Tax Manager - Asia Tax

Headquartered in the United States, Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP (“HCVT”) is a large regional accounting firm employing over 700 professionals domestically in the U.S. HCVT SG Pte. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of HCVT, incorporated in Singapore to help facilitate and elevate client services for HCVT’s existing client base doing business in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

Role Purpose:

Liaise with designated professional accounting firms and global law firms, along with client personnel to develop and execute tax planning and structuring for multiple client companies.

Oversee and prepare tax filings for multiple jurisdictions including, but not limited to, Singapore, China, India, Korea, Malaysia, & Australia. Develop strategies and policies that aid in maintaining compliance with local and international tax laws and regulations, including identification of tax issues that might exist and proposals for solutions.

The ideal candidate is a dedicated & highly knowledgeable tax professional with an interest in joining a start-up organization to directly support growth and profitability of HCVT’s Private Equity practice. This role will predominantly focus on HCVT’s engagement with TPG Capital’s Asia platform business. The HCVT tax engagement team has served as TPG’s dedicated outsourced tax services team for over a decade.

Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide ongoing tax support and oversight of Asia Pacific investments for HCVT Private Equity clients.
• Lead tax structuring advice preparation by external advisors for new acquisitions, exits, restructurings and refinancing, balancing commercial views with tax and legal considerations.
• Discuss tax issues identified on transactions with the relevant deal team and assist them in understanding the tax implications of their decisions.
• Prepare materials to facilitate senior level discussions on tax topics.
• Support domestic and cross-border tax compliance including review and approval of tax returns for Fund SPVs in Asia Pacific.
• Ensure appropriate controls are maintained to manage tax risk.
• Partner with various internal and external parties to develop and implement consistent tax positions for investments across the Asia Pacific region.
• Track and assess ongoing tax developments in the Asia Pacific region that could impact key business areas and investment structures, providing timely updates to TPG and the broader HCVT Tax engagement team.
• Develop working understanding of US tax concepts critical to investment structuring and fund operations/reporting.
• Develop and maintain relevant industry contacts and manage relationships with third party tax advisors, accounting firms and law firms.

Eligible candidates should have:

• A bachelor’s degree relevant to the position; a Master’s degree or other equivalent advanced degree in Taxation strongly preferred.
• Professional accounting or tax qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, ATT or CTA, or relevant equivalent.
• Minimum 6+ years of relevant tax experience preferably combined experience in public accounting and private industry with exposure to South-East Asia.
• Strong integrity, work ethic, and professionalism.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player, producing high quality deliverables.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to communicate with tax professionals on a technical level, summarizing and explaining technical tax issues to non-tax professionals.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize competing demands.