Japan Tax Lead

2020-07-13 | po-020168

Company description

This company is a multinational professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. A Fortune Global 500 company, it has been incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, since 1 September 2009. In 2018, the company reported net revenues of $39.6 billion, with more than 459,000 employees serving clients in more than 200 cities in 120 countries. In 2015, the company had about 150,000 employees in India, about 48,000 in the US, and about 50,000 in the Philippines. The current clients include 95 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500.

Responsibilities

1.Managing and providing direction to Japan country controllership & finance teams in matters relating to direct and indirect taxes, including reviews and signoffs for tax compliances in accordance with policies.

2.Managing tax audits and controversies in Japan, including interactions with local tax officials where necessary with support from external advisors.

3.Ensuring accurate tax accounting reporting for the SEC filings in collaboration with the central tax accounting team and also providing guidance to local finance/ controllership teams for local statutory reporting.

4.Proactively identifying tax risk areas in the dynamic business environment and developing remediation/ defense strategies for the same.

5. Developing tax planning proposals, including internal restructuring projects, in collaboration with Global Tax Planning team followed by its implementation, with the objective to drive ETR optimization.

6.Advising client teams on tax efficient structures for the company’s large & complex client engagements (including cross border contracts) covering direct and indirect taxes and mitigating tax risk for the company in such client contracting situations.

7.Advising on all tax aspects of ’s V&A to the Corporate Development and Transaction Services (CDTS) team and managing the tax aspects of the post acqusition integration process in collaboration with other subject matter experts from the company.

8.Drive successful implementation of global initiatives for tax in Japan.

9.Ensuring compliance with all applicable the policies and processes as

regards tax matters.

Requirements

1.A CPA (or tax specialized certification) with extensive experience and knowledge of Japan tax laws, including corporate income tax, transfer pricing, indirect taxes & M&A tax.

2.The job requires a background of minimum 14 years tax experience, either as a tax professional in a Big 4 tax department and/ or in a corporate tax department with a multinational business.

In addition, the job requires the following attributes:

3.Strong analytical and tax technical skills.

4.Strong English written and verbal communication skills.

5.Strong interpersonal skills.

6.Self-starter with the ability to work well in a fluid and challenging. environment.

7.Ability to motivate, inspire, groom and develop team members working remotely.

8.Ability to work collaboratively as part of a geographically diverse team.

9. Ability to work independently in a virtual work environment

Education.

CPA (or tax specialized certification).

Computer Skills.

Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook, and SAP (advantage).