China or US Tax Specialist - Associate (PE Firm)

Responsibilities

Direct & indirect tax compliance management

• Local tax compliance - Manage the overall tax compliance management in the Asia Pac investment jurisdictions including Australia, China, Singapore, and Hong Kong; ensure all tax filings are submitted on a timely and complete basis; improve the overall compliance monitoring system
• Check the box ("CTB") elections - manage the CTB elections process for portfolio companies and SPVs
• Singapore 13R/13X applications - manage the 13R/13X applications process for deal SPVs
• US tax reporting - manage and coordinate the US tax reporting process
• Tax provision - support all tax provision matters; review tax provision for various purposes including annual audited financial statements, year ended financial reporting, management reporting, bank reporting
• Tax audits - assist in and handle tax audits as and when they may arise

Tax structuring & advisory for certain products and / or in markets

• Support tax due diligence, tax structuring, deal closing and funding from a tax perspective
• Assist with compliance with offshore structuring guidelines, where relevant
• Provide tax support for exit, where appropriate

Other tasks

• Management of other tax related processes - Manage and coordinate with the company Centre of Excellence and various platform entities in respect of tax related processes
• Support finance team / deal team / asset management team when required on other financial / accounting matters
• Assist with ad-hoc requests

Requirements

• Degree qualified. Qualified accountant with at least 4 - 8 years post qualification experiences preferably including working in Big 4 international or China tax practice or US tax practice
• Overseas working experience highly regarded
• Experience in private equity / real estate transaction structuring an advantage
• Experience in direct and indirect tax compliance experience an advantage
• Experience in pan Asian cross border transactions an advantage
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluent English is a must. Mandarin is a plus, both spoken and written
• Strong analytical skills