V&A Tax-AM-APAC/Japan

The Role:

The V&A Tax Associate Manager will report to the Ventures & Acquisitions (V&A) Tax Lead in Asia Pacific and primarily support the Market Unit (MU) Tax Leads in managing the tax aspects of company's V&A and complex client engagements in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, the candidate will also be required to drive the tax aspects of the post-acquisition integration process for acquisitions made by the company.

The role requires the ability to work effectively within the Asia Pacific Tax team, interact with both tax and non-tax colleagues, obtain and manage the input of external advisors and efficiently implement the projects assigned

Key Responsibilities:

Leading the tax due diligence process for potential Targets, identifying material tax risks and corresponding mitigation options, in order to ensure company's interests are protected and any tax/transactional risks are appropriately managed

Providing tax advice for undertaking acquisitions which address areas such as funding, identification of appropriate acquisition vehicles, post-acquisition integration steps

Working collaboratively to providetax inputs on transaction documents to company's Legal and Corporate Development teams

Leading the process, from a tax standpoint, of integrating the Target's operations with the company on successful completion of an acquisition

Advising on tax efficient structures for company's complex client engagements which would cover analysis of corporate tax, transaction tax, withholding taxes, VAT/ GST considerations for such engagements

Soliciting and managing the input of external professional advisors for the above purposes

Assisting the India Tax team on tax compliance, controversy and reporting on a need basis

Support Asia Pacific Tax team in the successful implementation of global initiatives across the region.

Skills Required:

Strong analytical and technical skills;

Good written and verbal communication skills;

Strong interpersonal skills;

Ability to work as part of a team; and

Ability to work independently in a virtual work environment.

Computer Skills:Experience with Microsoft word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook

Qualifications & Experience:

Education: CA / CPA (or tax specialized certification)

A recognized tax/legal qualification. Experience in Transaction/ V&A/ M&A taxation. The job requires a minimum background of 5 years tax experience, either as a tax professional in a Big 4 tax department, V&A tax team (M&A tax) or with a multinational business