The Poland Tax & Control Accountant will acts as an internal control manager for the Poland finance department and as the key Corporation Tax legal specialist. Main responsibilities include maintenance of a strong internal control framework for the finance department, as well as responsibility for legal entity’s CIT computation.Principal
Responsibilities:
1. Control Activities Responsibility for maintaining the internal control framework of the Polish Finance team, including:
• Ensuring up to date procedures are in place for all Finance activities
• Maintaining risk tracking documentation, including Risk Control Self-Assessment
• Preparation of Management Information reports and KPI tracking
• Independent testing of key controls, including systems access reviews and quality assurance checks
• Ensure compliance with all company's accounting policies and procedures
• Coordinate with EMEA Control Managers to develop consistent processes
2. Sox/Internal Audit reporting Act as the coordination point for Poland Finance interaction with the Sox and Internal Audit teams
• Coordinate information requests
• Coordinate actions to address deficiencies
3. Tax reporting Responsibility for day to day tax affairs of Polish LE, under direction of Tax team, including:
• Computation of CIT for LE
• Oversight of WHT reporting
• Submit tax returns and payments for CIT and WHT as required
• Monitoring of changes to Polish tax and implementation of resulting processes/controls
• Coordination of tax audits as required
• Oversight of Transfer Pricing process, including coordination of documentation, such as benchmarking analysis for Poland
4.Others:
• Implementation of records management and retention processes for Poland Finance
• Management of the Business Continuity process, including documentation and testing
• Participate in ad hoc projects, as required
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of accounting practices with a strong focus on internal controls
- Knowledge of Polish Corporation Tax and Withholding Tax regulations,
- experience in Transfer Pricing
- MA in Economics
- Minimum Expertise:5-7 years of experience in tax or auditing functions
- Preferred experience:International shared service environment, preferably finance or audit
- Language skills:English proficiency
