Passionate talent consultant with 10+ years professional experience in finance and tax, specialised in SSC.

Gardening leave at Diageo by end of December 2020 and then Career break until end of May 2021

As part of a core team within Group Tax, I was responsible for• Developing Tax Risks and Controls for Global Tax Transformation Programme by defining Tax control framework and re-defining KPI-s to the end-to-end tax processes• Delivering the People Stream of the Global Tax Transformation programme including developing new org design with RASCI, leading selection and designing training process• Dealing with multiple stakeholders including Internal and Group Controls team and external… Show more As part of a core team within Group Tax, I was responsible for• Developing Tax Risks and Controls for Global Tax Transformation Programme by defining Tax control framework and re-defining KPI-s to the end-to-end tax processes• Delivering the People Stream of the Global Tax Transformation programme including developing new org design with RASCI, leading selection and designing training process• Dealing with multiple stakeholders including Internal and Group Controls team and external auditors, Financial Directors, controllers, Tax Leadership Team, various Tax managers, HR specialists and leaders to collect info, test the design and align on implementation• Supporting transition preparations, providing insights for the right approach, defining induction training materials and ongoing connectivity within the new Global Tax Function• Managing a team of 6 individuals from July 2019 Show less

• Taking over leadership over the Corporate tax/TP team (team of 6+ senior direct reports) delivering the end-to-end tax agenda for multiple countries in cooperation with in-market tax managers and controllers/FD-s• Stabilising the Tax team and increasing employee engagement to be best-in-class in the SSC• Defining the annual goals of the RTR and Statutory Compliance department and contributing to the delivery of these as part of the leadership team, • Working in close partnership… Show more • Taking over leadership over the Corporate tax/TP team (team of 6+ senior direct reports) delivering the end-to-end tax agenda for multiple countries in cooperation with in-market tax managers and controllers/FD-s• Stabilising the Tax team and increasing employee engagement to be best-in-class in the SSC• Defining the annual goals of the RTR and Statutory Compliance department and contributing to the delivery of these as part of the leadership team, • Working in close partnership with Europe Tax network, various Big4 companies as well as with Group Tax on various strategic initiatives, projects e.g. Tax Operating Model, tax technology, Trade compliance, BREXIT• Building a process improvement work stream within the operational tax compliance team, delivering various process simplifications and working in collaboration with Robotics team Show less

• Leading the Excise/Customs Duty and VAT teams within Diageo Budapest Shared Service Centre (team of 35+) covering tax compliance and advisory activities regarding to Europe and North- America• Re-shaping the team suffering from high attrition and poor employee engagement• Delivering of the operational, strategic and continuous development agenda of the team coordination with the tax leadership team (8-9 team lead and manager direct reports) • Introducing of a bespoke tax… Show more • Leading the Excise/Customs Duty and VAT teams within Diageo Budapest Shared Service Centre (team of 35+) covering tax compliance and advisory activities regarding to Europe and North- America• Re-shaping the team suffering from high attrition and poor employee engagement• Delivering of the operational, strategic and continuous development agenda of the team coordination with the tax leadership team (8-9 team lead and manager direct reports) • Introducing of a bespoke tax technology software• Defining and coordinating an in-house transition from Budapest to Bangalore, India Show less

• Building and managing a team of 15+ from scratch as part of the VAT Compliance Centre Project (transition tax compliance activities from markets to SSC and introducing 3rd party tax software)• Defining and delivering the operational strategy and rigour of the new team (calendar, templates, processes, stakeholder management framework, KPI and controls), reviewing VAT returns• Representing the SSC input and practices in the VAT Compliance Centre project and Global Tax Control Framework… Show more • Building and managing a team of 15+ from scratch as part of the VAT Compliance Centre Project (transition tax compliance activities from markets to SSC and introducing 3rd party tax software)• Defining and delivering the operational strategy and rigour of the new team (calendar, templates, processes, stakeholder management framework, KPI and controls), reviewing VAT returns• Representing the SSC input and practices in the VAT Compliance Centre project and Global Tax Control Framework project of Global Tax• Owner of the Control Evaluation Template on VAT return preparation for UK- SOX• Being an active member of the department’s extended Leadership team and contributing to various quality measurement, stakeholder management and balance sheet standardisation related projects (leader of the stakeholder management subgroup) Show less

• Starting to work on developing the concept of the VAT Compliance Centre and transition approach • Leading the recruitment locally and selecting candidates, defining introduction training for new team members

• Managing and stabilising the team of 4, dealing with various people matters and performance issues• Review VAT returns and connected other returns for EU countries, ensure legislative changes embedded, identify errors and perform root cause analysis• Coordinating the audit cycle with external audit and the corporation tax teams, prepare Annual statutory report and review the ones prepared by team members

• Being the operational leader of a team (4+ members)• Transitioning work from markets to SSC (Nordics, Benelux)• Prepare and review VAT returns, journal vouchers, BS and SOX reconciliations for European IBM entities• Support on external and tax authority audits

• Supporting the UK Tax Team in completion of Corporation Tax Return, analysing costs and classifying from deductability point of view • Preparing CIT BS reconciliation e.g. deferred tax, intercompany loans, dividends, withholding tax• Preparing US GAAP tax reports

• Processing voucher requests arriving from UK, Ireland and South Africa and preparing BS reconciliations• Identification and implementation of process improvement opportunities

• Controlling of the VAT-returns of inland and foreign registered taxpayers• Writing protocols, passing resolutions, keeping contact with clients

• Controlling of VAT-reimbursement claims of foreign registered taxpayers• Passing resolutions• Contact keeping with clients• Translating contracts from English and German into Hungarian