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

HSBC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global banking and financial services company is seeking a Tax Lead for APAC real estate funds, responsible for managing tax aspects of transactions, compliance, and structuring. The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree, relevant qualifications, and substantial industry experience. Proficiency in national and international tax law is essential, along with strong project management skills and the ability to work in a multicultural environment. This role offers the opportunity to engage with diverse stakeholders across the APAC region.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in a tax advisory or real estate fund management.
• Demonstrable knowledge of tax law in multiple jurisdictions.
• Ability to work in multicultural teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead tax structuring for real estate funds in APAC.
• Manage tax compliance and queries from investors.
• Monitor tax legislative changes impacting investments.

Skills

Strong project management skills

Knowledge of investment tax law

Ability to work independently

Excellent communication skills

Education

Undergraduate degree

Relevant tax or legal qualifications

Job description

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 Will Include

• 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 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.