Title:  Senior Manager Group Tax

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Group Tax is responsible for overseeing the global tax strategy, compliance, and planning for an organisation with multi-jurisdictional operations. This role involves managing direct and indirect tax matters, leading cross-border tax projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, and acting as a trusted advisor to the business on all tax-related issues.

General Responsibilities

• Business partner to the consumer goods business unit: Advise on tax implications on new business models, M&As, restructuring and manage execution of the Group tax’s projects/ initiatives to provide value-added tax services to internal stakeholders
• Develop and implement global tax strategies to optimise the group's effective tax rate while ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations, including seeking tax incentives/grants opportunities.
• Support tax audits/investigations and act as liaison between external tax advisors and tax authorities for any tax clarification, queries or tax holiday milestone assessment.
• Evaluate entities, recommend process or system enhancement to achieve tax efficiency, work with local management/internal stakeholders to develop action plan and monitor implementation;
• Identify, assess, and mitigate tax risks across the group, implementing appropriate controls and processes.
• Review monthly group tax report and year end closing tax report for entire Group within tight deadlines.

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant experience in tax, with significant exposure to group or regional tax management, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Deep knowledge of international tax principles, transfer pricing, and cross-border tax planning.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and across diverse teams.
• Experience with tax technology and ERP systems is advantageous.
• Strategic thinking and commercial acumen.
• Attention to detail and high level of integrity.
• Adaptability to changing regulations and business priorities.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills.
• Cultural awareness and ability to operate in a global context.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, or related field; professional tax qualification (e.g., CA, CPA, CTA) is highly desirable.

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