UniOps Tax Data Centre of Excellence team in Unilever is responsible for collection, analysis of tax and finance data and performing / supporting tax compliance, tax, 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
**PURPOSE**
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 which will be done by Business and Supplier Operations 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 and 3rd party consultant (Big 4s).
The UniOps team is envisioned to be the central tax data organization with the responsibility to deliver good quality data.
The team has to manage tax data in order to improve the efficiency of the tax operations in a cost-effective manner.
UniOps team's vision is to build an externally benchmarked, world class Tax Data 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
- Managing Tax data with focus on hygiene of master data and transactional data
- Analysis of tax data, trends spot discrepencies
- Strong understanding of underlying accounting entries related to tax
- Computation of VAT, deferred tax, tax provision, advance tax, tax adjustments etc
- Post tax related entries in the books of accounts, after sign off from country tax team
- Monthly/quarterly preparation of VAT returns for various countries
- Monthly/quarterly preparation of withholding tax returns of various countries
- Ensure tax related payments happen to government / tax authorities as per the timelines in respective countries.
- Ensure 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 tax laws across the globe
- Prepare and maintain detailed documentation/files on monthly basis related to tax reporting.
- Drive continuous improvement
- Provide documentation / data support on the audit queries raised with analysis performed
- Archiving of documents of all the direct tax related activities from data extraction till filings in company dedicated folders as per ITGC & audit requirements
**Technical Skills**
- Knowledge of accounting
- Overview of Direct Tax/Indirect tax/Withholding Tax/ Transfer Pricing
- End user knowledge of SAP (FI module).
- Awareness about Power BI, Tableau and Workflow management tools would be an added advantage.
- Proficient at collecting / querying / consolidating information from accounting / ERP systems.
- Experience in successful transition of activities to a Global Hub will be an advantage
**Soft skills**
- Good in verbal and written communications.
- Should have a positive attitude and should be able to proactively get things done.
- Strong problem solving, and analytical skills
- Good interpersonal Skills - Must have the ability to effectively communicate with personnel at all levels inside and outside of the company.
- Must be a self-starter with proven ability to take ownership of job responsibilities.
- Ability to lead and manage a small team
**REQUIREMENTS**
- Qualified CA/CPA with 3-5 years of experience or semi qualified CA with 6-8 years of experience or commerce master's degree in accounting or finance with 8 to 10 years of experience
- Work experience in Accounting and Finance or Direct Tax/Indirect Tax