Senior Tax Manager – Contract (Banking)

About the role

This position joins the Singapore tax team of a leading bank, providing end‑to‑end tax advice and management for the entity’s corporate and institutional banking activities. The role is contract‑based and focuses on both routine tax compliance and strategic initiatives such as the Global Minimum Tax.

Key responsibilities

• Support corporate and institutional banking tax matters, delivering practical advice on products and transactions.
• Manage tax compliance obligations including corporate income tax, withholding tax, GST and transfer pricing, ensuring robust controls and documentation.
• Prepare tax reporting deliverables such as tax provisioning, effective tax rate analysis, and coordinate month‑end closing and audit requirements.
• Lead implementation and compliance for Pillar Two and Singapore Domestic Minimum Top‑up Tax, handling data gathering, impact analysis and governance.
• Identify and drive process simplification opportunities with stakeholders.
• Assist business change initiatives by providing tax analysis, risk mitigation and stakeholder coordination.
• Manage tax audits and inspections, responding to authority queries and supporting solution strategies.
• Support customer tax reporting (FATCA, CRS, QI) in partnership with relevant teams.

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field with a professional accounting qualification.
• Minimum 10 years of professional tax experience, preferably within banks or financial institutions.
• Strong knowledge of tax accounting concepts (current/deferred tax, tax provisioning, ETR drivers) and ability to work with Finance teams.
• Working knowledge of OECD Pillar Two / Global Minimum Tax and Singapore DMTT.
• Excellent stakeholder management, sound judgment and analytical abilities.

Required skills

• Corporate Income Tax
• Withholding Tax
• Goods and Services Tax (GST)
• Transfer Pricing
• Tax Provisioning
• Effective Tax Rate analysis
• OECD Pillar Two (Global Minimum Tax)
• Singapore Domestic Minimum Top‑up Tax (DMTT)
• FATCA
• Common Reporting Standard (CRS)