Asia Tax Manager at Major Real Estate Financing Firm
Asia Tax Manager at Major Real Estate Financing Firm
Category | Taxation | Salary | 12-18 M ¥ |
Work Type | Permanent | Date | 2008-06-27 |
Location | Tokyo | Ref.# | KCL12340 |
Company Description
*A leading provider of debt to real estate investors in Japan
*The firm's financing focus is broad, and encompasses non-recourse, recourse, mezzanine, and development financing across all asset classes
*Its Japan office is seeking a motivated and energetic Tax Manager for the Asia region
Responsibilities
*Develops, recommends and implements tax planning strategies for company’s Asian operations and investments
*Provides technical tax assistance in planning and development of structures *Documents and maintains records of tax policies and procedures and provides technical expertise and guidance and co-ordinates tax services provided by service providers
*Identifies tax issues as they arise and ensures that any changes required are carried out
*Regularly evaluates the performance of outside tax service providers and recommends changes where necessary
*Performs technical research and analysis related to relevant Asian country tax issues affecting the return on the investment and/or the Company’s overall effective tax rate
*Assists in designing, implementing and continually improving procedures to facilitate pro-active identification and resolution of tax issues
*Partners with investment team, legal, accounting, treasury and other internal departments to address tax issues during due diligence and developing tax-efficient structures for investments
*Maintains strong working relationships with affected internal departments and external vendors
*Provides recommendations to minimize and/or monitor risk, conveying technical tax information to appropriate internal parties and working with them to eliminate or manage tax related risks
*Provides proper training, information and guidance to internal departments on tax matters
*Represents the Company externally with tax authorities
Requirements
*Bachelors Degree in Accounting - a Masters degree in taxation or LLM will be a major plus
*More than 5 years Asian tax consulting and structuring experience in a major accounting or law firm and/or industry
*Experiences in Asia tax structuring will be a major plus
*Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment as well as in a team environment
*Excellent issue identification and research skills
*Strong organizational, analytic, and problem-solving skills.
*Strong interpersonal communication skills in English
*Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
*Experience with funds highly desirable
*Accounting or finance experience highly desirable
*US GAAP experience a plus
Additional Notes
Remuneration:
Around 15M JPY depending on skills and experience
