We are on a lookout for a Tax Manager, who is hands-on and proactive team player who helps to manage and oversee the Group's tax compliance, transfer pricing, tax reporting and provide tax advisory to internal stakeholders; and to support projects and ad-hoc duties, as required from time to time. To drive tax process improvement and strengthen tax controls and to drive best practices within the Group.

Responsibilities:

Tax governance & policy matters

• Reporting to the Head of Tax, you will ensure compliance with relevant tax and transfer pricing regulations across all entities in the Group, Singapore and regional (Greater China, India, ASEAN)

• Assist with the implementation of the Group Tax Strategy and the roll-out of tax policies, tax controls processes and best practices

• Assist to drive continuous tax optimization projects, Group tax process and controls improvements projects to enhance tax compliance quality and efficiency. Provide improvement recommendations

• Assist in developing tax-efficient structures for investment, intra-group financing, corporate shared services, cross-border transactions

• Monitor relevant updates to the Group tax governance and transfer pricing policies & best practices, in accordance with the latest tax regulation developments

Tax Compliance

• Oversee all aspects of tax compliance alongside the Finance team, ensure timely review and filing of tax return

• Review to identify tax planning opportunities and to minimize the occurrence of tax controversies

Transfer Pricing

• Manage/ facilitate the preparation of transfer pricing documentation report, tax position papers, benchmarking study in collaboration with the local country Finance team

• Responsible to ensure proper and adequate transfer pricing documentation is maintained to support intra-group transactions in compliance with local regulations

• Perform operational transfer pricing review to align business arrangements with transfer pricing policy and objectives

Tax Reporting

• Set up and maintain a central tax database for Group tax reporting, data analytics, preparing for the BEPS Pillar 2 requirements

• Manage the Group's tax reporting, including annual tax accounting process, periodic review of tax provision balances and deferred tax assets/ liabilities to ensure accuracy

• Perform tax data analysis to offer insights and recommendation plan to manage tax risks for optimization and mitigation

• Provide tax advice, guidance, training to internal users on direct taxes, indirect taxes, withholding tax and other tax matters. Develop tax sharing content and conduct tax sharing sessions/ training to finance peers

Tax Advisory

• Business partnering to provide tax support on business transactions and projects

• Provide tax leadership and support on M&As and internal projects

• Support Human Resource department on foreign assignment's tax compliance matters

• Review business and intercompany contracts for tax risk management

• Support/ handle application for tax incentives and government grants

Tax Audit

• Manage tax audits and queries from tax authorities in collaboration with local country Finance team

• Analyze exposure and assessment, update stakeholders regularly

Tax Trends & Development

• Stay on top of tax law changes, evaluate impact on business, handle change management

Other duties

• Perform other duties and projects as assigned from time to time

Candidate requirement:

• A person with positive mindset, can-do attitude, initiative-taker, collaborative skills, team worker

• Strong technical background, practical experience handling regional direct and indirect tax matters for MNCs. Transfer pricing working knowledge

• Strong accounting and analytical skills with ability to research and apply tax law; willingness to learn new technical skills independently. Good professional judgement

• Self-motivated, strong sense of accountability, able to work under pressure to meet deadlines

• Keen eye for details, strong problem-solving skill, able to multi-task, manage competing priorities

• Good interpersonal skill, maturity to work with minimal supervision, ability to meet datelines

• Degree in accountancy/ professional qualification, at least 10 years' experience in MNCs performing similar roles

• Good verbal and written English, fluence in Mandarin to support the China entities

Conversant with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint