Job Information
Diageo TAX Manager in Mexico City, Mexico
Job Description :
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.
Position Title
Mexico Tax Manager – Temporary
Purpose
The purpose of this the role is to:
To partner with the business to drive the execution of the tax strategies, policies and governance framework across Diageo. Proactively engage with business partners with a commercial mind-set to generate opportunities and to deliver robust tax risk management and mitigation plans. Support the business strategy and operational activity. Connect with the compliance team to support on the tax returns and tax determination.
Job Dimensions
The areas of the business you will support and who you will work with:
Diageo Mexico has grown exponentially in the last few years. A total of 9 legal entities import and sell Diageo products in Mexico with bold commercial plans on tequila and mezcal exports. Mexico is a very dynamic and challenging market and has one the most complex tax legislation and sophisticated tax authorities in the LAC region.
The Tax Business Partner role will be based in Mexico D.F. and will report to the LAC Business Partner Lead. This role has no direct reports.
Key Interactions:
Finance Business partners and operational teams - 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
Specialist finance functions - Collaborate with finance functions as required to deliver end to end finance services to markets
Tax Compliance, Reporting teams - Collaborate to provide high quality, timely tax activities and outcomes to the business
Governance & Change - Support delivery of changes / improvements
Tax Authorities - Contribute to the management of the relationship and discussions with authorities on tax audits or tax enquiries
External Advisors - Support the relationship with external tax advisors and hold them to account for the delivery of timely, efficient and value tax advice
Accountabilities
What you will be responsible for:
1. Active engagement in the management and monitoring of market tax risks, including taking action to detect and solve issues and deal with implementing and where necessary mitigating the impact of legislative changes.
2. Advise, guide and educate partners on key tax issues to enable the business to adopt and adhere to relevant tax policies and standards, and mitigate tax risk.
3. Execute specific tax related processes/activities following agreed global standard processes and governance framework and find opportunities for standardisation and simplification.
4. Support the tax compliance, financial and reporting obligations of the markets, capital structure reviews.
5. Provide tax support to market-initiated projects to ensure tax strategies and policies are adhered to and opportunities to deliver tax efficiencies are identified and fully evaluated.
6. Participate in tax projects to deliver shareholder value/mitigate tax risks.
7. Provide support to the market on tax audits and tax enquiries including working with legal to resolve any tax related disputes.
8. Perform administrative procedures before the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and other federal and local authorities in time and legal form (attention to requirements, fines, audits, request and acquiring tags), maintaining an outstanding relationship with said authorities.
Qualifications and Experience
The qualifications and experience you will bring:
Accounting qualification
Experience within a tax function in a global multinational or a tax advisory firm
Experience of handling tax audits
Broad understanding of key domestic and international tax issues
At least 7 years of relevant tax experience
English spoken and written (90% minimum)
Skills
The skills you will need:
Effective project management and implementation skills
Good team working and communication skills across diverse cultures
Capable of adapting policies across several territories
Able to handle risk
Able to embed compliance and ethics
Tax Governance and Reporting
Flexibility
This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.
Diversity statement
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 identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Worker Type :
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)
Primary Location:
Mexico City
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2024-06-19
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