Corporate Taxation Senior Manager

Position Purpose:

The experienced Corporate Tax Compliance Sr Manager is expected to lead and manage multiple operations of the tax practice areas and to deliver quality tax services, that will increase company's reputation. This position will serve as the company's business tax advisor aiming at maximizing engagement and achieving qualitative outcomes. This position creates and implements tax plans and works with the accounting and leadership teams to identify opportunities for process improvement and potential areas of risks. The Corporate Tax Compliance Sr Manager will ensure compliance with the Philippines tax laws through a series of systems and system controls that are designed to ensure accurate and timely reporting. This position will monitor current and impending changes to tax regulations and makes the appropriate updates to policies and strategies. This position is single minded in the company's pursuit of ensuring compliance and achieves this goal through optimizing reporting procedures and driving the successful function of all personnel involved in the tax compliances and reporting.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Facilitate and manage the preparation and review of the company's tax returns and monitor the accurate and timely filing of all tax forms.

2. Find and implement opportunities for process improvement in company tax procedures.

3. Develop and implement strategic tax planning for all necessary taxes.

4. Manage various employees with participation in the tax compliance and its related reporting requirements to the government agencies.

5. Plan for and develop overall return calendar and coordinate timing and inputs with various employees who has participation in the tax compliance and its related reporting requirements to the government agencies.

6. Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process.

7. Manage and facilitate tax audits: preparing responses, creating schedules, etc.

8. Monitor legislative and regulatory tax law developments, communicate the effects of these developments to management and to Finance team and create strategies to capitalize on changes to taxation legislation.

9. Provide support with various internal audits and special tax related projects.

10. Review tax returns and quarterly/yearly tax projections.

11. Manage and mentor members to greater levels of effectiveness and engagement.

The above statements are intended to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job. Employees in this job may perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a CPA and a graduate of Bachelor of Accountancy

• With at least 5 years of related work experience in a managerial capacity leading a team

• Extensive individual/partnership/corporate tax knowledge

• With in depth familiarity with the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulations and memoranda, required compliances and reporting

• With in depth familiarity with the Philippines Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) regulations and memoranda, required compliance, and reporting

• With in depth familiarity with the Board of Investments (BOI) regulations and memoranda, required compliance, and reporting

• With in depth familiarity with the Local Government Unit (LGU) regulations and memoranda, compliance, and reporting

• With familiarity with other government agencies' (i.e. SEC, DOF, BOC) regulations and memoranda, required compliance and reporting

• Strong experience with a variety of tax operations and ability to drive process improvements.

• Strong accounting, analytical, and research skills.

• With in depth experience in audit, accounting and financial reporting

• Strong ability to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize own tasks, the tasks of other team members involved in the tax compliance and reporting activities.

• Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives.

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

• Strong ability to perform as well as facilitate coordination with different levels of positions within the company and the different government agencies

• With excellent written and oral communication skills.

• No issues on doing fieldwork as needed for face-to-face meetings with government agencies

• Strong skills and experience with Microsoft office word, outlook, excel, power point

• Adaptable to various finance applications and tools

• Amenable to shifting schedules

• Willing to work onsite