Responsibilities
- Tax Planning
- Tax Expenses
- Be responsible for monitoring and assisting in the calculation of the local subsidiary’s tax expense calculations as well as U.S. GAAP income tax reporting requirements.
- Tax Compliance
- Provide guidance, support, and prepare/ review tax returns (income and indirect) for completeness as well as assist with the tax provision to tax return true ups.
- Complete corporate tax package, support and assist with legal, tax and custom audits.
- Proper documentations and filings for tax inquiries and audit.
- Providing ongoing training/support to employees in terms of statutory update such as VAT, WHT & Corporate Tax compliance.
Assists in preparing Accounting Policies & Procedures for the following:
- Indirect Taxes Process
- Direct Taxes Process
- WHT compliance & process
Local AP Management for country specific
- Lead the monthly AP close process
- Timely communication on cutoff timing for payment run & closing cut off
- Key point of contact within the country specific for coordination with the SSC on Treasury, A/P and General Ledger topics.
- Review non-inventory vendors with assigned correct priority code
- Work closely with local/cross functional team and ensuring a list of critical payment submitted as per defined timelines.
- Coordination with respective business support/PO creator and ensuring timely settlement of blocked/parked or invoice exception.
- Timely preparation of MPRF for monthly royalty payment or other relevant payment owned by Finance
- Timely preparation of IC billing if required
- Should demonstrate good knowledge of resolving ongoing issues
Planning & Monitoring of functional expenses
- Prepare and coordinate budget/seasonal forecasting, S&OP planning
- Monthly functional review with CM or cost center owner on actual and forecast to have a sense where will be landing functional.
- Highlight risk & opportunity on balance to go.
Qualifications
- Strong accounting and financial skills
- Demonstrate ability to influence across organization
- Ability to implement and enforce internal controls
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Adaptability
- Process Improvement
- Drive for results
- Team building skills, especially across countries
- Values others, and cultures
- Self-starter and Acts with integrity
- Strong Computer skills, Microsoft Office, SAP, BP
- The educational background for this position requires a degree in accounting or finance, with a CPA/chartered account and/or advanced tax degree preferred.
- The ideal candidate should have 2 or more years tax experience at a public accounting firm or large corporation performing similar tax related activities.
