Job Description

[What the role is]

As a tax professional, you have tax knowledge at your fingertips and the heart to build a socially-responsible taxpaying community. At IRAS, we offer you the space to apply your knowledge as we transform to redefine experiences for taxpayers. You will apply your resourcefulness, strong communication skills and expertise in administering a suite of tax services ranging from service, compliance and policy formulation.

The result? Your mark of insight on tax services which are transformational.

[What you will be working on]

• Assist and advise businesses on GST registration, cancellation and scheme applications.
• Conduct thorough reviews through desk checks, field visits and interviews to prevent fraudulent GST applications.
• Analyse and use data to uncover insights, enhance fraud detection capabilities and improve operational processes.
• Identify and acquire new datasets to strengthen risk assessment for GST registration and scheme applications.
• Leverage technological solutions (e.g., RPA, Python, GenAI) and structured methodologies (e.g., Behavioural Insights and Design) to streamline work processes and optimize the end-to-end GST registration process and other project-based initiatives.
• Support the development, testing, and implementation of GenAI-enabled solutions to improve GST registration and work processes.
• Provide inputs to educational materials to promote voluntary compliance.

[What we are looking for]

• Degree in Tax, Accountancy or Business preferred.
• Knowledge in GST and/or minimum one year of audit/tax experience will be an advantage.
• Demonstrates interest in emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, and data analytics.
• Programming knowledge in SAS, Phyton, and/or SQL is an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written .communications skills.
• Good time management skills with ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Logical, organised and systematic in handling and analysing information/data.
• Strong analytical skills with capability to question and probe effectively.
• Resourceful and able to work independently in a team environment.

We regret to inform that only short-listed candidates will be notified. All successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.