Mexico Demand Tax Manager – Business Partnering

About the Function:

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We're part of a profit organization, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we're applying our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future - no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we'll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

About the team:

About the role:

The purpose of this the role is to:

To partner with the business to drive the execution of the tax strategies, policies and governance framework across Diageo. Proactively engage with business partners with a commercial mind-set to generate opportunities and to deliver robust tax risk management and mitigation plans. Support the business strategy and operational activity. Connect with the compliance team to support on the tax returns and tax determination.

Role Responsibilities:

The areas of the business you will support and who you will work with:

• Diageo Mexico has grown exponentially in the last few years. Mexico is a very dynamic and challenging market and has one the most complex tax legislation and sophisticated tax authorities in the LAC region. This role will focus on the Demand business unit that sells locally all categories including imported and locally manufactured products.
• The Tax Business Partner role will be based in Mexico D.F. and will report to the Mexico Tax Business Partner Lead. This role has no direct reports.

• Finance Business partners and operational teams - Develop and maintain a strong working relationship and keeping up to date with business priorities and developments, act as a trusted business advisor in order to challenge and support the markets in improving overall tax management
• Specialist finance functions - Collaborate with finance functions as required to deliver end to end finance services to markets
• Tax Compliance, Reporting teams - Collaborate to provide high quality, timely tax activities and outcomes to the business
• Governance & Change - Support delivery of changes / improvements
• Tax Authorities - Contribute to the management of the relationship and discussions with authorities on tax audits or tax enquiries
• External Advisors - Support the relationship with external tax advisors and hold them to account for the delivery of timely, cost effective and value tax advice

• Accounting, law or tax related qualification
• Experience within a tax function in a global multinational or a tax advisory firm
• Experience of handling tax audits
• Broad understanding of key domestic and international tax issues
• At least 7 years of relevant tax experience
• English spoken and written (90% minimum)

• Effective project management and implementation skills
• Good team working and communication skills across diverse cultures
• Capable of adapting policies across several territories
• Able to handle risk
• Able to embed compliance and ethics
• Tax Governance and Reporting