National Tax Manager

Mission

Reporting to ASEAN National Direction and Asia Pacific Regional Tax lead, this position will work closely with the country BU finance and SSC to ensure tax compliance & tax planning projects are properly implemented in Indonesia.

This person will need to manage 3-4 tax accountants who are based in multi-sites of Indonesia

Support Asia Pacific Regional Tax lead to advise on cross-region tax planning and restructuring;

Work with Group tax experts to understand local tax policies.

Responsibilities

• Tax compliance and reporting:
• Supervising tax team as well as local finance and Shared Service Center (SSC) to complete various tax filing of Indonesia on timely and accurate basis;
• Delivering tax compliance guideline to local finance /SSC and prepare cash tax budget (B1)/risk profile as per group standard;
• Implementing regular tax internal control campaign with SSC/local finance to improve tax awareness on risk control;
• Updating practical tax compliance guidance, thru online tutorial and SAP/SSC platform;
• Tax Optimization:
• Supporting on corporate restructuring to optimize legal structures, minimize effective tax rate
• Supporting on all M&A and capex initiatives e.g., tax due diligence, review of deal related contract, apply for tax optimization scheme to mitigate capital gain tax
• Participating in lobbying effort for favorable tax and fiscal policy that affects Valeo Indonesia
• Transfer pricing:
• Liaising external agency and supporting BU finance in preparing and putting in place defendable Transfer Pricing documentations for annual intercompany transaction reporting and TP audit
• Support Regional Tax head to perform assessment of the key inter-co transactions, evaluate risk and propose alternatives to mitigate TP risk
• Tax advisory:
• Advise the most tax efficient way for inter-co transactions and ensure the documentation are put in place before invoicing
• Keeping ahead of the curve and update changes on tax rules and regulations and timely communicate to various stakeholders, assess their impact and suggest actions to mitigate the risk and tap into potential planning opportunities;
• Tax audit:
• Support BU finance in identification and mitigation of tax and controversy risk
• Coordination of tax and custom audit on sites to avoid unexpected or unacceptable reputational damages or matter exposures including targeting a more accurate tax provision processes
• Liaising with local tax authorities for overall tax governance in Indonesia
• Other ad hoc reporting task:
• Support on statutory audit with local auditors on tax matters, review and control over tax related local statutory bookings,
• Support on reporting to statistical entities, local National Ban
• Interface for local pensions calculation, actuarial companies
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree of Law / Accounting / Finance at the minimum
• CPA, Graduated Business School or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a tax or audit firm or similar position within multinational company
• Automotive background will be most helpful
• Background from audit firms will be an advantage
• Fluent in English