Job Title: Customs Analyst – DTS (Fresher Jobs)
Organization: Diageo (Uganda Breweries)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Windsor, Buchanan’s and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Accurate forecasting, ordering of all tax stamps;
- Following through to ensure a GRN is done, and payment made for all stamp orders with appropriate documentation;
- Collection of paper stamps from SICPA;
- Reconcile amounts disbursed to URA vs stamps received, including reconciling Digital codes received for local beer vs actual posting on SICPA machine and provide evidence of receipt;
- Review and validate the shift report source documents both for Beer packaging and IDU including review of applicable documentation e.g., BDNs.
- Daily manual activation of paper stamps applied by DHL for all imports, including locally manufactured goods to extent applicable;
- Periodically review DTS Standard Operating Procedures and processes, and functional DTS Work Instructions to ensure full compliance and any draft updates necessary;
- Own the DTS stocktaking process;
- Collect, collate, and review signed off DTS rejects forms for submission to URA on a monthly basis;
- Oversee the process of URA verification of damaged paper stamps;
- Maintain a reconciliation of stamps received from stores, used for manual application, damages returned to stores and stamp balances at hand;
- Review the weekly DTS reconciliations for the various functional departments;
- Prepare the overall monthly end to end and detailed DTS reconciliation, including a reconciliation between URA DTS activation report, production reports, and SICPA rejects forms at a brand level and investigation and follow up on differences;
- Circulate the monthly DTS reconciliation and follow up for review and approval;
- Perform weekly walk abouts to the different DTS areas to verify and validate information, identify DTS risks, and engage Tax manager and other stakeholders where necessary;
- Engage various internal stakeholders on DTS related matters;
- Setting up DTS meetings including tracking follow up actions;
- Conduct systems review and audits of the various DTS platforms e.g., SAP, DTS web portal, DHL DTS web portal; and
- Participate in DTS audits and investigations as and when requested and report findings.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelors degree – Business fields
- At least 2-3 years’ experience in an operational environment with previously held responsibility for Data Analytics.
- Knowledge of the Tax system as an added advantage
Key skills
- SAP proficiency
- Stakeholder management skills.
- Strong Microsoft Office fluency with advanced excel & data analysis.
- Exhibited Leadership skills.
- Ability to analyze data with attention to detail.
- Strong people relations skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-starter with the ability to succeed in a collaborative work environment.
- Ability to partner with other functional teams.
- Ability to navigate multiple data sources for insights & recommendations generation.
How to Apply:
If you desire to join the world’s leading premium drinks business, Diageo, in the aforementioned capacity, please click web link below.
Deadline: 28th March 2025
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