Tax Manager

The Edge Partnership Holdings Pte Ltd; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading talent solutions company in Malaysia is seeking a hands-on Tax Manager to oversee tax compliance, reporting, and advisory services. The ideal candidate will have a degree in accountancy and at least 10 years of experience in similar roles within MNCs. Proficiency in both English and Mandarin is essential for supporting regional operations, along with strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years experience in MNCs performing similar roles.
• Good verbal and written English.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with tax and transfer pricing regulations.
• Oversee tax reporting and compliance alongside the Finance team.
• Provide tax advisory on business transactions and projects.

Skills

Positive mindset

Strong technical background

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Fluency in Mandarin

Education

Degree in accountancy

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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

Requirement:

To succeed in this role – you should have the following:

• 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

Please contact Rathi or email your cv directly in word format with Job ID: 15282 to [e-mail]

Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 7 business days, we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.