Senior Manager, Group Tax

Company description:

About Us

Headquartered in Singapore, SATS Ltd. is one of the world's largest providers of air cargo handling services and Asia's leading airline caterer. SATS Gateway Services provides airfreight and ground handling services including passenger services, ramp and baggage handling, aviation security services, aircraft cleaning and aviation laundry. SATS Food Solutions serves airlines and institutions, and operates central kitchens with large-scale food production and distribution capabilities for a wide range of cuisines.

SATS is present in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, powering an interconnected world of trade, travel and taste. Following the acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in 2023, the combined SATS and WFS network operates over 215 stations in 27 countries. These cover trade routes responsible for more than 50% of global air cargo volume. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit

Why Join Us

At SATS, people are our greatest asset and we build our success on the knowledge, expertise and performance of every contributor, by embracing diversity and uniqueness. As part of our holistic approach and commitment to embracing FAM (Fulfilling, Appreciated, Meaningful) in the workplace, we offer the runway to develop Fulfilling careers that foster your career growth, recognising and Appreciating the strength of talent and capabilities that we continue to build internally; and inspiring and encouraging each other to make Meaningful contributions in the work we do at SATS.

Job description:

About Us

Headquartered in Singapore, SATS Ltd. is one of the world's largest providers of air cargo handling services and Asia's leading airline caterer. SATS Gateway Services provides airfreight and ground handling services including passenger services, ramp and baggage handling, aviation security services, aircraft cleaning and aviation laundry. SATS Food Solutions serves airlines and institutions, and operates central kitchens with large-scale food production and distribution capabilities for a wide range of cuisines.

SATS is present in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, powering an interconnected world of trade, travel and taste. Following the acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in 2023, the combined SATS and WFS network operates over 215 stations in 27 countries. These cover trade routes responsible for more than 50% of global air cargo volume. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit

Why Join Us

At SATS, people are our greatest asset and we build our success on the knowledge, expertise and performance of every contributor, by embracing diversity and uniqueness. As part of our holistic approach and commitment to embracing FAM (Fulfilling, Appreciated, Meaningful) in the workplace, we offer the runway to develop Fulfilling careers that foster your career growth, recognising and Appreciating the strength of talent and capabilities that we continue to build internally; and inspiring and encouraging each other to make Meaningful contributions in the work we do at SATS.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Group Head, Tax to manage the tax risk of the Group on a global basis. This includes progressively rolling out the Group's Tax Risk and Governance Framework from HQ to overseas subsidiaries, assessing their tax risk profile, identifying, mitigating and rectifying tax risk.
• Responsible for developing processes and framework to comply with changes in tax/regulatory requirements such as country by country reporting and BEPS 2.0 compliance requirements.
• Review tax processes and implementation of automation solutions, where appropriate, to capture appropriate data for tax reporting.
• Analysis of Budget announcement and providing a summary and changes and impact analysis for dissemination to senior management and various affected business units.
• Business Partnering: Tax advisory, planning and structuring, transfer pricing analysis and documentation, provide internal training, tax planning and structuring for M&A projects, identifying opportunities for optimization, etc. Managing the tax issues on transactions including key finance and commercial initiatives, funding and repatriation, structuring and simplification.
• Compliance: ensure compliance for all direct and indirect taxes (GST/VAT, duties, WHT, etc), including the implementation of daily transaction checks and analysis within the current Tax Risk & Governance Framework. Review corporate tax, GST and withholding tax calculations and ensure timely tax filings for the entities within the Group.
• Proactively prepare and document advice on tax filing positions, audits and rulings. Partner with the entities in the Group to ensure compliance with the company's tax policies and business models, and liaising with external tax consultants, where necessary.
• Manage tax audits and investigations of entities within the Group.
• Any other ad-hoc duties as assigned.

Key Requirements

• Degree in Accounting related academics, with a major in taxation. Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax).
• Minimum 12 years of relevant working experience in the Big 4, OR in both Big 4 and a global corporate organization.
• Excellent understanding of the key principles and practices of direct and indirect taxes across the Asia Pacific region.
• Excellent understanding of international tax principles including inbound and outbound structuring issues, funding and repatriation strategies and transfer pricing considerations.
• Excellent understanding of tax reporting and experience in managing tax audits and investigations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and excel under pressure and tight timelines.
• Self-starter, pro-active sole contributor and strong team player with the ability to lead and coach regional/global finance accountants/teams.
• Able to influence, engage and build strong relationships & trust at all levels.
• Excellent judgment, people and communication skills.