APAC Tax Specialist: Compliance, TP & Reporting

Altera; Bayan Lepas; Hybrid; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Malaysia is seeking a Tax Analyst to join our Global Tax team, focusing on APAC compliance, reporting, and advisory initiatives across the region. You’ll work closely with Finance, Controllership, and external advisors to drive accuracy, efficiency, and risk management.

This role emphasizes Income Tax, GST/VAT, Withholding Tax, and Transfer Pricing, with hands-on tax provisioning and collaboration across cross-functional teams in a hybrid Malaysia-based setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or related field.
• 4+ years of progressive corporate tax experience with APAC exposure.
• Strong working knowledge of Income Tax, Consumption Tax (GST/VAT), Withholding Tax, and fundamentals of Transfer Pricing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and review corporate income tax returns, consumption tax (GST/VAT) returns, and withholding tax filings for APAC entities, ensuring timely, accurate submissions.
• Support preparation/review of local files, intercompany agreements, benchmarking analyses, and Master File updates; collaborate with TP and Controllership.
• Assist with quarterly and annual tax accounting (ASC 740/IFRS equivalents) including current and deferred tax computations for APAC; reconcile tax accounts.
• Provide practical guidance on indirect tax, withholding implications, PE/remote work impacts, and incentives in Malaysia/India; support tax audits.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and control enhancements for tax data and compliance workflows; improve ERP configurations.
• Collaborate with Finance/IT on data integrity and tax-sensitized configurations.

Skills

Income Tax

GST/VAT

Withholding Tax

Transfer Pricing

ERP systems

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or related field

Tools

SAP/Oracle/NetSuite

Alteryx

Power BI

Job description

Altera in Malaysia is seeking a Tax Analyst to join our Global Tax team, focusing on APAC compliance, reporting, and advisory initiatives across the region. You’ll work closely with Finance, Controllership, and external advisors to drive accuracy, efficiency, and risk management.

This role emphasizes Income Tax, GST/VAT, Withholding Tax, and Transfer Pricing, with hands-on tax provisioning and collaboration across cross-functional teams in a hybrid Malaysia-based setup.