Tax & Intercompany Analyst

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:

The Tax and Intercompany Analyst supports accurate accounting, reporting, compliance, and operational execution for Pizza Hut tax and intercompany activities. The role partners with Pizza Hut Controllership, Tax, Treasury, and market finance teams to maintain reliable records, complete period-end activities, resolve differences, and support statutory, tax, audit, and special-project requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring and non-routine journal entries for Pizza Hut tax and intercompany activity in accordance with U.S. GAAP and applicable local requirements.
• Maintain supporting schedules for intercompany balances, loans, interest, settlements, service charges, royalties, and other cross-entity transactions.
• Perform monthly and quarterly intercompany matching and elimination analysis; investigate out-of-balance items and coordinate timely resolution with counterparties.
• Prepare account reconciliations and supporting documentation, identify reconciling items, and escalate aged or unusual differences.
• Assist with foreign-currency remeasurement and translation impacts related to intercompany balances and transactions.
• Prepare balance-sheet and income-statement fluctuation analyses for tax and intercompany accounts and explain significant period-over-period movements.
• Support consolidation and close activities by validating entity, counterparty, account, and currency coding in Pizza Hut reporting systems.
• Maintain organized documentation and evidence for journal entries, reconciliations, controls, audits, and management review.

Tax, Statutory, and Compliance Support

• Prepare data and schedules for income tax, indirect tax, withholding tax, and other Pizza Hut compliance requirements under the direction of Tax and Controllership.
• Assist with preparation and review of tax packages, statutory reporting schedules, and local-country information requests.
• Support tax payments and intercompany settlements by confirming approvals, entity details, accounting treatment, and required documentation.
• Provide support for internal and external audits, including walkthroughs, sampling requests, and follow-up questions.
• Execute assigned internal controls and retain evidence in accordance with Pizza Hut control and records-retention requirements.
• Assist with country-by-country, transfer-pricing, and legal-entity reporting requests by gathering and validating source data.

Business Partnership and Process Improvement

• Coordinate with Pizza Hut market finance teams and corporate partners to resolve accounting, tax, cash, and intercompany questions.
• Track open items, owners, and due dates; communicate risks or delays promptly.
• Identify recurring issues and recommend practical improvements to reconciliations, reporting, documentation, and handoffs.
• Assist with system implementations, legal-entity changes, separation activities, and other special projects affecting Pizza Hut tax or intercompany accounting.
• Create and maintain process documentation, desk procedures, and standard workpapers.

Success Measures

• Accurate and timely journal entries, reconciliations, reporting schedules, and compliance support.
• Reduction in aged intercompany differences and clear ownership of unresolved items.
• Complete, audit-ready support for assigned accounts and processes.
• Consistent communication of issues, risks, and deadlines.
• Demonstrated growth in technical knowledge, business understanding, and process ownership.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Typically 2-4 years of accounting, financial reporting, tax, audit, or related finance experience; relevant internship or public accounting experience may be considered.
• Working knowledge of basic U.S. GAAP accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial-statement analysis.
• Exposure to intercompany accounting, international operations, foreign currency, tax compliance, or consolidations is preferred.
• CPA or other relevant professional qualification is a plus but not required.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to identify unusual activity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including lookups, pivot tables, filters, and reconciliation of large data sets.
• Ability to organize competing priorities, meet close and compliance deadlines, and follow through on open items.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative customer-service mindset.
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues across functions, legal entities, countries, and time zones.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn Pizza Hut legal-entity structures, tax processes, accounting systems, and consolidation tools.
• Experience with JD Edwards, SAP, HFM, Smart View, FDMEE, or similar ERP and consolidation tools is helpful but not required.
• Comfort handling routine responsibilities independently after training while seeking guidance for complex or judgmental matters.

The posted salary range is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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