Your new role
- Hands-on tax expert for the Asia region especially focused on HK, SG, MY and JP with exposure to both in-house accounting processes and strategic tax work.
- Opportunity to become a true business partner in making commercial/ tax decisions
- Work closely with the HQ Group Tax team based in the UK, and is the main contact person for the UK Group for all tax-related matters.
- Part of a vibrant dynamic team that is at the forefront of driving change to ensure continuous improvement.
- The role is based in the Sunway office and reports to the Asia FD.
- There will be opportunities to build a small team in the future, and we will therefore have a people manager exposure aspect.
Taxation
- Group and statutory accounting tax reporting (including budgeting and forecasting)
- Supporting the completion of the indirect tax returns (including VAT / GST/ SST) as well as direct tax returns
- Managing tax payments
- Managing CbCR notification
- Production of tax calculations and disclosures for the group accounts, interim statements
- Correspondence with tax offices as well as managing tax audits
- Prepare tax calculations and return submissions when required
- Ad hoc employment tax support
- Ad hoc tax projects
- Manage transfer pricing risk
Financial transaction management
- Responsible for managing the tax related balance sheet reconciliation and overseeing the related transactional workflows to ensure accuracy
- Reconciliation between tax payment and general financial ledger
- Exposure to financial month-end process and internal/ external reporting
Business Partnering
- Providing business advice in compliance with relevant tax laws
- Assist in ad hoc tax related projects, local and Group
Continuous Improvement:
- Recommending process enhancements and continuous improvement to the team
- Responsibility in ensuring the adequacy of internal controls within the finance team and resolving control deficiencies independently.
What you'll need to succeed
- At least 3 to 6 years of relevant working experience
- Proven track record in corporate tax gained from working in either a professional service firm or a similar in-house tax role.
- You will also be able to prioritise workflow and manage your own deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff members, internal and external contacts; with strong English language skills both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with all levels of management
- Excellent collaboration, organisational, time management, customer service and problem-solving skills and the ability to work accurately and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work and thrive in a team environment, focused on achieving results
- Proactive and persistence in driving change to achieve continuous improvement.
- Familiar with Great Plains, Power BI, Excel
- Worked for sizeable or multinational companies
CERTIFICATE QUALIFICATIONS:
Ideally, have a suitable accountancy or tax-related certificate.
- Chartered Tax Practitioner (CTP)
- Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA)
- Certified Public Accountant, tax specialisation
- Certified Tax Accountant
