Job Description

Accountabilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for tax matters across the APAC region, providing clear guidance and coordinating regional tax activities.
• Oversee tax compliance activities by working closely with local teams and external tax advisors to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality filings and reporting.
• Provide practical internal tax advice across international, direct, indirect, corporate, and personal taxation matters.
• Advise business teams on the tax implications of commercial transactions, contractual arrangements, new products, services, and other strategic initiatives.
• Identify tax planning opportunities and implement appropriate optimization strategies while maintaining alignment with the broader global tax structure and objectives.
• Partner with the global tax function to ensure consistency, effective knowledge sharing, and alignment between regional and global tax strategies.
• Manage relationships and communications with local tax authorities, including responding to queries, coordinating audits, and handling tax challenges, disputes, and litigation.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation, regulations, and government policy across APAC, including developments relevant to the digital-asset and cryptocurrency sector.
• Assess the potential impact of regulatory changes and translate developments into practical recommendations for business stakeholders.
• Lead or oversee ad-hoc tax projects across APAC, coordinating stakeholders and ensuring projects are delivered effectively and within required timelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Accounting, Economics, Taxation, or a closely related discipline.
• 12+ years of professional tax experience, ideally gained within a Big 4 firm and/or an in-house tax function.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior tax leader across the Asia Pacific region, with strong exposure to tax operations and compliance.
• Broad understanding of regional taxation, including international, direct, indirect, corporate, and personal tax matters.
• Experience providing tax advice on business transactions, contractual structures, new products, services, and commercial initiatives.
• Strong understanding of tax compliance, audits, tax authority relationships, disputes, and regulatory developments across multiple APAC jurisdictions.
• Experience identifying tax optimization opportunities while balancing commercial objectives, compliance requirements, and risk.
• Familiarity with emerging tax considerations associated with digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain, or other rapidly evolving technology sectors is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to translate complex tax matters into practical business recommendations.
• Fast learner who can adapt quickly to changing regulations, business priorities, and a rapidly evolving operating environment.
• Highly proactive and comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
• Hands-on approach with strong ownership of deliverables and the ability to move projects forward with limited supervision.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across regional and global teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international, and highly collaborative environment.

Benefits

• 6–12 month contract opportunity in a senior APAC tax leadership position.
• Fully remote work arrangement, with flexibility depending on business requirements.
• Opportunity to influence tax strategy and operations across multiple APAC markets.
• Exposure to complex international, corporate, direct, and indirect tax matters.
• Opportunity to work on emerging tax and regulatory issues within the digital-asset and blockchain sector.
• Collaboration with experienced global tax professionals, business leaders, local teams, and external advisors.
• High degree of autonomy and ownership in a fast-paced international environment.
• Competitive compensation and company benefits.
• Opportunities for professional growth, continuous learning, and exposure to unique, high-impact projects.
• Inclusive, diverse, and results-oriented working environment.