Posted 1w ago

Excise Duty Compliance SME

@ BP
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
HybridFull Time
Responsibilities:supporting compliance, liaising teams, filing returns
Requirements Summary:Relevant degree and experience in Excise Duty Compliance; English fluency; strong analytical skills; knowledge of indirect taxes and excise duty.
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Entity:

Finance


Job Family Group:

Tax Group


Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.

Join our Team and advance your career as an

Excise Duty Compliance SME

In this role You will:

  • Supporting the Excise Duty Compliance Manager in the safe delivery of excise duty compliance obligations which fall within the team’s remit. This may include liaison with the third-party service provider and coaching to other members of the team.

  • Responsible for the timely delivery of the excise duty compliance tasks for bp entities in a specific market.

  • This includes the responsibility to liaise with other teams across the bp organisation (finance and business) to collect information required to prepare and file returns relating to excise duty compliance.

  • Carrying out trend analyses on a periodical basis. The analyses serve as a control to have a sense check and validate that the data to be reported is reasonable.

  • Liaise with partners with a view to remain up to date on business activities of entitles operating in the market.

  • Responsible for the review, sign-off and submission of excise duty filings in line with the local regulation. Following the submission, takes care to setup payment in line with the internal requirement and instructs the relevant teams on the accounting tasks.i.e. ledger reconciliations.

  • Represent bp in internal and external Tax audits. Prepare and provide detailed answers to Tax Authority queries; support partners to collect information required. .

  • Responsible for issue resolutions and queries that may require reference to Excise Duty local country requirements and need to provide evidence and documentation for the end-to-end issue resolution, initiate proper problem investigation. Coordinate partner groups to ensure resolution of issues.

  • Responsible for keeping standard operating procedure documentation up to date

  • Collect data and report KPIs on a regular basis to the Team lead about queries and issues appeared during the analysed period on a standard way

  • Assist in the execution of continuous improvement projects

What You need to be successful:

  • Relevant degree and experience in Excise Duty Compliance activities

  • Experience in Excise Tax, Process and project management

  • Other tax compliance and reporting activities (such as VAT, environmental tax, direct taxes, WHT, etc) is an advantage.

  • Fluency in English

  • Excellent level of analytical skills, numeracy, and good financial understanding

  • A good understanding of taxation across all aspects of indirect taxes and excise duty

  • Solid problem-solving skills. Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across matrix organizations

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

  • Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements

  • Life & health insurance, medical care package

  • Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs

  • Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options

  • Celebrate in bp’s success. You may be eligible to join bp’s Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules

  • Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room

  • Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program

  • Possibility to join our social communities and networks

  • Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.

Disclaimer: Please note that, according to Hungarian law (2012/I. 113. §), mothers or single parents caring for a child under three years of age cannot be employed in night shift positions.


Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role


Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country


Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working


Skills:

acquisitions and disposals activity, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Creativity and Innovation, Data Management, Digital Fluency, Direct and indirect tax compliance and accounting, Economic modelling, Financial Reporting, Influencing tax law and policy, Interpreting and applying tax law, Management of change, Managing tax dispute resolution and controversies, Project Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Tax advice for mergers, Tax advisory, Tax compliance process management, Tax reporting and control, Transfer Pricing


Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.