Senior Tax Manager at Diageo

Job Description :

The areas of the business you will support and who you will work with:

EABL is a leading drinks company in Eastern Africa with a wide portfolio of products in various categories of beer, spirits, malt, glass and other non-alcoholic drinks. EABL is quoted in all the 3 East African stock exchanges and has operations in Eastern Africa with a turnover of over £553m. It is the largest business unit in Diageo Africa, and directly operates 5 breweries, 2 spirits plants as well as a barley & malting facility. EABL operates within a multicultural, multinational, multicurrency environment.

Key Interactions:

• Finance Business partners and operational teams (including FD and FC) together with LD, CRD and MD: Develop and maintain a strong working relationship keeping up to date with business priorities and developments, and acting as a trusted business advisor in order to challenge and support the markets in improving overall tax management. Keeps the business up to date with the implications of any tax/regulatory changes and advises in a timely manner on best course of action by the business to ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations while also factoring the business strategies.
• Tax Compliance, Reporting teams - Collaborate with the relevant tax Centre of Excellence team to provide high quality, timely tax activities and outcomes to the business
• Owner of the Tax Risk Matrix for the business
• All Kenyan tax authorities, departments and other senior government tax authorities including KEBS – hold strong relationships with all tax bodies and proactively engages them on speedy resolution of any tax audits or tax enquiries
• Liaise as appropriate with the teams responsible for payroll taxes and for customs & excise taxes in resolution of any audits/assessments relating to these taxes
• Governance & Change - Support delivery of changes/improvements relating to tax
• External Advisors - Support the relationship with external tax advisors and hold them to account for the delivery of timely, cost effective and value adding tax advice