Indirect Tax Specialist

Wise; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise in Singapore is seeking a motivated Indirect Tax Specialist to join our growing Finance team. You will manage indirect tax obligations across APAC, starting with Singapore and Australia, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and robust processes.

With autonomy and collaboration, you’ll own the end-to-end reporting, advise on new geographies, and help optimise the company’s indirect tax positions while partnering with accounting to reflect tax in the financial statements.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years indirect tax experience with Big 4 or in-house.
• Solid understanding of APAC VAT/GST and cross-border principles.
• Ability to design processes and controls to manage compliance obligations and risks.
• Self-starter who can organise time and influence stakeholders on indirect tax matters.
• Attention to detail with large volumes of complex information.

Responsibilities

• Prepare indirect tax returns for APAC region including Singapore, Australia and other key territories.
• Own end-to-end indirect tax reporting process and manage external advisors.
• Support the Indirect Tax team to optimise the group’s tax positions and liaise on new geographies or products.
• Collaborate with the accounting team to ensure tax impacts are reflected in financial statements.
• Engage with regional tax teams on broader indirect tax advisory opportunities.

Skills

Indirect tax experience

Education

Accounting or Tax qualification relevant to APAC market

Job description

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere.

Job Description

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

We are looking for a motivated, decisive, practical and detail-oriented Indirect Tax Specialist to join our team. Our Tax team makes sure that we operate policies and governance procedures that seek to ensure we comply with tax laws in every territory we do business. With a high level of autonomy and responsibility, you’ll work across teams at Wise to manage and oversee our Indirect Tax Compliance function.

Your mission

• Prepare indirect tax returns, which includes Singapore, Australia and other key territories within the APAC region. This aspect will also require some preparation of Wise Indirect Tax returns globally from time to time. This involves working with other members of the finance team to extract the relevant data, ensuring processes are fully documented, controls are operating effectively, returns are reviewed and reconciled back to financial data.
• Eventually take ownership of the overall Indirect Tax reporting process for relevant returns across the APAC region. This includes adhering to controls, managing risks and judgement schedules as well as managing the end to end process with external advisors.
• Support the rest of the Indirect Tax team in helping the business to manage and optimise the overall Indirect Tax positions of the group. This may include ad hoc technical research, leading technical projects, identifying and suggesting improvements to existing processes and liaising with external advisors to ensure tax requirements for any new geographies or product are properly understood, captured and reported, and also communicated.
• Develop strong relationships with the accounting team, as well as financial controllers, to ensure the impact of Indirect Taxes are understood and reflected in the financial statements of the business.
• There is also the opportunity to work with the others within the Indirect Tax team / those in the Regional Tax team to support broader Indirect Tax consulting opportunities depending on the successful candidate’s desire and capacity.

This role will give you the opportunity to

• Own your own path to success - you’ll have a high level of autonomy and responsibility to participate/lead cross team projects.
• Work in an international Tax & Finance Team and learn a lot about the tax around the world, fintech and driving financial sustainability of a fast growing company.

Qualifications

About you

• You have at least 3 years indirect tax experience with either big 4 or in-house and have a solid understanding of APAC VAT/GST and cross border principles - financial services indirect taxation desirable but not essential.
• Able to understand and support in the design of processes and controls to manage compliance obligations and risks associated with large volumes of complex data.
• You are a self-starter who is able to organise your own time and work but you also have the ability to work with and influence stakeholders on indirect tax matters.
• You take ownership of complex new areas and are able to solve problems with limited guidance, assuming responsibility and using your own judgement in terms of decision making.
• You demonstrate attention to details and are comfortable dealing with large volumes of complex information.

Qualifications

• Accounting or Tax Qualification relevant to the APAC market.

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.

Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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