Background
UniOps Tax Operations team in Unilever is responsible for collection and analysis of tax data as well as performing / supporting tax compliance, tax reporting and tax audit. The areas to be handled relate to direct tax, indirect tax, withholding tax and transfer pricing. The team is also responsible for roll out of global tools, monitoring the tax control framework and maintaining Global Process Model (GPM) and exceptions resolution for tax related issues
Main purpose of job:
The Global Tax function has launched the Future of Tax (FOT) transformation project under the Digital Finance umbrella. As part of the Future of Tax project, compliance work related to direct tax, indirect tax, withholding tax and transfer pricing will be done by Commercial Experience Team, under a new target Operating Model (TOM). The new TOM will involve tax process to be performed across Global Tax team, Country Tax Team, UniOps Commercial Experience team and 3rd party consultant (Big 4s).
UniOps team’s vision is to build an externally benchmarked, world class Tax Operations COE which delivers End to End high-quality, accurate financial information for effective decision making and meeting regulatory requirements.
Guiding Principles for project success
- Drive value by freeing up space within Tax (through effective partnering) to focus on strategy
- Global, standardized, simplified and efficient tax process model
- Flexible, agile and Future Fit sustainable operations
- Ownership mindset with passion for high performance
Key Requirements of the Role
- End to end management of Direct/Indirect/Transfer pricing Tax data compliance process with focus on hygiene of master data and transactional data
- Overview of tax related entries in the books of accounts, after sign off from country tax team
- Ensure on time and accurate computation, preparation and submission of Tax returns of certain agreed countries across the globe
- Ensure all tax related payments to government / tax authorities are done as per the timelines in respective countries.
- Ensure all tax related controls and compliance are met as per the Unilever control framework
- Closely work with Unilever global tax teams & Outsourced Service Providers regarding latest changes/amendments in various direct tax laws across the globe.
- Provide clarification on the tax data provided to relevant stakeholders.
- Support in country tax audits by providing adequate documentation / data support/analysis of data
- Ensure that all agreed KPIs in the tax process and met
- Drive continuous improvement, provide recommendations for a best in class process for direct/indirect tax
- Deploy tools and technology to drive process efficiencies
- Lead, coach and develop a team of tax data specialists
Other Skills:
Technical Skills
- Good knowledge of Tax – Direct/Indirect/Withholding Tax/Transfer Pricing
- Working knowledge of Deferred Tax, Advance Tax, Tax Adjustments
- End user knowledge required in SAP (FI module).
- Awareness of the latest tools/technology for tax related work
- Digital awareness to drive process improvements
Soft skills:
- Should be able to lead and develop a team
- Should have a positive attitude and should be able to proactively get work done
- Strong problem solving, and analytical skills
- Good Stakeholder Management – Must have the ability to effectively communicate with senior personnel inside and outside of the company.
- Must be a self-starter with proven ability to take ownership of job responsibilities.
Educational Qualification and Experience
- Qualified CA/CPA with 8-10 years of experience preferred
- Experience in leading transitions in shared services environment would be an added advantage
Key interfaces
Global Tax TeamCountry Tax TeamCountry Finance Team Outsourced Service Provide (Big 4)) Central R2R/P2P/O2C teams IT Team Process Excellence Team.