Tax Manager

Job Title: Tax Manager

Reports to: EABL Group Head of Tax

About the company:

EABL is a leading drinks company in Eastern Africa with a wide portfolio of products in various categories of beer, spirits, malt, glass and other non-alcoholic drinks. EABL is quoted in all the 3 East African stock exchanges. It is the largest business unit in Diageo Africa, and directly operates 5 breweries, 2 spirits plants as well as a barley & malting facility. EABL operates within a multicultural, multinational, multicurrency environment.

About the Function:

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We're part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we're utilising 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 role:

The purpose of this the role is to:

• Partner with the business in Kenya 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 in Kenya;
• Support the tax compliance agenda; and
• Support the business strategy and operational activity.

Key stakeholders include Financial Controllers and Financial Directors, Country Directors, Global Tax, Tax Authorities and other external stakeholders.

The role requires excellent knowledge of the principles of International Tax and the practical impact of those on operating within a Global Group (Transfer Pricing, BEPS and Withholding Taxes etc).

Role Responsibilities:

Managing Risks and local Authorities

• Core understanding of tax authority systems and processes, wide experience and expertise in tax audit management.
• Builds close and strong relationships with local tax authorities ensuring relevant information is provided as required and that Diageo reaches successful outcome on any audit settlements.
• Solid work experience in industry and has strong capability to engage business stakeholders, leadership in tax matters and can influence them for proper tax outcomes
• Involved in making accurate filings and cash payments through reviewing tax calculations and is confident in signing off local tax returns to minimise the risk of tax audits.
• Actively searches for risks using internal and external data sources, monitors predictive indicators within and outside own function. Monitors and ensure mitigation plans are in place and uses judgement to intervene to ensure course correction.
• Clear strategic destination and leadership delivering optimum tax agenda for East Africa (through strong Technical Taxation knowledge)

Strategic destination and leadership delivering optimum Tax agenda for East Africa

• Understands local tax and accounting legislation as well as group tax structures and how they interact. Understands and promotes Diageo's tax policy including indirect taxes (in particular VAT, Customs & Excise Duties), transfer pricing, corporate tax and the importance of intercompany accounting. Applies commercial insight to assess feasibility of business transactions and solutions.
• Understands payroll taxation matter in interaction with HR department, the Employment Tax Team and works to manage compliance challenges and tax audits.
• Understands tax compliance processes and systems. Builds great relationships with outsourced tax providers, Global Tax and Centre of Excellence tax & statutory as well as underlying process teams to carry out tax compliance.
• Can effectively partner within Global Tax to find solutions that are optimal for both locally and for Group.
• Collaborate on the preparation of the annual transfer pricing documentation coordinating with the Global Tax team to ensure consistency and annual global compliance process deadlines are met.

Effective stakeholder management across internal and external stakeholders (Creating value for the business through tax)

• Lead of accurate information to the key internal and external stakeholders which is delivered on time.
• Deeply understands the business of the local companies
• Acts as a valuable member of the local business community to full extent support local commercial goals through effective tax solutions
• Proactively searches for opportunities to save cash tax and tax cost in P/L.
• Proactive participation in implementation of Global Tax Strategy Team initiatives and transfer pricing policies; embedding simpler, faster, better reporting

Qualifications/ Knowledge / Experience Required

Qualifications

• University / College Degree in finance/business/law
• Financial and Management Accounting & Reporting processes
• Detailed knowledge of the tax legislation of Kenya

Work experience

• 4+ years corporate tax experience in industry and/or public accounting.
• Accounting background with strong analytical skills
• Professional accountancy qualification Internal / external audit experience and/or SOX
• Risk assessment
• Experience with Shared services process activities
• Business experience and understanding
• Stakeholder management
• Strong compliance and reporting background.
• Ability to review financial data and interpret for tax reporting
• Ability to work independently, organize, and prioritize workload effectively all while being able to work within a strong team oriented environment
• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritize
• Team worker with ability to coach and motivate team

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Client-provided location(s): Nairobi, Kenya

Job ID: Diageo-JR1116389

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-13T01:23:09