VP Tax – 1 Year Contract (Banking)

About the role

Our client, a global financial services organisation based in Singapore, is seeking a Vice President of Tax on a one‑year contract. The role will lead end‑to‑end Singapore tax matters, focusing on corporate and institutional banking, and will support the implementation of global minimum tax requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Provide tax advice and support for corporate and institutional banking products and transactions.
• Manage tax compliance obligations, including corporate income tax, withholding tax, GST and transfer pricing, ensuring robust controls and documentation.
• Deliver tax reporting deliverables such as provisioning, effective tax rate analysis, and coordination of month‑end closing and audit requirements.
• Support Pillar Two and Domestic Minimum Top‑up Tax (DMTT) implementation, including data gathering, impact analysis and coordination with Finance and Group/Regional Tax.
• Identify and drive process simplification opportunities with stakeholders.
• Analyse tax implications of business change initiatives and mitigate related risks.
• Handle tax authority queries during audits and inspections.
• Collaborate on customer tax reporting matters (FATCA/CRS/QI) with relevant teams.
• Execute ad‑hoc tax projects as assigned.

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field with a professional accounting qualification.
• Minimum 10 years of professional tax experience, preferably within banking or financial institutions.
• Strong understanding of tax accounting concepts, including current/deferred tax, provisioning and effective tax rate drivers.
• Working knowledge of OECD Pillar Two / Global Minimum Tax and Singapore DMTT concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder management and commercial decision‑making abilities.
• High analytical ability with strong attention to detail.

Required skills

• Corporate income tax compliance
• Withholding tax compliance
• Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliance
• Transfer pricing documentation
• Tax accounting (current/deferred tax, provisioning, ETR analysis)
• OECD Pillar Two / Global Minimum Tax
• Singapore Domestic Minimum Top‑up Tax (DMTT)
• FATCA reporting
• CRS reporting