Senior Manager, APAC Tax Compliance

About the role

DePuy Synthes Global Tax Group is recruiting a Senior Manager, APAC Tax Compliance based in Singapore. The role covers direct and indirect tax compliance for the APAC region, which represents about $1 billion of the group's estimated $9-10 billion net trade sales. It reports to the DePuy Synthes Senior Director International Tax Compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Govern governance of external partners supporting recurring compliance processes for direct and indirect tax compliance across all APAC legal entities
• Negotiate contracting, scope and fees
• Monitor KPIs and the balanced scorecard
• Ensure efficient data access and collaboration with finance teams, and timely filing of direct and indirect tax returns, including review of tax computations with external partners
• Partner with global finance, business finance and other organisations to enable an integrated tax compliance process
• Work with the Tax Counsel and Tax Planning Group on local tax aspects of transactions and planning structures, and Foreign Subsidies Regulation reporting
• Work with the Global Transfer Pricing and Disputes Group on transfer pricing documentation, tax audits and litigations, and advance pricing agreements
• Support reporting on Pillar 2 and country-by-country reporting in local jurisdictions
• Advise the tax leadership team on regional tax compliance issues and advise stakeholders and business partners on direct and indirect tax matters
• Manage the tax budget for regional tax compliance

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent), preferably in Accounting or Tax
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience, including corporate and indirect tax experience
• Self-directed, detail-oriented, with strong communication, partnering skills and fluency in English
• Fluency in Mandarin Chinese required for local regulatory and business interaction
• Up to around 10% regional travel across APAC
• CPA or equivalent professional tax certification preferred

Required skills

• Broad-based technical tax knowledge, with expertise preferred in US GAAP tax accounting, tax compliance and tax technology
• Strong background in tax and financial processes