Manager, Transaction Tax Advisory Services

About the role

Alvarez & Marsal's Southeast Asia Tax team is looking for a Manager in Transaction Tax Advisory Services and International Tax to join its fast-growing tax team in Singapore. The role leads and supports advisory assignments covering acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, investments, reorganisations and financing arrangements.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on Singapore and cross-border tax matters arising from strategic transactions, including tax planning, holding structures, funding arrangements, cash repatriation, withholding tax, permanent establishment and substance.
• Lead and support buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence, identify material tax exposures and turn findings into clear, commercial recommendations.
• Support transaction structuring and implementation, including step plans, multi-jurisdictional coordination and review of SPAs and other transaction documents from a tax perspective.
• Advise on post-acquisition integration, internal restructurings, entity rationalisation, supply chain changes and exit readiness.
• Support tax authority engagement, including applications, rulings, clearances and responses to queries.
• Manage client deliverables, scoping and planning, and coordinate with colleagues across jurisdictions within timelines and budgets.
• Support proposals, client relationship development, thought leadership and other market-facing initiatives.

Required profile

• Approximately five or more years of relevant tax advisory experience in professional services, a law firm, industry or a combination.
• Prior transaction tax or international tax experience preferred; broader corporate tax advisory experience is also welcome.
• Strong Singapore and international corporate tax experience, including tax planning, cross-border operating models and investment holding structures.
• Relevant professional qualifications or progress towards them (accounting, tax or legal) are advantageous.

Required skills

• Analytical ability to understand complex fact patterns and legal entity structures and apply tax principles in a commercial way.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, able to explain technical matters to non-tax stakeholders.
• Project management skills to manage multiple workstreams and coordinate across jurisdictions.
• Ability to supervise, coach and develop junior team members while staying hands-on.

What we offer

• Exposure to a broad mix of transaction tax and international tax matters across Singapore and APAC.
• Direct work with senior team members, clients and advisors on complex, high-profile transactions.
• A collaborative environment with meaningful responsibility and opportunities to build technical and commercial skills.