Tax Lead

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is a consulting company.

Responsibilities

• 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 their policies.
• Managing tax audits and controversies in Japan, including interactions with local tax officials where necessary with support from external advisors. 
• Ensuring accurate tax accounting reporting for their SEC filings in collaboration with their central tax accounting team and also providing guidance to local finance/ controllership teams for local statutory reporting.
• Proactively identifying tax risk areas in their dynamic business environment and developing remediation/ defense strategies for the same. 
• 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. 
• Advising client teams on tax efficient structures for their large & complex client engagements (including cross border contracts) covering direct and indirect taxes and mitigating tax risk for such client contracting situations.
• Advising on all tax aspects of their 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 them.
• Drive successful implementation of global initiatives for tax in Japan.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable their policies and processes as regards tax matters.

Requirements

• 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.  
• 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.  
• Strong analytical and tax technical skills
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills 
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work well in a fluid and challenging environment
• Ability to motivate, inspire, groom and develop team members working remotely
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a geographically diverse team
• Ability to work independently in a virtual work environment
• CPA Edication (or tax specialized certification)
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook, and SAP (advantage).

Salary

8 - 10 million yen

Location

Tokyo