Assistant Manager Regional Tax

China Telecom (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications firm in Singapore seeks a Tax Manager responsible for ensuring compliance with local and cross-border tax regulations across several APAC countries. The role involves working with tax agents, managing audits, and identifying tax-saving opportunities. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in accounting and 3–5 years of relevant experience, with strong communication skills in both English and Mandarin. This position offers a chance to develop tax strategies and maintain organized records.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of relevant tax experience, ideally with in-house taxation experience.
• Advisory and compliance experience across Direct tax, Indirect tax, and Transfer Pricing.
• Strong knowledge of local and cross-border tax laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with cross-border and local tax regulations.
• Work with tax agents for tax return preparation and submission.
• Identify tax-saving opportunities and provide risk evaluation to HQ.

Skills

Tax compliance

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure the Group complies with all cross-border and local tax regulations in Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia etc. including and not limited to corporate tax, federal tax, state tax, withholding tax, sales tax and transfer pricing.
• Work with tax agents to ensure the timely and accurate preparation and submission of all tax returns and industry requested statistical data
• Maintain monthly sales and withholding tax compliances in individual state and provide the summary report to HQ for audits and Corporate Income Tax submission
• Maintain organized and accurate tax records, documentation, and supporting materials in compliance with record-keeping requirementsand reports to the management.
• Identify tax-saving opportunities, evaluating the projects revenue and cost breakdown, provide risk evaluation summary to HQ
• Recommend and execute strategies to minimize tax liabilities while remaining in compliance with tax laws.
• Stay current on changes in tax laws and regulations and assess their impact on the organization to provide guidance and recommendations based on tax research and analysis.
• Manage and oversee tax audits, requests and queries by tax authorities. Coordinate responses to inquiries and provide documentation as needed.
• Build and maintain relationships with external tax agents, auditors, and government authorities as necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, with 3 - 5 years of relevant tax experience, ideally with in-house taxation experience.
• Advisory and compliance experience across Direct tax, Indirect tax, International Tax and Transfer Pricing experience.
• Extensive experience in tax management, preferably in a APAC setting.
• Strong knowledge of local and cross-border tax laws and regulations in relevant jurisdictions.
• Strong sense of responsibilities, a detail-minded person with excellent communication and analytical skills, and willing to do hands‑on works.
• Able to work independently and liaison with requisite government departments and external auditors.
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English and Mandarin (to liaise and handle queries and feedback from Mandarin speaking associates).