Tax Associate / Analyst

AIA Hong Kong and Macau; Philippines; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

MediCard Phils., Inc. is seeking a meticulous Tax Associate to join its finance team in the Philippines. The role focuses on tax reconciliations, journal entries, and compliance documentation, aligning with regulatory requirements and internal controls.

The ideal candidate will monitor tax regulation changes, prepare monthly tax-related entries, and coordinate with business units and external consultants to ensure timely and accurate tax submissions.

Qualifications

• Tax reconciliations and journal entries

Responsibilities

• Initiates quarterly tax account reconciliations
• Prepares monthly journal entries for tax payments and accruals
• Maintains tax computations, returns and attachments for submission
• Liaisons with business units and external consultants for tax compliance
• Data extraction for tax assessments and vouching of documents
• Prepares annual CAS (computerized books of accounts) submissions
• Maintains tax filing databases and monitors regulatory changes

Skills

Tax accounting

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

SharePoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

MediCard Phils., Inc. is one of the country's leading HMO and the only HMO founded and run by Doctors.

Since its inception, the concept of service-oriented total health care has been the molding ideal of MediCard.

The competition is vast, and the benefits being offered by the competitors are tempting.

However, MEDICard has taken the lead in providing innovative and productive ideas that cut down the cost of health maintenance without compromising its quality.

MediCard now boasts of more than half a million members and over 54,000 accredited doctors in over 1,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide.

It also operates 16 MediCard free-standing clinics that provide services at par with those offered by hospitals minus the confinement.

MediCard is currently looking for assertive, dynamic and energetic individuals to fill up the following vacancy:

• The role is responsible for preparing tax reconciliations, journal entries, and compliance documents, while fostering collaborative relationships with business units and external stakeholders.
• This role requires meticulous attention to detail, a proactive approach to staying updated on tax regulations, and the ability to handle ad-hoc tasks effectively.
• Initiates the reconciliation of tax accounts on a quarterly basis (i.e., reconciliation of tax balances in the accounting books with the relevant tax returns)
• Prepares monthly journal entries related to the payment of taxes and income tax accrual
• Prepare and maintain tax computations, returns and related attachments for submission to the relevant taxation authorities
• Direct liaison with business units and external consultants/auditors for purposes of tax compliance (e.g., tax return preparation, tax assessments) which includes the provision of data required by such business units and external consultants/auditors
• Assists in the data extraction required relation to tax assessments as well as the vouching and analysis of documents prior to submission to the BIR
• Prepares the annual registration and submission of computerized books of accounts (CAS)
• Maintains accurate and updated filing database of tax returns, attachments, and other tax files in SharePoint
• Monitors changes in tax regulations and documents those updates that are relevant to the Company
• Accomplish other ad-hoc activities as instructed by the Senior Tax Associate or Tax Manager

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