APAC Tax Business Partner
Location: Singapore
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
The Liberty International Insurance (LII) Tax Department is comprised of a dynamic team of tax professionals managing international tax matters and compliance processes as well supporting other internal functions and businesses across the LII network across the globe.
Reporting into the LII Tax Director, with an additional reporting line into the APAC regional CFO, the APAC Regional Business Partner (Tax) is a newly created strategic role responsible for embedding the LII tax strategy within the Asia-Pacific region, ensuring tax compliance, managing tax risk, and providing proactive, commercially-focused business partnering to business units across APAC for the group. This role will act as the primary tax liaison for regional leadership, translating complex tax concepts into actionable business insights and fostering a strong tax control environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Tax Advisory & Business Partnering
Qualifications & Experience:
Reporting into the LII Tax Director, with an additional reporting line into the APAC regional CFO, the APAC Regional Business Partner (Tax) is a newly created strategic role responsible for embedding the LII tax strategy within the Asia-Pacific region, ensuring tax compliance, managing tax risk, and providing proactive, commercially-focused business partnering to business units across APAC for the group. This role will act as the primary tax liaison for regional leadership, translating complex tax concepts into actionable business insights and fostering a strong tax control environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Tax Advisory & Business Partnering
- Act as the trusted tax advisor to regional and country business leaders, finance teams, and legal counsel on new products, market entries, M&A activities, re-organisations and operational changes within the APAC region.
- Provide strategic insights and recommendations on the tax implications of business decisions, focusing on optimizing tax efficiency while maintaining compliance with local and international tax laws.
- Collaborate closely with the LII tax team and the US Corporate Tax team to ensure regional initiatives align with the overall group tax strategy and policies.
- Drive tax awareness and capability building within the APAC business units and finance functions.
- Oversee and manage the tax compliance cycle for APAC entities, including corporate income tax, withholding tax, indirect taxes (GST/VAT), and other local taxes, leveraging dotted line resources in country.
- Monitor changes in APAC tax legislation and regulatory requirements, assessing their impact on the business and advising on necessary adjustments.
- Identify, assess, and manage tax risks within the region, developing and implementing strategies for mitigation.
- Support and manage tax audits, inquiries, and disputes with tax authorities across APAC, coordinating with internal teams and external advisors as necessary.
- Oversee the preparation and review of tax provisions for financial reporting in the APAC region, adhering to US GAAP and local accounting standards.
- Manage and implement the group's transfer pricing policies for intercompany transactions across APAC entities, ensuring adherence to the arm's length principle and local documentation requirements.
- Advise on the tax implications of cross-border transactions, including permanent establishment risks, treaty application.
- Collaborate with the Cross Border Enablement and regional finance teams to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of intercompany transactions.
- Build strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including regional business heads, country CFOs, legal teams, LII tax, treasury, and external advisors.
- Provide leadership and guidance to the in-country dotted-line tax resources, fostering a cohesive and high-performing regional tax function.
- Provide management of the APAC advisory and compliance relationships with outsourced providers.
- Drive continuous improvement in tax processes, systems, and controls within the APAC region, leveraging technology where appropriate.
- Represent the company in relevant industry forums or tax associations as required.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Relevant professional accounting qualification and/or professional tax qualification (e.g., CTA, CPA, CA, ADIT).
- Minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in corporate tax, with a significant portion in a multinational corporate environment, ideally within the financial services or insurance sector.
- Proven expertise in international tax principles, including awareness of US outbound tax rules
- Demonstrable experience managing tax affairs across multiple APAC jurisdictions.
- Strong understanding of transfer pricing principles and their practical application.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and provide clear, concise tax advice to non-tax professionals.
- Proven ability to work autonomously, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Demonstrated ability in relation top tax transformation and the use of technology in particular AI in transforming tax operating models.
