Tax Analyst – South Korea and Vietnam

Job Description :

Job Title:          Tax Analyst – South Korea and Vietnam

Location:          Seoul, South Korea

Role:                 Permanent

Job Level:         L5C

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. 

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. 

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more. 

About the Function

Finance 

Finance at Diageo is about more than the numbers, it’s about shaping the decisions behind them. 

From guiding investment to unlocking growth, this team plays a critical role in how we perform today and how we plan for tomorrow. You’ll work with data, insight and digital tools to influence strategy and help drive a business that operates at global scale. 

It’s a fast-moving environment where no two days are the same, and where you’ll be supported to build your skills, grow your career and make a real impact. 

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world’s very best people.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

About You

We’re looking for an individual with a drive to be the best: enabling Indonesia market to deliver great results in Tax. You must have the ability to drive change for efficiency and the skills to work with multiple stakeholders.

Function

• The Tax job family encompasses global roles accountable for the design and implementation of tax strategies, policies and the tax governance framework. It also includes the provision of tax support to Diageo’s business units, delivery of projects to create shareholder value, and proactive management and mitigation of key tax risks. With the rapid digitalisation of indirect tax administration, the Tax Compliance team is increasingly dealing with real-time tax audits and other data requests from various authorities by providing timely access to accurate data. In addition to the tax compliance responsibilities, the team is heavily involved in the delivery of the Global Tax mission and Performance Promise agenda.
• The APAC Tax Compliance team is led from Budapest by the Global Tax Process and Governance Director.
• This role report into APAC Tax Compliance Manager. It also works very closely with the Local Tax Managers and liaises with other internal & external stakeholders.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to ensure that the Tax Compliance processes of the South Korea market as well as the tax accounting of the Vietnam market are undertaken accurately, efficiently (utilising automation) and on time and the surrounding internal control procedures, legislative requirements are strictly adhered to.

• Ensuring that complex direct and indirect taxes and connected supplementary returns for the South Korea market are prepared according to the global standard process and controls, local DTPs, on time and utilising automation tools where applicable.
• Managing routine tax-related audit enquiries and tax projects for your markets in cooperation with tax manager. Acting as back-up for the tax manager upon request.
• Ensuring compliance with market specific regulatory requirements and legislative changes working closely with Global and Local SMEs.
• Provide close support of tax-related advisory topics in the scope falling under own remit.
• Actively managing and coordinating tax-related document retention for your markets.

·       To take responsibility for the day-to-day tasks required.

·       Decision support for business partners through value-add analysis, thorough understanding of movements on accounts, the business reason behind those, and collection and presentation of Risk & Opportunities

·       Ensure smooth and accurate month-end closes

·       Prepare and post accruals/adjustments/other required journals for the assigned markets to ensure the month-end results show a clear and fair picture

·       Prepare quality GL reconciliations for the assigned markets, including customs & excise accounts, through deep understanding of the figures supported and reported

·       To ensure that financial processes are undertaken accurately, efficiently, on time and that the surrounding internal control procedures are strictly adhered to in line with CARM processes

·       To maximize benefits of globalized system processes

• Setting work priorities and in general independence of work activities

·       Identifying and driving continuous process improvement in cooperation with the tax manager through establishing a LEAN approach to drive effectiveness and efficiency - supporting process improvements and rollout of standardised processes and automation re in scope markets.

·       To contribute ideas, energy, enthusiasm and support to the continuous improvement of the processes.

·       Promptly responding to market queries in respect of markets in her/his responsibility and supporting indirect tax leaders, tax managers, SMEs in non-routine questions, global projects, and during tax audits in her/his competency.

·       Continuously maintains excellent personal and business relationships with the market and in-house stakeholders

·       Proactively 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)

Experience / skills required

• University / College degree in finance / accounting / business / CPA
• At least 4-5 years working experience in a multinational corporate environment
• Proven track record in Financial Accounting / Reporting, Taxation and/or Financial Controlling experience is strongly preferred.
• Good understanding of the alcoholic beverage industry, including the customs & excise requirements
• Internal / external audit experience and/or SOX is an advantage
• Experience with Shared services process activities is an advantage
• Capable of working in a deadline driven environment.
• Experience of working in a multi-national financial environment
• Hard working personality, flexibility for adopting to change with positive attitude
• Fluent in English, able to communicate effectively to build strong relationships with operational staff and stakeholders
• Relevant experience with SAP

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.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including: 

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible. 

We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team. 

Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity.

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