Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Malaysia's Professional & Finance/BFSI Division is recruiting on behalf of a client for a Manager - Corporate Tax Advisory (Financial Service) position.
Job Summary
Our client's people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions. Those in tax compliance will focus on validating clients' compliance with tax laws and regulations. You will review and analyse financial data, prepare and file tax returns, and assist businesses in meeting their tax obligations while minimising risks of non-compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Tax Compliance - Ensure accurate and timely filing of all tax returns, including corporate income tax and other applicable taxes, to the tax authorities. You will also contribute technical insights to business tax compliance engagements.
- Tax Planning - Develop and implement tax strategies to optimize the company's tax position, minimize tax liabilities, and manage risks.
- Advisory - Provide expert advice on tax implications for business transactions, mergers, acquisitions, investment structure planning, incentive applications, inbound/outbound investment advisory and new business ventures.
- Reporting - Prepare and review tax provision calculations for financial statements and ensure proper accounting for all tax-related items.
- Regulatory Monitoring - Keep abreast of changes in tax laws and regulations, and assess the impact on the company's tax position.
- Collaboration - Work closely with internal stakeholders, including finance, legal, and business units, to ensure alignment on tax-related matters.
- Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems.
- Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
- Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
- Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
- Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging, and uncertain situations.
- Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on issues hindering team effectiveness.
- Model and reinforce professional and technical standardsstaying relevant.
- Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
- Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve , the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field and/or professional accounting qualification.
- Strong Financial Service tax technical knowledge with at least 5 years' working experience in tax compliance and consultancy, ideally in a professional services organization.
- Excellent client handling and team management skills.
- People management and project management experience.
- A good level of commercial awareness.
- Possess good spoken and written skills.
- Self-motivated and proactive with contributions to business development efforts as part of securing new clients.
