AVP/ VP- Product Tax

SGX Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SGX Group seeks a seasoned Tax Operations specialist to own end-to-end tax operations, including US source income regimes, FATCA/CRS, and other foreign jurisdictions. You will drive regulatory monitoring, process design, and filing obligations, while collaborating with Finance, Compliance, Ops, and Tech.

Requirements include a Degree in Accounting and 10+ years in tax within financial services, with strong analytical and communication skills. Independent work style and initiative are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting and at least 10 years of taxation experience in commercial/Big 4 or consulting environments.
• Strong business acumen and interpersonal skills; capable of independent work.

Responsibilities

• Monitor regulatory changes in tax and translate into actionable policy for SGX Group.
• Advise business units on new processes to meet tax reporting obligations.
• Oversee global tax reporting and filing (e.g. FATCA/CRS where applicable).
• Define data rules for source systems and drive automation with Tech/Ops.

Skills

Tax operations

Regulatory monitoring

Data quality

Process improvement

Education

Degree in Accounting

Job description

SGX Group is seeking a highly motivated and forward-looking specialist to join our tax operations team. This role will be instrumental in shaping and executing the tax operations strategy for SGX Group. You will serve as a single point of accountability within SGX to own end-to-end product tax operations — covering US source income regimes, FATCA, CRS, IRC §871(m) and other foreign jurisdictions.

A strong emphasis on ensuring compliance with tax regulations, reviewing processes for investor-related documentation, data quality/ collection and system effectiveness. Require a candidate with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to work independently with minimum of 5 years of tax operations experience with a Financial Institution.

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This role will report to the Head of Tax (Finance) and work closely with teams from Business, Operations and Technology (systems/automation), Compliance (policy oversight), Internal Audit (independent assurance) to manage and answer day-to-day investor-related queries, address reporting requirements and work on system/process implementation and development.

Core Responsibilities

Tax regulatory monitoring & policy translation

• Monitoring regulatory changes relating to tax, track relevant country-specific tax rules (e.g. US, IRS/ IRAS, HK, CN, IN) and highlight changes to respective business units
• Change assessment – work with respective units to assess impact of regulatory changes on the existing processes.

Assessment

• Ensure new business processes comply with applicable tax regulation
• Advise respective business units on building new processes that will comply with the tax regulations. Drive the design of new workflow to meet reporting obligations, e.g. front discussions with new issuers on workflow for tax
• Determine SGX’s tax reporting obligations for new/ existing products & tax exposure

Filing & Reporting

• Work closely with Operations team to complete global tax reporting (including US IRS Form 1042 reporting). This includes liaising and working closely with our members and account holders on their tax status and documentation
• FATCA/CRS self-certification & returns filing. Provide training, escalation support and handling of special cases
• Determine the scope for remediation outreach for our members and account holders to close any gaps for any additional reporting obligation.

Data integrity

• Define data rules/controls and requirements for source systems to ensure STP of data output for annual filings. Coordinate with Ops and Technology teams for automation and fixes.
• Steward a single “tax‑in‑scope” register for products/issuers and a DA/Qualified Intermediary (“QI”) register.

Launch/Change gatekeeping

• Operate the Finance tax “go/no-go” gatekeeping for new products/jurisdictions
• Publish filing calendars, playbooks, and audit ready documentation.

Requirements

You must possess a Degree in Accounting with at least 10 years' experience in managing taxation within commercial and/or Big 4 / consulting industry. Strong business acumen, effective interpersonal and communication skills, and curiosity to learn and question are attributes that we look for.

As the environment is fast paced, you should be someone who enjoys challenges at work, is self-motivated and able to work independently.