Senior Tax Lead, Philippines (PEZA & BIR)

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners; Manila; Presencial; PHP 1.800.000 - 3.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in Manila seeks a Senior Manager Tax to lead and support all Philippines tax matters, ensuring compliant operations and governance. You will be the key tax contact for Philippine entities, working with local finance, shared service teams, advisers and government authorities.

The role covers direct and indirect tax filings, tax accounting, PEZA incentives, transfer pricing, and tax risk management, with opportunities to drive improvements.

Formación

• 8-12 years total professional tax experience with 5-6 years in leadership or management roles.
• Strong Philippines tax experience, ideally gained in multinational/shared service/big 4 or advisory environment.
• Experience managing direct and indirect tax compliance, BIR interactions, audits and tax risk.
• PEZA incentive experience is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to tax accounting, transfer pricing and SAP or equivalent systems would be beneficial.

Responsabilidades

• Timely and accurate preparation, review and submission of direct and indirect tax filings, including corporate income tax, withholding tax, VAT, local business tax and other relevant Philippine obligations.
• Responsible for tax accounting including ensuring all tax risks, projects, planning are assessed and appropriately reflected in the local and group financial statements.
• Manage all interactions with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), including audits, assessments, information requests, rulings and dispute resolutions.
• Compliance with Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) requirements, including incentive reporting, registrations, certifications, audit support and maintenance of incentive eligibility.
• Partner with local finance teams, shared service teams and external advisers to ensure accurate tax accounting, provisioning, statutory reporting and supporting documentation.
• Monitor and report changes in Philippine tax and incentive legislation, assess the impact on ISS Manila and BNII and recommend practical actions.
• Support transfer pricing compliance, including local documentation, intercompany arrangements and responses to tax authority requests.
• Identify, manage and escalation tax risks and control issues, ensuring timely resolution and alignment with CCEP tax policies and governance standards.
• Support business initiatives, restructurings, supply chain changes and commercial projects by assessing Philippines tax and PEZA implications.
• Drive continuous improvement, simplification and automation of tax processes, controls and compliance activities.

Conocimientos

Tax expertise

Leadership

Stakeholder management

BIR interactions

Transfer pricing

Process improvement

Business partnering

Problem solving

Communication

Educación

University degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Tax

Herramientas

SAP or equivalent systems

Descripción del empleo

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in Manila seeks a Senior Manager Tax to lead and support all Philippines tax matters, ensuring compliant operations and governance. You will be the key tax contact for Philippine entities, working with local finance, shared service teams, advisers and government authorities.

The role covers direct and indirect tax filings, tax accounting, PEZA incentives, transfer pricing, and tax risk management, with opportunities to drive improvements.