Tax Operations Senior Specialist

ABOUT UNILEVER IN KATOWICE 

It is Unilever’s in-house centre of business partnering and operational excellence in the area of finance services, supply chain, customs, procurement, integrated planning and performance delivery. There are 300 people in Katowice Hub. 

The modern Katowice Hub office, whose interiors were designed according to the principles of sustainable development, is located in the city centre of Katowice, Poland.  
We are working in the hybrid way to use the time spent in the office to influence collaboration and straighten the team spirit, using special designed for this purpose office areas. 

​​CATEGORY/FUNCTION INTRODUCTION​

​​Tax team in Unilever is responsible for collection, analysis of tax and finance data and performing / supporting tax compliance, tax reporting and tax audit, in the areas related to direct tax, indirect tax, withholding tax and transfer pricing. The team is also responsible for monitoring the tax control framework and co-development of tax related technology infrastructure along with IT team and maintaining Global Process Model (GPM) and exceptions resolution for tax related issues​

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are ​interested in finance and taxes,​then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Analyse tax data, check accuracy and trends and spot discrepancies

• Prepare tax data for (VAT, CIT, WHT, TP, statistical reports, and internal tax reporting) in accordance with Unilever tax control framework

• Support preparation of Transfer Pricing reports (transactional matrix preparation for intercompany transactions and collection of other documents required for TP report)

• Support preparation of Corporate Income Tax packs of various countries across Europe

• Calculate provision for current and deferred tax on quarterly basis

• Prepare monthly/quarterly calculation of VAT and preparation of VAT returns in a timely and accurate manner for various countries across Europe

• Preparation of WHT returns

• Ensure tax related payments to government / tax authorities are executed as per the timelines in respective countries

• Closely work with Unilever global tax team, country tax team & Outsourced Service Provider (Big 4) on ongoing tax compliance for European Unilever companies and regarding latest changes/amendments in various tax laws affecting Europe

• Identify process efficiencies and automation opportunities together with line manager and dedicated process excellence specialist

• Provide assistance during tax audits and litigation by providing relevant information to country tax teams in a timely manner

• Manage Tax data with focus on hygiene of desktop procedure, master data and transactional data

• Ensure archiving of relevant tax documents

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• ​​Bachelor or master’s degree in area of finance (Accountancy or Economics) or law (Taxes)

• ​3 years of tax compliance or accounting experience (in principle VAT and/or CIT, WHT and TP will be an advantage)

• ​fluency in English is a must

• ​very good in verbal and written communication

• ​end user knowledge of SAP

​advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel with key focus on data analysis ​

Skills

• ​​strong problem solving (both: business- and people-related), and analytical skills

• ​must be a self-starter with proven ability to take ownership of job responsibilities​