Indirect Tax Accountant

Manpower Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Manpower Staffing Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd in Singapore seeks a regional indirect tax professional to work with local country accountants and APAC teams under the supervision of the tax manager. You will prepare or review VAT/GST/WHT returns and provide ad hoc indirect tax advice to the sales, purchases, accounts payable, credit and operations teams.

You will also analyze and implement best practices and internal controls for indirect tax processes, including entertainment expenses, company

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accountancy or taxation, CPA/CA completion preferred.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in tax with accounting exposure preferred.
• Knowledge of applicable tax laws, codes, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• To Work with the local country accountants in Singapore and/or the APAC countries under the supervision of the tax manager
• Prepare or review VAT/GST/WHT returns
• To provide ad hoc country or regional indirect tax advice to the sales, purchases, accounts payable, credit, and operations departments.
• Analyse and implement best practices and internal controls related to indirect tax-sensitive processes, such as VAT/GST on entertainment expenses, company cars, reconciliation import VAT to Customs records, documentary evidence for exports, and other zero-rated/exempt sales.
• To understand and configure the indirect tax determination engine
• Contribute as a regional subject matter expert to specific projects such as ERP, transformation, e-invoicing, etc.

Education

Bachelor's degree in accountancy or taxation

CPA/CA completion (or near completion) preferred

Job description

• To Work with the local country accountants in Singapore and/or the APAC countries under the supervision of the tax manager
• Prepare or review VAT/GST/WHT returns
• To provide ad hoc country or regional indirect tax advice to the sales, purchases, accounts payable, credit, and operations departments.
• Analyse and implement best practices and internal controls related to indirect tax-sensitive processes, such as VAT/GST on entertainment expenses, company cars, reconciliation import VAT to Customs records, documentary evidence for exports, and other zero-rated/exempt sales.
• To understand and configure the indirect tax determination engine
• Contribute as a regional subject matter expert to specific projects such as ERP, transformation, e-invoicing, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accountancy or taxation or related required with CPA/CA completion (or near completion) preferred.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience within the tax field and with accounting experience preferred.
• Knowledge of pertinent tax laws, codes, and regulations