Assistant Manager / Manager – Regional Tax (Monee & Shopee)

About the role

You will join Sea’s HQ Finance Tax function, supporting the tax lifecycle for the Monee and Shopee businesses across the region. The role combines tax compliance, planning, risk management and controversy handling while driving process improvements and automation.

Key responsibilities

• Support direct tax, indirect tax and transfer pricing matters in coordination with tax and finance teams.
• Oversee tax compliance and reporting obligations (CIT, VAT/GST, WHT, TP documentation, and other regulatory filings) ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Review tax provisions, effective tax rate analyses and cash tax positions, identifying material variances and potential risks.
• Participate in tax feasibility assessments for local and regional initiatives, advising cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Design and implement tax structures and inter‑company arrangements with the Group Transfer Pricing team and external advisors.
• Monitor tax risks, maintain documentation of key positions and assess uncertain tax positions for reporting.
• Coordinate tax controversy matters, managing audits, submissions and resolution with local finance teams and advisors.
• Contribute to process‑improvement projects, enhancing documentation standards, reporting workflows and tax automation.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related discipline; professional qualifications such as CA or ACCA preferred.
• Advanced tax qualifications or certifications are an advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant tax experience, preferably in a Big 4 firm or multinational corporation.
• Strong technical knowledge of direct and indirect taxes and transfer‑pricing regulations.
• Experience handling cross‑border taxes and transfer‑pricing matters.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage projects independently.

Required skills

• Direct tax
• Indirect tax (VAT/GST, WHT)
• Transfer pricing
• Tax compliance and reporting
• Cross‑border tax handling
• Tax controversy management