Senior Tax Associate at PepsiCo Nigeria

PepsiCo - In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world's leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo. Our company is made up of seven divisions: PepsiCo Beverages North America; Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand and China. Each of these divisions has its own unique history and way of doing business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Tax Associate

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Treasury & Tax Mgr: Leadership, governance, monitoring, reconciling and administering of the Tax & Treasury process to achieve all targets set (AOP and other non-financial targets) within the financial control mandate. Specific focus:

Taxation Management:

• Support to consolidate and deliver timely, accurate and reliable tax calculations / data including monthly FAS109 disclosures, quarterly and annual tax submissions to the relevant quarters – sector, regulatory authorities
• Support to manage all tax inputs int the P&L
• Support to manage all tax returns, tax requests and tax audits from all tax authorities.
• Contribute to ensure MUs Tax Returns and coordinate the review by an external audit firm before submissions.
• Manage tax risks and exposures arising from existing and new operations for the MU
• Support to review all drafts to revenue authorities, ensuring compliance to the Tax Laws as it relates to Nigeria and PepsiCo.
• Understand, document and communicate potential tax risks including but not limited to uncertain tax positions.
• Develop networks and initiate discussions / meetings with external consultants and government departments to obtain insights and alignment on potential savings for the company
• Partner with PepsiCo Corporate Tax and external Tax consultants in relation to emerging Tax laws, identify and implement optimum tax planning arrangements for the business.
• Drive productivity through understanding and exploring all potential tax savings available to the business including project definition and leadership to deliver Tax savings
• Support with Month-end reporting for Treasury and Tax
• Manage the statutory audit for purposes of Annual Financial Statements and ensure accurate presentation and disclosure of taxation in the Annual Financial Statements year on year.

Application Closing Date
15th October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitmentnigeria@pepsico.com using "Senior Tax Associate" as the subject of the mail.