Indirect Tax Accountant

About the role

ManpowerGroup is recruiting an Indirect Tax Accountant to work with local country accountants in Singapore and/or APAC countries under the supervision of the tax manager. The role covers VAT/GST/WHT returns, indirect tax audits and regional tax advice.

Key responsibilities

• Work with local country accountants in Singapore and/or APAC countries under the supervision of the tax manager.
• Prepare or review VAT/GST/WHT returns.
• Provide ad hoc country or regional indirect tax advice to sales, purchases, accounts payable, credit and operations departments.
• Support indirect tax audits.
• Analyse and implement best practices and internal controls for indirect tax-sensitive processes, such as VAT/GST on entertainment expenses, company cars, reconciling import VAT to Customs records, documentary evidence for exports and other zero-rated/exempt sales.
• Understand and configure the indirect tax determination engine.
• Act as a regional subject matter expert on projects such as ERP, transformation and e-invoicing.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in accountancy, taxation or a related field; CPA/CA completion (or near completion) preferred.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in the tax field; accounting experience preferred.
• Knowledge of pertinent tax laws, codes and regulations.