Balázs Szabó

Experience

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  EY

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2016

  • Business Tax Advisory services (clients mainly in FMCG, Automobile, Banking)• Transactional Taxes including buy and sell side due diligences together with Finance and Valuation teams• Preparation of materials and participation at acquisition negotiation meetings• High complexity tax advise letters and reports• Support in international tax and financial structuring works • Grants and Incentives consultancy• Co-ordinating a number of analysts per project• Directly reporting to Managers and Partners Show less

  • Senior Tax Advisor

    Sept 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Tax Advisor

    Jan 2013 - Aug 2015
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  Diageo

  Feb 2016 - Oct 2020

  • Managing Diageo’s global legal entity rationalization project, directly responsible for Europe, North America, India• Process migration preparation and management from and to different Markets• Oversight and management of changes to the Group’s legal entity structure including dissolutions, sales, mergers and acquisitions, financing structures, joint ventures• Direct reporting to Senior Leaders (Group Controller, Group Chief Accountant, Group Treasurer, Head of Tax, General Counsel Corporate) and Regional Finance Directors• Managing through others; managing the individual sub-projects by the coordination of market and functional specialists• Managing the project budget, AOP and monthly outlook reporting Show less • Responsible for the CIT compliance and tax reporting of various countries within the group (50+ companies in Europe, Africa, Asia, LATAM)• Insourcing project management: introducing new processes and new Markets to the Budapest SSC• Outsourcing project management: Migration of standardized processes from Budapest SSC to Bangalore SSC• Relationship management with Financial Directors, Country Statutory and Tax Managers, Group Tax Leaders and 3rd party advisors• Driving the tax technology and productivity agenda• Setting and managing internal controls• Process documentation development and management• People management of the CIT team (5 direct reports)• Directly reporting to the Senior Tax Manager and Department Director Show less

  • Project Manager, Financial Reporting

    Mar 2019 - Oct 2020

  • Corporate Income Tax Junior Manager

    Feb 2016 - Mar 2019
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  Deloitte

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  Manager, Assurance, CFO Services
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  Diageo

  Mar 2022 - now

  Financial Reporting Manager