Head of Tax Structuring, APAC, Based in Singapore/Hong Kong

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm in Singapore seeks a Tax Lead for APAC real estate funds. This role involves managing tax matters for direct and indirect transactions and providing operational tax support. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree, relevant qualifications, and significant experience in tax advisory or real estate fund management. The position emphasizes project management skills and the capacity to work in diverse, multicultural teams, aiming for maximum tax efficiency and compliance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a tax advisory or law firm, or real estate fund management.
• Demonstrable knowledge of tax law in preferred jurisdictions including Singapore.
• Understanding of tax compliance and efficiency in real estate transactions.

Responsibilities

• Tax lead on structuring real estate funds and related negotiations.
• Manage tax queries from investors for APAC funds.
• Ensure operational governance for APAC real estate funds.

Skills

Project management skills

Knowledge of national and international tax law

Ability to work in multi-cultural teams

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tax, legal, or accounting qualifications

Job description

Nuveen Real Estate

Nuveen Real Estate is one of the largest investment managers in the world with $142 billion of assets under management (as of 30 June 2025). Managing a suite of funds and mandates, across both public and private investments, and spanning both debt and equity across diverse geographies and investment styles, it provides access to every aspect of real estate investing.

With over 90 years of real estate investing experience and more than 790 employees located across over 30 cities throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, the platform offers unparalleled geographic reach, which is married with deep sector expertise. For further information, please visit www.nuveen.com/realestate

Overview of the Role

• Primarily responsible for being the tax lead on projects involving the structuring of real estate funds, transactions and related contract negotiations.
• Provide high level operational tax support to the APAC Fund Finance team.
• The funds that this role will support are domiciled in Luxembourg or Singapore, and cover real estate investments in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China.

Key Responsibilities

• Handling of all tax aspects of direct and indirect real estate transactions for APAC funds, including working with tax advisors to determine the ideal investment structure, ensuring adequate mitigation of key tax risks and ensuring all transaction documentation is appropriate from a tax perspective.
• Supporting tax structuring of new APAC real estate funds, restructuring of existing APAC real estate funds, taking into account commercial and investor requirements.
• Managing tax queries from investors, particularly incoming investors into the APAC real estate funds, including analysis from an Australian stamp duty, WUT and MIT perspective, and Singapore, Luxembourg and US tax perspectives.
• Monitoring of qualifying conditions and relevant thresholds for the various applicable tax regimes for the APAC real estate funds, and proactive assessment of tax legislative changes impacting the real estate investments and business.
• Ensuring internal operational and corporate governance processes are in place to support the tax structures of the APAC real estate funds.
• Managing tax controversy and audits from the relevant tax authorities for the APAC real estate funds.
• Supporting the investment team on transaction tax matters and assisting the finance team with day‑to‑day operational tax compliance, queries and administration of the fund structures.
• Cooperation with internal legal team, external law firms, company secretary teams and tax consultancies.
• Support of the sales team with product specific questions.

Technical Skills & Qualifications Required

• Undergraduate degree.
• Relevant tax, legal or accounting qualifications preferable.
• Significant professional industry experience in a tax advisory firm/tax law firm or in real estate/real estate fund management.
• Demonstrable knowledge of national and international tax and investment tax law, preferred jurisdictions include Australia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in an international firm with multi‑cultural teams.

Competencies Required

• A high level of initiative and self‑motivation;
• An energetic, positive/can‑do attitude, with the drive and ambition to succeed;
• Conscientious;
• Creative and innovative;
• Self‑starter and committed team player;
• The maturity to interact effectively with a dispersed and diverse stakeholder group;
• Empathy with the mission, culture and values and act in line with Nuveen Real Estate’s Company Values.

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