Manager, Tax

The Indirect Tax Manager APACroleis an amazing opportunity for an organizedtechnically sound andprocess-orientedself-starterto build theAPAC indirect taxshared service centerfunctionfrom the ground upwhile transitioning activities from local teams.The ability to standardize and streamline processes will be an important component of this transition.

This roleis responsible for leading all aspects of indirect tax compliance across the region. The role ensures timely accurate and compliant reporting of indirect taxes including VAT GST and other transaction-based taxes across multiple jurisdictions.This position works closely with regional finance teams global tax controllership accounts payable accounts receivable procurement logistics supply chain legal and external advisors to ensure indirect tax obligations are met across multiple APAC jurisdictions.

The role requires strong technical indirect tax knowledge disciplined process management and the ability to operate effectively across a complex systems environment as the company utilizes multiple ERP platforms including SAP Oracle and other regional or legacy systems.The companyoperates inAustralia China India Indonesia Japan MalaysiaNew ZealandPhilippines Singapore South KoreaTaiwanand Thailand.

Key Responsibilities

Indirect Tax Compliance

• Manage the preparation review and submission of indirect tax returns across APAC jurisdictions including GST VAT and similar transaction taxes.

• Ensure accurate calculation reporting and payment of indirect tax liabilities in accordance with local legislation and filing deadlines.

• Review transaction data to ensure correct tax determination on sales purchases imports exports intercompany charges and cross-border transactions.

• Review ERP tax code setups and transaction flows to support correct tax treatment for sales procurement intercompany transactions imports exports and services.

• Support automation and standardization of indirect tax compliance processes within the BSC.

• Work effectively in an environment with multiple charts of accounts reporting hierarchies and varying levels of system maturity across countries.

• Monitor indirect tax reconciliations tax payable and receivable balances and return-to-ledger consistency.

• Ensure correct treatment of input tax credits blocked input tax reverse charge mechanisms zero-rated supplies exempt supplies and bad debt relief where applicable.

• Coordinate with finance teams and external tax advisors where local filing support registrations or technical sign-off is required.

• Ensure proper retention of tax working papers invoices customs records and supporting schedules in line with local legal requirements and internal policy.

Audit Queries and Risk Management

• Lead and coordinate responses to indirect tax authority notices queries audits and assessments across APAC.

• Prepare technical responses and supporting schedules in coordination with finance teams and external tax advisors.

• Track audit exposures proposed adjustments and status of open years.

• Identify indirect tax and withholding tax risks arising from incorrect invoicing tax coding master data issues process failures or system limitations.

• Recommend and implement corrective actions to reduce compliance risk penalties and interest exposure.

• Support internal audits and control testing related to indirect tax and withholding tax processes.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Tax Law or related discipline.

• Professional qualification preferred such as CA CPA ACCA CTA or equivalent.

• Indirect tax specialization or relevant tax certification.

• Ability to speak multiple languages is a plus.
  

Experience

• Significant experience in indirect tax compliance preferably with a mix of multinational industry and public accounting or advisory experience.

• Strong experience in APAC indirect tax compliance including GST VAT or similar transaction taxes.

• Experience operating in a shared servicecentermodel is strongly preferred.

• Experience in a manufacturing industrial engineering or multinational product-based environment is preferred.

• Demonstrated experience managing external advisors and coordinating multi-country compliance processes.

• Experience with tax audits tax authority queries and controversy management across APAC jurisdictions.

• Experience supporting withholding tax compliance processes and advising on withholding tax treatment is desirable.

• Experience working with multiple ERP systems such as SAPandOracle

• Ability to extract interpret and reconcile financial and transactional data from different ERP environments for tax reporting and compliance purposes.
  

Technical Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of indirect taxconcepts andcompliance across key APAC countries.

• Understanding of invoice controls tax code governance ERP tax determination and transaction-level tax data review.

• Knowledge of tax authority audit processes record retention requirements and indirect tax control frameworks.

• Good grasp of statutory accounting and reconciliation of indirect tax return positions to ledger balances and transactional source data.

• Good understanding of tax data flows across ERP systems including the challenges of data extraction account mapping and reconciliation in a multi-ERP environment.
  

Skills and Competencies

• Comfortabledevelopingoperational roadmapfor newly created function.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.

• High attention to detail and accuracy.

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines across jurisdictions.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Comfortable operating in a matrixed global organization.

• Process improvement mindset with focus on standardization and controls.

• Ability to interpret complex tax legislation and translate it into practical actions.

• Strong Excel and ERP literacy.

• Experience with tax reporting tools.

• Systems awareness and the ability to work effectively with diverse finance platforms and inconsistent source-data structures.

• Ability to explain tax treatment clearly to non-tax stakeholders in procurement AP AR logistics and finance teams.