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Brygida Ołdakowska

Brygida Ołdakowska

Summary

Experienced direct tax and indirect tax proffesional.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Tax Manager Europe

Beiersdorf Shared Services
11.2023 - Current

EUROPE:

  • Day to day contact fo BSS accountants on tax matters, aiding and assisting them to resolve any tax matters that arise including supporting tax audits (involving tax advisors as appropriate)
  • Day to day relationship with external tax outsourcing partner
  • Monitoring tax compliance deadlines to ensure timely delivery of tax compliance by BSS accountants (VAT and CIT)
  • Identifying knowledge gaps/training needs within the European BSS organization and assisting with design/delivery of tax trainings
  • Assisting BSS accountants with tax reporting (
  • Conducting of training and assisting BSS accountants with tax reporting an tax postings (GTC/Pillar2)
  • Coordination of Pillar2 tax registrations in Europe


POLAND:

  • Coordination and support of internal and external tax audits, preparation of necessary documentation and defense letters, responding to audit queries and to Tax Authorities
  • Managing the Tax Governance and Compliance team, which includes ensuring appropriate levels of tax knowledge, awareness and engagement
  • Day to day relationship with external tax outsourcing partners
  • Monitoring tax compliance deadlines to ensure timely delivery of tax filings and reports
  • Preparation and submission of DAC-6 tax filings
  • Preparation and submission of tax declarations within main areas of taxes covered: CIT, VAT, WHT, Property Tax, DAC-6, and dealing with other local tax specifics.
  • Preparation of Transfer Pricing documentation TPR-C forms
  • Technical support with the introduction of local legal requirements e.g. SAF-T reporting, e-invoicing
  • Performing tax reporting in Beiersdorf tax tools: CIS ERP system and Amana Global Tax Center (GTC/Pillar2)
  • Ensuring proper set-up of tax codes in SAP system

Tax & Stats Senior Manager

GSK
07.2021 - Current
  • Implementation of new tax regulations in EMEA and APAC
  • Supporting business change, including M&A, trade route change, organizational transformation and the rollout of new technologies
  • Root causing and resolving tax issues stemming from weaknesses in processes, where we observe tax compliance failings
  • Drive process improvement, standardization and automation of tax processes
  • Leading on all project activities, from business cases, engagement and assessment, project planning, design, implementation, testing, training, documentation, risk management and success measurement
  • Working with our Tax Compliance Partners to support the smooth running of GSK’s outsource tax compliance model
  • Managing the team
  • Managing SAP S4HANA rollouts

Member of the Board, GL, Reporting-Controlling Manager

Wavin Shared Services
03.2019 - 06.2021
  • 22 countries in service scope, EMEA, Dubai, Singapore, USA, Indonesia, India, 180 employees
  • Managing the SSC company and it’s legal and statutory requirements
  • Responsibility for SLA, charging model for the clients
  • Responsibility for GL, Reporting, Controlling, TAX process
  • Responsible for efficiency and quality of services, continues process improvements, automation of processes (2 Robots implemented, 4 next in progress)
  • Responsible for SAP implementation in 5 new companies in Orbia Group (1 for DE finished, 4 in progress)
  • Responsible for transition of processes to SSC

SSC Head, CFO, Member of the Board

Eltel Group in Poland
04.2016 - 01.2019
  • Group ERP system & COA implementation in all legal units in Poland (IFS) in the area of finance and controlling (standard cost methodology, KPIs based on EBITA and working capital)
  • GSS start-up in Gdansk – transactional processes in finance and payroll for European companies
  • Local SSC start-up for polish companies – non transactional processes (set up of the new legal unit, organizational, reporting and cost center structure, controlling, tax reporting, statutory reporting, controlling & budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, HR& Payroll)
  • Continuous improvement in area of Finance, Payroll and HR

BPO Partner in Grant Thornton Poland
04.2014 - 04.2016
  • Responsible for BPO strategy and service delivery in Europe: - Accounting (GL, OtC, PtP, T&E, Reporting), Payroll, Tax budgeting, controlling of service profitability, service scope and sales price strategy
  • Business Process mapping, optimization & standardization
  • Continues improvements supported by LEAN methodology
  • SSC/BPO advisory (current project: SSC Intermarche, SSC HP)
  • 06.2015-12.2015: General Manager responsible for BPO Centre start-up in Mexico City – 25 FTE in 2015, 60 FTE in 2016

IKEA Business Service Center Poznan
06.2012 - 03.2014
  • Global Process Leader P2P (Europe, Asia & Pacific, US & Canada) – global standardization & continuous improvement of PtP processes

Business Process Manager

Carlsberg Accounting Service Centre Poznan
02.2007 - 06.2012
  • Business Process Manager – global standardization & continuous improvement of finance processes (40 team members)
  • Carlsberg Global Procurement project – global project manager - Team Lead, service to German speaking countries (Account Receivable – 30 000 customers, Master Data, Contracts, Payments, credit management, trade loans-3000 customers) - 34 Team Members, cross-country team providing services for 8 countries - world best class efficiency in AR proven by Hackett benchmark - LEAN optimizations

Volkswagen Poznań Sp. z o.o.
04.2002 - 02.2007
  • Accountant in the area of General Accounting, Fix Assets, VAT, Costs - Coordinator of the Workflow Project in AP Department - Tax reporting - Statutory Reporting

Education

Master of Science - Faculty Economics, Finance And Banking

University of Economics in Poznań

Pedagogy - Teacher Certificate

University of Economics in Poznań

Lean Management Green Belt Certificate (in Dennemark)

Tax Advisor Certiffication in Progress

Skills

  • People Management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strong result orientation
  • SAP, GTC/Pillar2, multiple tax reporting systems
  • Team work and cooperation
  • International mindset

LANGUAGES

English – proffesional
German – basic

Timeline

Tax Manager Europe

Beiersdorf Shared Services
11.2023 - Current

Tax & Stats Senior Manager

GSK
07.2021 - Current

Member of the Board, GL, Reporting-Controlling Manager

Wavin Shared Services
03.2019 - 06.2021

SSC Head, CFO, Member of the Board

Eltel Group in Poland
04.2016 - 01.2019

BPO Partner in Grant Thornton Poland
04.2014 - 04.2016

IKEA Business Service Center Poznan
06.2012 - 03.2014

Business Process Manager

Carlsberg Accounting Service Centre Poznan
02.2007 - 06.2012

Volkswagen Poznań Sp. z o.o.
04.2002 - 02.2007

Master of Science - Faculty Economics, Finance And Banking

University of Economics in Poznań

Pedagogy - Teacher Certificate

University of Economics in Poznań

Lean Management Green Belt Certificate (in Dennemark)

Tax Advisor Certiffication in Progress
Brygida Ołdakowska