- Imaginative thinker, capable of devising solutions to complex issues.
- Self-motivated and well-organised approach to work.
Benefits:
- Competitive Rewards and Benefits package.
- Flexibility to manage wellbeing and balance priorities.