Tax Manager, Asia and Mea

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Always hungry for new challenges, the team in Southeast Asia locations provides the expertise and support we need to re-imagine the future of food and increase our presence in the region as a global organization with ever-bolder brands. We seek people with a broad range of capabilities to help us support Southeast Asia with our shared commitment to creating innovative solutions and doing good for the communities we serve. We ensure a workplace that enables learning to happen anytime, anywhere. Some of our big brands are Betty Crocker, Nature Valley & Haagen Dazs

**Job Description**:
**Overview**

Our Tax Team is on a journey to build and enhance capabilities in order to align with our business’ needs and support our organization. Our work will drive profitable growth, mitigate risk and enable us to support innovation for the enterprise.

The Asia-Pacific Tax Manager will be responsible for overseeing General Mills’ Asia-Pacific regional direct and indirect tax compliance, planning, and reporting functions. Furthermore, the Asia-Pacific tax manager will be responsible for any regional tax audit matters and serve as regional tax technical resource within and outside of the Tax function, as well as serve as the regional leader for the Asia-Pacific tax team.

In the Asia-Pacific tax manager role, you will also support the North American tax team with its planning and U.S. reporting initiatives as they relate to the region. This role requires you to navigate the complexity of regional tax rules as they relate to General Mills’ presence in a variety of jurisdictions.

This role will offer an outstanding opportunity to develop core capabilities around situational agility, enterprise advocacy, and partnership for impact.

**Key Accountabilities**

**Functional Responsibilities**- Lead the review of direct and indirect tax returns of General Mills’ Asia-Pacific regional subsidiaries, including coordination of any data prep for external service provider and tax payments.- Manage the tax provision calculations and deferred tax analysis for the Asia-Pacific subsidiaries.- Manage local tax audits within the region and lead on communication with local tax authorities.- Advise within and outside of the tax function on regional income tax, VAT, and Payroll tax implications of business initiatives.- Maintain current knowledge of regional corporate and VAT tax laws.- Assist with the U.S. federal income tax reporting of the regional subsidiaries.- Participate in and advise on regional tax strategy, planning, and M&A projects, including annual cash repatriation work.- Support transfer pricing analysis and calculations for intercompany transactions, including data gathering for transfer pricing reports and submission of local filings to support transfer pricing work.- Provide local country planning ideas for all of his/her areas of responsibility.

**Management responsibilities**
- Support Global Tax Leader in Asia-Pacific tax activities, manage key deliverables and communicate risks
- Manage and support the work of internal team and external vendors that assist in regional tax work

**Cross-Functional Responsibilities**
- Collaborate with global tax teams as well as other functional and business teams regarding all transactional activities
- Closely collaborate with other tax teams, functional teams, global and regional business units, and sector teams when appropriate
- Interact with external parties such as auditors, consultants, and tax compliance advisors

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Bachelor’s degree in Tax, Legal, Finance or Economics
- Minimum 5 years of related experience
- Strong Knowledge of Asia-Pacific regional corporate income and VAT tax laws
- Excellent computer skills, particularly with the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong project management skills; acting as a project lead on region-led projects.
- Ability to lead and coach team members and external contractors
- Ability to establish priorities of work assignments
- Ability to risk assess in an ambiguous environment
- Ability to use own judgment and initiative in problem resolution
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment
- Strong time management skills. Ability to plan and organize non-routine tasks.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**- 7+ years of related experience
- Chartered Accountant, Law License, or Equivalent.
- Experience with tax research software, and familiarity with HFM/SAP.
- Experience in consumer foods industry.

Company Overview:
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.