Senior Manager - Corporate Income Tax (KDN ACDC) (Petaling Jaya)

KPMG in Malaysia; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager for corporate income tax within their dynamic team. This role involves managing client delivery and ensuring quality compliance across the Asia Pacific region. The successful candidate will lead teams, build strong client relationships, and drive strategic projects and transformation initiatives. With a focus on continuous improvement and technology adoption, this position offers a unique opportunity to influence and enhance client experiences. If you are an analytical and goal-oriented professional with a passion for tax compliance, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in corporate tax compliance required.
• Strong stakeholder management and analytical skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage client portfolios and lead teams for tax compliance services.
• Review corporate tax returns and ensure quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.

Skills

Corporate Tax Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Skills

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

University Degree in Accounting/Finance/Computer Science/Data Sciences/Economics

Professional Qualification in Accounting/Taxation

Tools

Technology Tools for Compliance

Job description

Descriptions

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced tax professional to join our team in KPMG Delivery Network ("KDN") in Malaysia in a Senior Manager position for corporate income tax. In this role, you will be responsible for managing client delivery and quality of corporate income tax compliance for countries in Asia Pacific region. You will work closely with clients, KPMG member firms, and KDN teams to deliver client engagements in a client facing capacity with expectation to build strong relationships with these stakeholders. This role will be expected to be the lead KDN country tax practitioner for an assigned jurisdiction to manage KPMG member firms, quality, technical proficiency, process, and escalations.

The role requires deep experience with corporate income tax. Regional/ Global experience would be an asset. As a Manager in the team, knowledge management will be required which includes learning new jurisdictions technical rules, documenting technical/ process learning materials, providing training, and help manage knowledge needs of the team.

The role will involve managing team delivery work deliverables quality & timelines, with focus to uphold quality standards. The person will be expected to lead to strategic projects, and help enable a continuous improvement culture. The successful applicant will need to capture actions and meeting minutes and drive execution of actions across stakeholder group to facilitate completion.

Managers in KPMG are expected to be people leaders, whether they have direct reports or not. This would include feedback, coaching, developing team members, and setting the example of demonstrable leadership behavior!

Business development of working with clients and stakeholders for delivery of new clients/ jurisdictions/ services along with transitioning work to KDN will be an expected part of the role.

This role will be tasked to contribute to transformation initiatives, continuous improvement enabled by technology, and other growth/ efficiency initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage an assigned portfolio of clients and projects and lead teams to deliver tax compliance services effectively.
• Review of corporate tax returns across multiple jurisdictions in the ASPAC region, including all required schedules, deadlines, and technical requirements.
• Build strong relationship with clients, manage pull through opportunities, and ensure the overall client experience is always top quality.
• Manage diverse team members and maintain a high-performing team to deliver exceptional client services across a portfolio of clients.
• Review and preparation as circumstances dictate of centralized delivery of compliance requirements across multiple services such as Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing, Statutory Financial Statements, WHT, and other compliance filings.
• Assist in reviewing reports and schedules using technology tools that will be delivered to client and member firm.
• Coaching and developing team members to achieve technical competencies and efficient performance.
• Support transitioning new clients onboard per standard process and technology.
• Support transformation initiatives to enable technology adoption across new and existing processes.
• Act as a liaison between client, external local auditors and member firm.
• Lead and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement & optimize process effectiveness.
• Lead the meeting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Other ad hoc requests required to manage client service.

Requirements

• A recognized university degree or a professional qualification in Accounting / Finance / Computer Science / Data Sciences / Economics or a member of a recognized professional accounting / taxation body.
• Candidate with minimum 8+ years of experience with corporate tax compliance.
• Candidate with audit and/or financial statement experience will have an advantage.
• Relevant data/business analyst experience valued.
• Must be a team player to work in a robust team of multi-disciplinary professionals.
• Must be accountable, analytical, self-motivated, organized, able to multi-task and work independently.
• Ability to interact effectively with people.
• Curiosity and passion to find solutions to client’s needs.
• Highly goal oriented, assertive and a hands-on problem solver.
• Technology agility is an advantage.
• Stakeholder management skills are required.

Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.

Candidates must be resident in Malaysia, or have the right to work in Malaysia.