Direct Tax Senior Analyst

The Direct Tax Senior Analyst role ensures accurate, efficient, and timely direct tax processes for the UK and ROI markets.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, review, and submit CIT returns and connected supplementary returns, utilizing automation tools where applicable.
• Support annual transfer pricing processes, ensuring Diageo's transfer pricing principles are reflected in CIT returns.
• Provide information for routine CIT, WHT, and other direct tax-related audit enquiries and projects.
• Calculate, prepare, and submit WHT returns, ensuring compliance with market-specific regulatory requirements and legislative changes.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring they are done on time and in an internal and external control-compliant way.
• Work with the Global Outsource Provider on tax reporting processes, including classification and input of permanent and temporary differences into the Tax Provision Tool (OTP).
• Support the implementation of new controls and KPI reports, monitoring implemented KPIs, and investigating root causes of errors.
• Respond promptly to market queries and support direct tax leaders, business partners, and SME-s in non-routine questions, projects, and tax audits.

Requirements:

• Experience at an operational level in direct tax, with 2-3 years of experience in a direct tax environment.
• ATT exam or ongoing training is an advantage.
• Experience with transitions and project management is an advantage.
• Experience in working with coordinated software systems (SAP) is an advantage.
• Qualified accountant or tax advisor degree is an advantage.
• Strong financial process understanding at an operational level in direct tax and tax reporting.
• Good numerical skills and confident Excel usage.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Flexibility for adopting to change with a positive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills, able to build positive relationships with operational staff and partners.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Strong risk leadership skills, ability to follow-up/flag potential issues.
• Fluent English spoken and written.
• Willingness for capability building.

Benefits:

• Unique Family Leave opportunity.
• Opportunity to work with people from all over the world.
• Interaction with an extraordinary brand portfolio.
• Wide variety of thematic events and after-work activities organized by employee communities.
• Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop.
• Gym facilities.
• Rooftop Bar.