Staff Specialist, FI Tax

About the role

AMS OSRAM is looking for a Staff Specialist, FI Tax to prepare and submit direct and indirect tax returns for its Singapore entities, including corporate tax, withholding tax, GST and other taxes. The role also covers tax accounting, tax incentives, transfer pricing and ad-hoc tax projects.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and submit direct and indirect tax returns, including corporate tax, withholding tax, GST and other taxes.
• Support responses to tax queries from internal business counterparts, external auditors and government authorities such as IRAS and EDB, including technical analysis, information gathering and reply preparation.
• Carry out tax accounting work: annual tax forecasts, current and deferred tax calculations, Pillar 2 safe harbour assessment, return-to-provision true-up, proposed accounting entries, and review of tax booking vouchers and tax disclosure notes for the audited report.
• Support ad-hoc projects such as tax planning, tax advisory, tax improvement projects, tax deregistration, restructuring and M&A.
• Support transfer pricing management, including reviewing local documentation, contributing to segmental P&L, monitoring profits and proposing pricing adjustments.
• Work with finance colleagues, business units and external tax agents on tax returns, incentive updates and Major Exporter Scheme renewals.
• Manage tax incentives and manufacturing licence conditions in Singapore, liaising with auditors and authorities on compliance and proposing solutions to exceptions.
• Review tax policies, procedures and processes and propose improvements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a finance-related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of experience as a tax expert in Big 4 accounting firms and/or multinational companies.
• Solid knowledge of Singapore tax matters and experience dealing with Singapore tax authorities.
• Knowledge of tax accounting and transfer pricing is an advantage; knowledge of other Asia Pacific tax regimes is also an advantage.
• Qualified Accountant of one of the recognised professional accounting bodies.