Tax Manager

Tax Manager - Financial Crime Compliance (VP / ED)

At Bank of Singapore, we are constantly on the lookout for exceptional individuals to join our team. We promote a culture of openness, teamwork and fairness. Most importantly, we invest in our people through our programmes that develop them on both professional and personal levels. Besides attractive remuneration packages, we offer non-financial benefits and opportunities to develop your potential within OCBC Group’s global network of subsidiaries and offices. If you have passion, drive and the will to succeed, rise to the challenge today

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**Responsibilities**
- Implement and maintain an effective global client tax compliance programme which includes the identification and continual monitoring of emerging tax risk red flags and design of appropriate and reasonable enhanced due diligence measures to be performed to address specific risk concerns.
- Review client tax compliance policies and procedures/controls and prescribe guidance on client tax risk assessment to be performed by Front Office and reviewed by control functions to effectively mitigate client tax evasion risks in the bank's prospective and existing clientele base.
- Provide advisory services to colleagues from both first and second lines of defence (e.g. frontline staff, onboarding and post-onboarding monitoring staff and FCC staff)
- Perform sound risk assessment and make recommendations on whether to onboard or reject the prospect, to retain or exit an existing business relationship etc. and enhanced/mitigating controls.
- Work with FCC Investigations unit to review and assess escalations for suspicions of tax evasion and tax reporting avoidance and advise on account retention actions or filing of suspicious transaction reports.
- Conduct r egular continual reviews of existing framework and processes to self-identify potential gaps in client due diligence processes in relation to tax risk assessment and propose feasible action plans.
- Act as the main contact for AML tax-related enquiries from relevant regulators and internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with FCC teams to conduct training for staff across first and second lines of defence globally to raise their tax risk awareness and familiarity with the bank's policies, procedures, guidelines and risk appetite; and to ensure more robust execution of controls by staff to mitigate client tax risks.
- Communicate regulatory and legislative changes with respect to tax evasion and facilitation to senior management to raise risk awareness.
- Review Board and Senior Management reports on tax risk and controls effectiveness indicators.

**Qualifications**
- Degree with minimum 12 years of tax compliance experience.
- Possesses strategic outlook to see and envision the future of tax compliance in the private banking sector.
- Strong technical knowledge and understanding of regulatory (international and local) requirements/expectations on client tax risk assessment and controls.
- Strong understanding and pro-active monitoring of applicable requirements, emerging risks/typologies and global trends in relation to client tax evasion risks and controls/best practices.
- Passionate and finds purpose in pursuing a career in the field of financial crime compliance. Forward-looking and possesses a pioneering spirit to carve out new paths to navigate through.
- Possesses change-agent drive, mentality and resilience to understand and follow-through on bringing change from current state towards a best-in-class financial crime and tax compliance function.
- Good team player and interpersonal skills to allow effective collaboration with multiple stakeholders in BOS/OCBC Group and able to work with colleagues from different cultures and background.
- Has helicopter view and strategic mindset, yet able to delve into details to drive effective, timely implementation of key project and initiatives.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to influence key stakeholders to collectively achieve intended outcomes.
- Ability to speak, read and write another language other than English would be an advantage.

Job ID 24000104
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- Bank of Singapore
- Singapore
Private Banking / Wealth Management

Asia's global private bank Bank of Singapore is a wholly owned subsidiary of OCBC Bank, Southeast Asia’s second largest bank. Headquartered in Singapo...