Tax Manager, Apac

**_ OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE_**
- Manage the direct and indirect tax position of Takeda legal entities in, including managing any tax litigation as well as the direct and indirect tax audits
- Supervise and ensure that all tax matters across APAC region are being properly handled for including but not limited to tax accounting, tax compliance, tax litigation and transfer pricing
- Provide advice and support to the head of finance team in APAC and help actively educate business partners on relevant changes in tax legislation with material impact on the business
- Play a key bridge function between the global tax functional leads, TBS tax solution team and local finance team

**_ ACCOUNTABILITIES _**
- Establish network to all business in, analyze tax implications for transactions & provide high quality tax support to internal stakeholders (Finance, Legal, Business Development, Supply Chain, HR, Commercial Managers, etc.).
- Liaise with & support Global Tax on a regular basis in the areas of Tax Operations, Transfer Pricing
- Support Global Tax by monitoring & evaluating the tax consequences of business and legal entity restructuring, organizational changes, M&A / Licensing transactions, financing, profit repatriations, as well as other non-routine transactions.
- Responsible for monitoring legislative change which will have a material impact on the business.
- Proactively evaluate tax risks & discuss mitigating actions with Global Tax, including the preparation of clear position papers.
- Monitor & co-ordinate transfer pricing adjustments / documentation within region in cooperation with Transfer Pricing Team.
- Accountable for all aspects of quarterly / annual income tax accounting reporting, including: tax reporting within HFM & HTP, effective tax rate (ETR) forecasting, footnote disclosures, identification of uncertain tax positions and reconciliations between IFRS/local statutory reporting / tax returns.
- Provide input on tax risks & audit procedures under JSOX.
- Review contracts & business initiatives from tax perspective.
- Accountable for the co-ordination of tax litigation with external advisors.
- Responsible for tax compliance & tax audit defense including: Co-ordinating the preparation of tax compliance with service provider; identification of solutions to manage or mitigate tax risks; co-ordination of tax audits, alignment on information and data requests and liaison with Global Tax Department on audit defense strategy; streamline and monitor procedure for indirect tax, withholding taxes (if any) and other taxes (e.g. real estate, etc APAC, TBS Tax Solution team)

**Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise**
- Strong tax technical expertise
- Strong Tax system knowledge
- Ability to analyze complex matters and to present options for decision making

**Leadership**
- The ability to communicate effectively, and influence without authority across finance in APAC, the business and external stakeholders

**Decision-making and Autonomy**
- The ability to make well founded decisions with respect to tax compliance, tax audit and tax litigation in APAC as well as to manage external providers

**Interaction**
- Engagement across a wide variety of stakeholders in Tax, Finance, TBS, the business, and external consulting firms

**Innovation**
- Find innovate ways to capture information on materials business transactions for future tax audits and find innovate ways to reduce complexity and improve processes and communication.

**Complexity**
- Ability to prioritize and manage the multi-tasks accorss the APAC region

**_ EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:_**

**Required**:

- University Degree in accounting/finance/law, Masters Degree in Economics/Finance or Law Degree, preferably with a specialization in Taxation
- Strong knowledge of direct and indirect tax laws in at least one or more key APAC countries (Korea, India), preferably in Singapore
- Comprehensive understanding of accounting for income taxes
- Strong tax research, oral and written skills
- Multilingual with strong command of English
- Minimum 8 years of relevant professional tax experience, preferably 3 years within industry
- The ability to deal with details/complexity while keeping the big picture as well as the ability to explain Tax matters for non-tax people.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills

**Desired**:

- CPA and/or certification as tax specialist (in line with regional industry standards)
- Relevant experience in tax technology/digitalization
- Relevant experience in life science industry

**Locations**:
Singapore, Singapore

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Regular

**Time Type**:
Full time