Senior Group Tax Analyst – Global Reporting & Compliance

Coca-Cola HBC; Lisburn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn, United Kingdom, seeks a Group Tax Analyst to support group-wide tax reporting, compliance, and risk management across multiple jurisdictions. You will help prepare and consolidate current and deferred tax positions, and contribute to tax governance and ETR forecasting.

Join a multinational team and collaborate with Finance, auditors, and external advisers to ensure accurate government filings and disclosures. Strong tax knowledge and ERP experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) or equivalent tax qualification (CTA or equivalent).
• 7+ years of relevant tax experience; experience in a big 4 audit/tax advisory firm and/or a tax function of a multinational group.
• Fluent in English (both written and oral).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, effective partnering with non tax professionals across a cross functional organisation to proactively anticipate business needs and provide practical tax support to the business.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate interim and year end Group tax reporting in collaboration with Finance teams, auditors, and external advisers.
• Build strong working relationships with finance and business stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of Group tax reporting cycles.
• Act as a key representative of Group Tax for reporting matters and lead business partnering with the Group Financial Reporting team.
• Support ETR forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis versus prior periods and plan.
• Review and support the preparation of statutory tax disclosures and notes to the financial statements.
• Support the design and operation of tax accounting controls under internal control frameworks.
• Assist with documentation for internal and external audits, including deferred tax support schedules.
• Assist with documentation for internal and external audits, including UTP analyses.
• Contribute to Tax Control Framework (TCF) documentation and testing.
• Support regional implementation of new tax accounting or reporting requirements (e.g. Pillar Two).
• Lead technical tax accounting for Group Reporting; maintain IAS 12 knowledge.
• Track regional tax audits, disputes, and exposures.
• Assist with assessment and documentation of tax risks and provisions.
• Support preparation of UTP analyses and coordination with Group Tax.
• Ensure audit outcomes are reflected appropriately in tax reporting and provisions.
• Act as the regional point of contact between local markets and Group Tax.
• Ensure consistent application of group tax policies, tax control framework, and internal guidelines.
• Oversight of the Group’s tax compliance programme including a review of all jurisdictional filings.
• Support improvements in tax reporting processes, including standardisation and automation and data quality enhancements.
• Work with Finance and IT on ERP and reporting tools (e.g. SAP) and adoption of tax technology tools.
• Prepare tax reporting packs, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Support Head of Tax with tax projects as they arise. Support other members of the Group tax team with ad hoc queries, projects and transactions as required.

Skills

Fluent English

Strong interpersonal and communication

Education

ACA/ACCA or CTA

Tools

SAP

Excel

Tax provision tools

Job description

Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn, United Kingdom, seeks a Group Tax Analyst to support group-wide tax reporting, compliance, and risk management across multiple jurisdictions. You will help prepare and consolidate current and deferred tax positions, and contribute to tax governance and ETR forecasting.

Join a multinational team and collaborate with Finance, auditors, and external advisers to ensure accurate government filings and disclosures. Strong tax knowledge and ERP experience are essential.