Tax Subject Matter Expert

• Provides the regionaltaxtechnical knowledge required for preparing the in-scope statutory taxreturns;

• Supervises regional Tax Compliance teams for smooth compliance operation and issueresolution;

• Collaborates Advisors, Tax Business Partners to ensure processes and activities of theTax Compliance Function can be excellentlyexecuted;

• Supports taxauthoritiescollaborationswhere necessary to deal with administrative issues, requests for information and audits;

• Supports the collation, organisation and provision of information to tax authorities where relevant to ensure timely resolution of openissues;

• Identifiesand drivesprocess efficiencies and standardization opportunities, working in strategic partnership with the Process Governance Director/FC Governance on implementations and Tax Technologyteams;

• Pro-actively supports internal projects to facilitate the ongoing transformation and improvement of Diageo’s Global Tax function (including providing relevant information, answering ad hoc requests and suggesting alternative ways of working);

• Acts as a back-up for his/herManagerin relation to technical aspects; 

• Acts as a coach, trainer ofteam members both from a technical and people management perspective and supports return preparationprocess;

• Is responsible for building a close relationship with key and senior stakeholders within Global Tax, in Diageo markets, Global and Regional Supply Leaders, other functional teams of GDBS shared services in Budapest and Bangalore as well as Tax authorities, external and internal advisors.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that the markets’ VAT,Customs and Exciseand Environmental taxprocesses are undertaken accurately, efficiently (utilising automation) and on time and the surrounding internal control procedures, legislative requirements are strictly adhered to.

The role willsupportthe implementation and ensure ongoing operation of the Global Tax processes, controls and automation tools under the new Tax Operating model for marketsin scope.  The role will actively support theglobal tax projects and advisory topics inVAT,Customs and Excise, Environmentaltax aswell as will be thetax capability building for the respective regions/markets.

• Experience withtaxautomation/SAP is desirable

• Flexibility for adopting to change with positive attitude 

• Excellent communication skills able to build strong relationships with operational staff and stakeholders

• Strong risk management skills, ability to follow-up/flag potential issues

• Englishlanguage