Tax & Accounting Analyst Job at Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands.

At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Tax & Accounting Analyst

Job ID: R-48714
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Time Type: Full time

Job Description

• The Accounting and Tax analyst will have specific responsibilities in General Accounting, Accounts Receivable & Payable and Tax reporting for the Kazakhstan Legal Entity. Additionally, the Analyst will support LEC during the Tax authorities’ reviews/audits and internal & external audit by responding to all requests on time.  

Key responsibilities will include:

• Assist LEC during preparation & submission of monthly & quarterly & annually tax declarations
• Prepare and upload the monthly E-Ledger to authority
• Assist LEC on tax compliance reviews and during the tax audits of authority
• Support the LEC for the external audit with Deloitte, providing all necessary information, Breakdowns/reconciliations of GL's, and helping in discussing adjustments proposed by auditors and ensuring the adjustments are booked.  
• Analysis of Balance Sheet and P&L accounts for various inquiries.  
• Creating journal voucher for all transactions paid locally, phone, taxes, utilities, etc and
• Provide support to global finance operations teams and Genpact on posting of local journals. Ensuring clearance of general ledger accounts in order to have only open items.
• Work as key liaising officer against banks on all banking transactions including but not limited to local FX buying and tax payments etc
• Prepare the monthly local banks reconciliations and submit to global treasury & Genpact  
• Access to electronic invoice portal of company and create accounts receivable invoices to customers from both from portal and SAP: Review A/R balance every month accordingly
• Access to electronic invoice portal of company and extract Accounts Payable invoices from vendors: Review A / R balance every month accordingly and support Global A/P Teams on vendor queries  

Key Success Parameters
Experience:

• 2 to 3 years of accounting experience in a multinational environment  
• Good SAP FI Module User and S / 4HANA user is preferable   
• Fluent in English (verbal and writing) and has excellent communication skills;
• Sound Knowledge of US GAAP / IFRS and local Tax Compliance  
• Fresh Trainee Accountant or A candidate to start Trainee exams  
• Experience with internal and external Audits
• Exhibits Growth Behaviors (Empowered, Curious, Inclusive and Agile)
• Able to effectively communicate and collaborate across different teams to lead change efforts
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and take a proactive approach in solving problems
• Capable of following through and focus on time-sensitive execution with limited supervision.
• Flexibility and adaptation to evolving roles & responsibilities
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and hard-working

Work Focus:

• Have planning and routines setting, great collaboration skills, a high level of integrity in everything you do, and a good sense for prioritization and organizing your work will be additional key success factors for you to be able to ensure stakeholder and business unit requirements are met.
• Build key relationship across functions within the OU, Platform Services and at senior levels in the organization.
• Ensure stakeholder / operating unit requirements are met through effective management routines / processes / planning, partnering, prioritization and organizing

Communication Focus:

• This role partners and engages proactively with Senior Franchise Leadership, Corporate stakeholders, E&Y or other Tax Advisors, and Corporate and Operating Units (OU) clients, as well as strongly collaborates with IS Financial Services and other Platform Services peers to ensure a coordinated approach in managing business deliverables and processes.  
• Ensure escalation/communication of key issues/opportunities including recommendations for resolution