Job Responsibilities
Global Mobility & Cross-Border Tax Advisory
- Assignment Structuring: Design and advise on tax-efficient relocation packages, secondments, and permanent transfers for senior executives and fund managers across the APAC region.
- Tax Equalization: Oversee the firm's tax equalization or tax protection policies, calculating hypothetical taxes and processing year-end equalization settlements.
- Business Travelers & Remote Work: Monitor and manage the individual tax footprints, tracking, and compliance risks of cross-border business travelers and cross-border remote work arrangements.
- Permanent Establishment (PE) Risk: Partner with corporate tax teams to evaluate whether the physical presence of mobile individual fund managers triggers corporate tax or PE exposure for the fund entities in host countries.
Executive Compensation & Equity-Based Rewards
- Deferrals & Carry Schemes: Partner with HR and legal teams to analyze the individual tax implications of complex financial structures like carried interest, co-investment schemes, performance fees, and deferred bonus arrangements.
- Equity & Token Plans: Manage the tax compliance, cross-border sourcing, and reporting mechanics of share options, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and phantom equity awards across different local tax regimes.
- Sourcing Rules: Determine tax-sourcing allocations (e.g., time-apportionment claims or territorial-source principles) for variable compensation earned across multiple countries.
Regional Employment Tax Compliance & Reporting
- Shadow Payroll Management: Coordinate and review shadow payroll operations required to capture tax withholding for expatriate employees.
- Employer Reporting: Ensure timely and accurate filing of statutory employer returns (e.g., Form IR56 series in Hong Kong, Form IR8A in Singapore, and similar local statutory payroll reporting in APAC).
- Vendor Governance: Manage relationship networks, budgets, and delivery quality of external Big 4 advisors or specialized immigration/tax vendors handling individual returns.
Risk Mitigation & Tax Controversy
- Treaty Interpretation: Apply Comprehensive Double Taxation Agreements (CDTAs) and local legislation to resolve cross-border individual tax double-exposure.
- Tax Audits: Lead individual and employer-level tax audits, inquiries, or information requests initiated by APAC tax authorities (like the Inland Revenue Department in HK or IRAS in Singapore).
Stakeholder Management & Partnering
- C-Suite Advisory: Act as a dedicated internal advisor providing clear, practical guidance on personal tax exposure directly to high-net-worth portfolio managers and C-suite stakeholders.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Bridge communication lines between internal Human Resources, Payroll, Corporate Legal, Finance Controllership, and Global Tax Heads.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree holder from a reputable university
- 8 years of relevant experience gained from large global buy-side firms and Big 4 firms
- Solid experience on APAC jurisdictions and global remits
- Excellent command of English
