Tax Expert at the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company

Coca-Cola HBC (Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company) is a bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola HBC is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listing on the Athens Exchange. The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company and operates in more than 200 countries.

Life at Coca-Cola HBC is fast-paced and challenging, with fair rewards and exciting learning opportunities. We promote an inclusive workplace, value diverse views and opinions and always appoint the best person for the job, ensuring equality in our shortlists and appointments. Take up the challenge. Join us!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tax Expert

Job ID: req32915
Location: Ebute Metta, Lagos (Head Office)
Team: Finance

About Your New Job

• To be responsible for designing and implementing tax policies, strategies and evaluating processes to ensure compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory bodies.
• Ensuring corporate tax preparation meets regulatory requirements.
• You will also suggest new policies and procedures designed to improve the efficiency of collecting and reporting tax planning information from relevant stakeholders.

Your New Key Responsibilities

• Ensure there are controls in place to detect potential internal control, audit, and financial accounting issues; timely review of group internal policy changes and internal controls relating to tax; commits and complies with the company policies, procedures, processes and guidelines.
• Month end closing tasks planning and follow-up.
• Timely submission of annual tax returns for employee and obtaining annual tax clearance certificate for the company.
• Quarterly preparation of CIT and TIP and monthly review of company’s corporate tax (VAT, Withholding tax, PAYE, and all local specific Nigerian taxes).
• Preparation of reports and schedules for Tax Audit for State Boards and FIRS. Prompt response to audit queries for a quick resolution.
• Preparation and reconciliation of the Technical Service Fee Schedule to be sent to CCH. Provide support to BSO on all tax related BS accounts for the purpose of reconciliation and review.
• Preparation of Remittance Schedules for all taxes and collaborating with Treasury to ensure that payment is done within the stipulated time in the law.
• Provide support service to internal customers to resolve tax issues while maintaining good contact with the various tax authorities.
• Preparation of Remittance Schedules for all taxes and collaborating with Treasury to ensure that payment is done within the stipulated time in the law.
• Provide support service to internal customers to resolve tax issues while maintaining good contact with the various tax authorities.
• Review current processes of preparing the TIP/CIT with a view to improve on the processing time.
• Create work models to save time and ensure accuracy Support Transfer Pricing consultants (KPMG) in gathering information and documentation of Annual Transfer Pricing Returns
• Preparation and periodic update of the company’s Tax Exposure Tracking Report and distribution to the Tax and Finance Process Manager, CFO, MD, and Group Tax Manager.

Education / Knowledge

• B.Sc in Accounting or other Social Science related course.
• Professional Qualification such as ACA, ACCA or ACTI is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience.
• Good knowledge of local GAAP & IFRS.
• Relevant experience and knowledge in local taxa Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite.

Do You Have These Skills?

• Knowledge and interpretation of policies, processes, procedures, and systems.
• Technical knowledge.
• IFRS/IAS relevant knowledge Relevant knowledge of taxation Planning, organizing & time management skills Ability to think logically Data analysis/ analytical skills.
• Ability to think logically Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Adequate reporting and presentation skills.
• Ability to adapt leadership style to different audiences.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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