Reporting to Head of Tax, existing position will be responsible for tax reporting and compliance preparation in Singapore and selected other countries.
Job Responsibilities
Tax Compliance
- Perform all aspects of tax compliance, ensuring accurate and timely preparation and submission of all tax returns with supporting information and timely payment of taxes in Singapore and other jurisdictions as required.
Tax Reporting and Controls
- Ensure accuracy of tax provisions for Group entities in Singapore and other jurisdictions as required at monthly, quarterly and semi-annual financial reporting cycles.
Tax Advisor Liaison
- Assist to communicate with the Group’s external tax advisors to ensure compliance with tax filing requirements and delivery of tax advisor assignments on agreed timelines, quality level and fees.
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Prepare and maintain tax budget and forecast information for both tax provisioning and tax cash flows in cooperation with Financial Planning and Analysis team.
- Determine and inform the tax team and management team of tax impacts from changes to forecasts and business scenarios.
Ad-hoc assignments
- As and when assigned by Head of Tax and other tax team members.
Job Requirements
- Chartered Accountant (CA) or member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with degree in accountancy or equivalent qualification.
- At least 3 years of relevant tax and accounting experience in a MNC and/or in a public accounting firm specialising in tax.
- Experience in IFRS reporting and preparing tax returns for Singapore is a must.
- Experience in preparing tax returns for countries outside Singapore is a strong advantage.
- Strong proficiency in English (both written and spoken) is a must.
- Proficiency in Mandarin (both written and spoken) is an advantage.
- Effective working knowledge of Microsoft Office/365 applications, particularly Excel and Word, is a must.
- Proficiency in Oracle financial system is an advantage.
- Experience in identifying and suggesting improvements to tax reporting and compliance processes through IT and other tools is a strong advantage.
- Good interpersonal skills, uses initiative, analytical and organised.
- Diligent, energetic and able to complete tasks in parallel within tight deadlines.
- Willing and able to learn quickly, work with minimal supervision and cooperate effectively with peers to complete projects.
