Indirect Tax Manager, Eastern Hemisphere recruitment

Job Description

You are responsible for managing the indirect tax affairs of the Bank and Group subsidiaries located in the Eastern Hemisphere Region. The role covers a wide geographic area and will require you to travel widely within the region.

Key Roles Responsibilities

1. Management and team building
* Manage the relationship with Tax and Finance staff who complete and file indirect tax returns in the local jurisdictions within the region.
* Identify staff who can act as Indirect Tax Champions in each jurisdiction, and develop this local expertise.
* Identify and ensure regular contact is maintained with key business and function heads in the region.
* Utilise, develop and implement systems and processes to capture, manage and distribute up-to-date indirect tax knowledge and information.

2. Business support:
* Provide indirect tax advice to the front office and support functions.
* Liaise with external advisors as required, review and challenge that advice where necessary.
* Review and sign-off new Projects, Products, and Structured Transactions.

3. Tax planning:
* Advise on and devise indirect tax mitigation strategies.
* Review and advise on the indirect tax aspects of corporate transactions.
* Advise on the indirect tax aspects of transfer pricing arrangements.

4. Risk and Compliance:
* Manage the indirect tax compliance for all SCB entities within the region, and where necessary review the returns prior to filing.
* Develop and implement effective indirect tax risk management controls in line with Tax risk policies.
* Carry out compliance visits to Countries within the region on a regular basis.
* Ensure changes required as a result of new regulations are implemented throughout the region

5. Ad-hoc
* Represent the Bank on local industry groups e.g. BBA
* Assist with special projects as required

Qualifications Skills

To succeed in this role, you should possess the following:

1. Required Skills

- Have a financial services indirect tax background and be working in a Bank's in-house tax department or working in one the big 4 CPA firms.
- Be qualified with ATII, CTA or equivalent with substantial proven and relevant post qualification indirect tax experience.

In view of the need to interact with different areas of the bank, you should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to develop and maintain effective working relationships.

You must be a self-starter capable of working largely under your own initiative and posses outstanding organisational skills.

2. Required Competencies

- Deliver Results : Effectively manage your time and resources to ensure that objectives are achieved and projects are delivered on time.
- Business Knowledge : Understand the Banks business and the environment in which it operates.
- Indirect Tax Knowledge : A strong tax technical background is required with exposure to Indirect Taxes in a number of jurisdictions.
- Risk Management : Identify and manage indirect tax risk. Develop and implement risk measurement systems, processes and policies.
- Build Relationships : Develop and maintain effective working relationships, networks and partnerships with stakeholders and team members.
- People Management : Develop the team and encourage them to seek innovative approaches to problems and opportunities. Enable change and contribute to the effective functioning of the virtual team

- Personal Competencies
* Proactive - apply creative solutions and seek to pre-empt problems.
* Problem solving - identify and work through challenges
* Live the values - Integrate the Bank's core values into your actions at every level.
* Leadership - provide direction and clarity, encourage others to develop.

How To Apply

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Closing Dates

The closing date for applications is 09/07/2012. Please note all closing dates are given in Hong Kong time (GMT + 8 hours). We aim to respond to successful applicants within four weeks and will keep a record or your application in our database so that we can contact you when suitable vacancies arise in future.

Diversity Inclusion

Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.