Associate Director, Tax Accounting & Reporting, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Associate Director, Tax Accounting & Reporting, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

What You'll Be a Part Of:

Join our team as the Associate Director, Tax Accounting & Reporting, where you'll report directly to the Director, Tax Accounting and Reporting based in the UK. You'll be at the heart of managing the day-to-day operations related to tax accounting and reporting for the CCEP Group. Your role will involve collaborating across the CCEP Group, providing specialist tax accounting expertise and support.

What You'll Do:

• Lead Tax Provisioning & Reporting: Oversee the Group’s end-to-end tax provisioning and reporting process, including external tax disclosures, ensuring proper documentation to support the Group’s positions.
• Ensure Compliance: Implement and execute necessary internal controls in the tax accounting area, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Budget & Forecast: Manage the budgeting and forecasting of taxes, including cash tax.
• Collaborate & Assess: Work with BU tax leads to assess, measure, and document the impact of identified tax risks and opportunities under IAS 12.
• Provide Expertise: Offer tax accounting technical expertise and training as needed.
• Drive Improvements: Lead continuous improvements and manage the integration of acquired businesses into the Group’s tax accounting processes.
• Engage in Leadership: Act as a key member of the CCEP Group's tax leadership team, actively sharing information and contributing to Group projects such as mergers & acquisitions, dividend repatriation, financing, restructures, and other tax initiatives.
• Develop & Lead: Lead, participate, and contribute to the training and development of direct reports and the tax team's capabilities, fostering a collaborative working environment.
• Build Partnerships: Broker and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Stay Informed: Maintain knowledge of existing and proposed tax laws and regulations in CCEP international jurisdictions through continuous learning and development, and regular communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Implement Technology: Contribute to the implementation of relevant tax technology tools and procedures to improve efficiency and consistency within the CCEP Group.

What We Expect From You:

• Qualified Accountant and/or Chartered Tax Advisor.
• Strong tax accounting knowledge with particular emphasis on IAS 12 (and other applicable IFRS).
• General familiarity and understanding of corporate tax systems in the regions CCEP operates in, and a working knowledge of international tax concepts.
• Proven experience in managing the tax accounting and reporting of multinational groups.
• Detail-oriented, proactive, self-motivated individual who takes ownership of projects, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Effective communicator, fostering strong internal and external client relationships, ensuring clear and timely communication.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. With a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving customers in 29 countries, we make, sell and distribute the world’s most loved drinks brands to more than 600 million people, including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Powerade®, Glaceau Vitaminwater®, Monster® and Capri-Sun®. And we want a workforce as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity. One that enables everyone to be themselves, whatever their background or experience. From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognize we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth.