Job Summary
The Tax Accountant will be responsible for all tax related matters for Asia Pacific legal entities, as assigned by the immediate manager. Key responsibilities will encompass all direct tax matters, transfer pricing, tax compliance matters, indirect tax matters such as tax filing, keeping up to date on regulation knowledge, tax planning, incentive grants application, export rebates and the liaison with all local tax advisors and authorities.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
? Ensuring that all local statutory filings (CIT and VAT) and Transfer Pricing Documentations are properly performed in a timely manner, engaging the assistance of external tax advisors as is necessary. Ultimate goal is to ensure full compliance with all statutory filing requirements and local compliance requirements related to taxes.
? Communicating with other streams to manage VAT invoices.
? Working with other streams to complete export rebates application and ensure we received refunds in a timely manner.
? Working with other streams to complete withholding tax filings and support overseas payments in a timely manner.
? Ensuring that all internal reporting is properly performed in a timely manner, such as making periodical corporate income tax computation and providing tax entries for accounting, completing monthly/quarterly reconciliation for tax related accounts.
? Understanding the transfer price methodology of the company and performing assessments on a periodic basis to ensure that transfer price is in compliance with the methodology.
? Understanding tax exposures arising from local business activities and transactions. Providing tax advice to business partners in ensuring that business processes and transactions are consistent with company’s plans and policies, as well as local regulation.
? Liaising with tax authorities as necessary, including addressing any queries raised in a prompt and proper manner.
? Proactively identifying potential tax risks arising from business transactions, and efforts to mitigate such risks.
? Driving process improvements within and around the company to ensure that the financial reporting system supports the tax filing processes.
? Providing tax training as necessary to help raise tax competencies and awareness of non-tax functions.
? Keeping up to date on tax related regulation knowledge.
? Ad-hoc task assigned by the immediate manager.
Qualifications
? Possess a minimum of bachelor’s degree in Accounting / Finance / Taxation;
? Strong knowledge of accounting standards (especially US GAAP and PRC GAAP) and local taxation regulation;
? At least 2 years accounting working experience including 1 year on tax areas in MNC;
? Possess good documentation and communication skills;
? Tax or accounting related certifications, such as ACCA, CPA is a plus;
? Working experience in tax consulting firm is a plus;
? Familiarity with systems such as SAP, MFG/PRO is a plus;
? Transfer pricing working experience is a plus;
? Fluent in both Mandarin and English is a preferred.
This job description is not inclusive of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements but constitutes a general overview of the position's scope and functions. Job requires hours that may occasionally exceed 8 hours per day and/or 40 hours per week. Evening meetings/weekend work occasionally occurs; some traveling may be required.