VAT Junior Manager - UK&I

Job description

Job Title: VAT Junior Manager

Location: Chiswick Park or Trowbridge (can also be based at home with occassional presence in either of these office sites)

Salary: Competitive/ Benefits include double matched pension, private healthcare, annual salary reviewetc

About You:

You will be a curious and engaging individual, with experience across UK and Irish VAT matters. You will be naturally enthusiastic and solution orientated; always striving to improve processes and find efficiencies aligned with our continuous improvement mindset. This role will have interaction with a variety of stakeholders with different needs, therefore you must be driven to collaborate and business partner with close proximity.

To be considered for this role, you will have

·  Qualification by experience (ACA/CTA/ATT or other relevant qualification)
·  Experience using financial reporting systems, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel
·  Proven knowledge of current and upcoming VAT legislation
·  Governance and compliance mindset
·  Strong resilience with the ability to take ownership, be self-motivated and drive things forward

This Role Offers:

This role offers scope to create and define the position and promote the tax function:

·  Compliance for indirect taxes; including the preparation and submission of VAT, EC Sales Lists and Intrastat reports for UK and Irish entities
·  Manage external queries from HMRC and Revenue of Commissioners in relation to indirect taxes
·  Advise and provide operational guidance on indirect tax implications for new/amended business activity, changes to supply chains, product developments/services/operations, liaising closely with various teams across the business, ensuring indirect tax risk is managed appropriately
·  Review commercial contracts to ascertain opportunities and ensure indirect tax compliance, considering tax clauses and risks
·  Monitor new legislation, case law and tax policy developments and impact on the business
·  Monitoring and maintaining the tax control risk framework in respect of indirect taxes
·  Train the business and implement policies and procedures to support compliance with legal obligations and mitigation of indirect tax risks
·  Identify areas requiring training and improvement. Create the course material to be able to deliver training sessions to the business to improve general VAT understanding
·  Lead and drive forward process efficiency, automation and continuous improvement
·  Cross-functional business partnership with teams such as Finance, AP, AR, Treasury and Financial Control on a day to day basis to ensure the tax returns are compliant and training on VAT is provided
·  The role will need to liaise with and manage the interaction with external advisors and the tax authorities.

About Us:

Danone is a leading multi-local food and beverage company building on health-focused and fast-growing categories in 3 businesses: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition.

With its ‘One Planet. One Health’ frame of action, which considers the health of people and the planet as intimately interconnected, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices. To accelerate this food revolution and create superior, sustainable, profitable value for all its stakeholders, Danone has defined nine 2030 Goals, and paved the way as the first listed company to adopt the French “Entreprise à Mission” status, inspired by the public benefit corporation status in the US. With a purpose to bring health through food to as many people as possible, and corresponding social, societal and environmental objectives set out in its articles of association, Danone commits to operating in an efficient, responsible and inclusive manner, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. By 2025, Danone aims to become one of the first multinational companies to obtain B CorpTM certification.

With more than 100,000 employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €25.3 billion in sales in 2019. Danone’s portfolio includes leading international brands (Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, among others) as well as strong local and regional brands.

What’s Next:

If you think this role might be of interest, click the link above to apply and you’ll be redirected to the Danone website. The closing date for applications is 22nd September 2020.

You can find further details about us, and other potential roles at www.danone.com

Ensuring an inclusive working culture that is accessible to all is important to us. We therefore support flexible ways of working wherever possible. Please let us know in your application if and how you would like to explore flexible working for this position.