Uganda Senior Tax Analyst

About Us

With revenues of over £12 billion, at Diageo, we’re proud to be the leading beverage alcohol company in every region of the world. But our collection of iconic, timeless brands – including Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker – relies on a multifaceted and hardworking finance team. Working with us is an opportunity to develop your skills, make a positive impact on our performance and protect an entrepreneurial legacy.

As a FTSE 100 company with global scope and ambition, there’s a huge range of activity to get involved with – everything from investor relations to accountants, risk analysis, compliance and business development. There’s always a chance to create a real impact on exciting, diverse projects, and what’s more, our global reach builds opportunities to work in a number of countries and in some of the fastest-growing markets.

At Diageo, character is everything. So if you share our sense of adventure, you’ll have the chance to learn a range of skills and fields, and build an outstanding career with us.

Context/Scope

This role operates in Uganda covering UBL, IDU and the GLR markets. The role has significant impact on the business requiring self-drive, management and taking care of a lot of complexity.

As an individual contributor, this role will require a degree of self-sufficiency, to help deliver initiatives for various collaborators, as well as supporting value creation opportunities for the business and requires knowledge in tax legislation in the market.

The role will not have any direct reports; however, the role might be required to manage senior partners according to Diageo standards. The role is permanent.

The Tax Analyst Will Support The Tax Manager In

• Ensuring tax compliance with respect to all tax types i.e. Corporation tax, value added tax, Excise duty compliance
• Ensure compliance with tax payment obligations
• Ensure entities have valid tax compliance certification
• Ensure compliance with Uganda Transfer Pricing Requirements and documentation
• GL reconciliations related to the tax compliance and payments
• Supporting the compliance with the EFRIS
• Work with local tax advisors to ensure the business acquires value for money
• Ensure compliance with relevant Diageo controls
• URA tax audits processes
• Tax governance supporting handling the tax risks
• Support tax compliance and customs and excise teams
• Supporting Diageo tax reporting in Uganda

The Tax Analyst will support the Indirect Tax Compliance team in:

• Ensuring monthly tax compliance with respect to Value Added Tax by preparation of VAT and WHVAT returns of the Ugandan market along with their reconciliation, return submission and payment initiation
• To support Excise duty team with reconciliation between Asycuda and GPA broker statement on a monthly basis
• Assist upcoming standardization and improvement processes within the entities

Purpose Of The Role

• To support the tax manager in running the tax compliance of the Uganda business, ensuring compliance with local legislation and EFRIS
• To work with Uganda Tax Manager to deliver robust tax risk management and mitigation plans including supporting with URA audits
• To work closely with the wider Uganda business in implementing solution to various tax compliance issues

Role Responsibilites

• Tax Compliance - Collaborate to provide high quality, accurate, timely computation, payment and accounting for various taxes and application agreed global standard processes/governance framework.
• Finance Business partnership - Develop and maintain a strong working relationship and keeping up to date with business priorities and developments, act as a trusted business advisor in order to challenge and support the markets in improving overall tax management. Advise, guide and educate market collaborators on key tax issues to enable the business to adopt and enforce to relevant tax policies and standards, and mitigate tax risk.
• Value Creation – Support implementation of opportunities for standardization and simplification.
• Governance & Change - Support delivery of internal or external changes. Provide tax support to market-initiated projects e.g., innovation to ensure tax strategies and policies are adhered to and opportunities to deliver tax efficiencies are identified and fully evaluated. Keep up to date with tax law changes and standard; together with the Uganda Tax Manager, identify tax risks and opportunities and recommend actions. Active engagement in the management and monitoring of market tax risks.

Qualifications And Experience Required

• 1st degree in Social sciences and business-related studies
• Certified Public Accountant of Uganda or ACCA Equivalent or tax certification
• 2 years post qualification experience within a tax function in a multinational (preferred) or a tax advisory firm
• Experience in taxation within Uganda
• Good judgement regarding acceptable levels of tax risk
• Broad understanding of key domestic tax issues.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender or ethnicity.

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