VP, Tax (Contract) 1 Year Contract (Bank)

Our client, a global financial services organisation in Singapore, is looking for a VP, Tax to join their tax team on a 1 year contract. This role covers end to end Singapore tax matters across BAU and change initiatives, with a strong focus on corporate and institutional banking, and includes support for global minimum tax requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support tax matters for the Singapore business, with a focus on corporate and institutional banking
• Partner with stakeholders to provide practical tax advice on products and transactions
• Support tax compliance obligations including corporate income tax, withholding tax, GST and transfer pricing, ensuring robust controls and documentation
• Support tax reporting deliverables including provisioning, effective tax rate analysis, and coordination on month end closing and audit requirements
• Support Pillar Two and Domestic Minimum Top up Tax (DMTT) implementation and compliance, including data gathering, impact analysis and coordination with Finance and Group/Regional Tax
• Identify process simplification opportunities and drive sustainable adoption with stakeholders
• Support tax analysis and risk mitigation for business change initiatives
• Manage responses to tax authority queries during audits and inspections
• Support customer tax reporting matters (FATCA/CRS/QI) in partnership with relevant teams
• Ad hoc projects as assigned

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field, with a professional accounting qualification
• At least 10 years of professional tax experience, preferably within banking or financial institutions
• Strong grasp of tax accounting concepts including current/deferred tax, provisioning and ETR drivers, with the ability to work closely with Finance stakeholders
• Working knowledge of OECD Pillar Two / Global Minimum Tax and Singapore DMTT concepts
• Strong technical and commercial understanding of how tax impacts the business, with knowledge of FATCA and CRS
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to make sound commercial decisions
• Strong analytical ability with high attention to detail

Interested candidates can reach out for a confidential discussion.