Tax Specialist

Danone; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Danone Business Services APAC is seeking a Tax Specialist to support tax compliance, reporting, and planning across multiple business units in a multinational setting. You will collaborate with local and regional stakeholders on TP, audits, and tax projects.

The role offers exposure to a broad spectrum of tax matters within a dynamic APAC environment and requires strong English communication, integrity, and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Law, or related field.
• Around 3 years or more of relevant tax experience (compliance, reporting, advisory, or corporate tax).
• Professional qualifications such as CPA or ACCA are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Prepare direct and indirect tax returns and lodge before deadlines.
• Prepare tax computations for payments compliant with local regulations.
• Finalize annual statutory and tax disclosures with local tax teams.

Skills

Tax advisory

Tax compliance

English communication

ERP / SAP familiarity

Integrity & attention to detail

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Taxation/Law

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

The successful candidate, the Tax Specialist will support tax compliance and reporting activities across multiple business units, ensuring compliance with local tax regulations while contributing to tax planning initiatives, transfer pricing activities, and regional tax projects.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with local and regional stakeholders, gaining exposure to a broad spectrum of tax matters within a dynamic multinational environment.

Responsibilities

Tax Compliance and Reporting

• Prepare both direct and indirect tax returns and ensure they are lodged before their statutory due date.
• Prepare tax computations as required to file for tax payments in compliance with local tax regulations.
• Prepare and finalize annual statutory and tax disclosures with local tax teams.
• Execute internal tax reporting, forecast and analysis, as well as tax provision.

Tax Planning and Projects

• Provide the local tax team to provide tax related advisory.
• Support the local tax team on tax planning projects and tax risks management.
• Support and coordinate in cross-function projects.

Transfer Pricing (TP) Reporting and Planning

• Assist local tax team on routine TP documentation.
• Support the TP review based on the global schedule.

Relationship with Authorities

• Support in dealing with tax audit and tax defense.

Internal Control / Learning

• Prepare and SOPs to document tax positions and work processes.
• Keep updated internal control procedures and provide documents for DanGo.

Why Join Us?

In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring tax compliance across multiple markets while gaining exposure to tax advisory, transfer pricing, tax planning, and regional projects. You will collaborate closely with finance, legal, and business stakeholders, offering opportunities to broaden your tax expertise in a dynamic and international environment.

What You’ll Bring

• A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Law, or a related field.
• Around 3 years or more of relevant tax experience, with exposure to tax compliance, reporting, advisory, or corporate tax matters.
• Professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• Experience gained from a Big 4 firm, multinational corporation (MNC), or shared services environment would be highly valued.
• Familiarity with SAP or other ERP systems is an advantage.
• A strong sense of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering quality work.
• Professional proficiency in both English to effectively support and collaborate with stakeholders across APAC markets while other language will a plus.
• Candidates who are able to join within a short notice period will have an added advantage.

At Danone Business Services APAC (DBS APAC), we are a high-performing team passionate about delivering excellence, driving transformation, and creating value across the Asia-Pacific region.

Our ambition to beBest-in-Class inspires us to innovate boldly, collaborate effectively, and continuously improve the way we serve our stakeholders.

Danone is a world leading food company built on three business lines; Specialized Nutrition, Waters and Fresh Dairy Products. Danone’s mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power people have to impact the world through their daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies.

Danone is committed to create and live an inclusive & diverse environment, which will drive our growth as a business, as teams, as members of communities & as individuals. Valuing diversity is recognizing and respecting human differences and similarities. Our aim is to ensure that all employees and applicants are given equal opportunity and that our organization is representative of our consumers and society.

We commit to foster an inclusive working environment where we celebrate all types of diversity, both visible and invisible, which includes age, race, gender, nationality, disability, background, education, religion, beliefs, thinking style, perspectives and sexual orientation.

We believe that our differences will make the difference.

Join Us and Make a Difference

Be part of an organization where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your work contributes to a larger purpose beyond business success.

Shape the future with us. Make a positive impact on people, communities, and the planet.

One Planet. One Health. By You.