Alibaba / Lazada Global Tax

Company Introduction

Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. It is accelerating progress in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam through commerce and technology. With the largest logistics and payments networks in the region, Lazada is a part of its consumers' daily lives in the region and aims to serve 300 million shoppers by 2030. Since 2016, Lazada has been the Southeast Asia flagship platform of Alibaba Group, powered by its world-class technology infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support tax compliance and advisory for the business, in aspects of corporate income tax, indirect tax (e.g. Goods and Services Tax; Value Added Tax; Sales and Services Tax; withholding tax, Platform VAT (LVG), Digital Service Tax, & etc) and transfer pricing
• Assist in preparing, independently analyze and filing of internal and external tax returns and reports for entities, including current and deferred tax provisions, transfer pricing documentation and tax audits with local tax authorities
• Ensure tax returns and reports are complete, accurate and compliant with local legislation
• Monitor tax regulatory changes and advice on impact on the Company’s tax and transfer pricing policies and practices
• Build and maintain relationships with internal tax departments, external tax advisors as well as tax authorities
• Continuously improve company financial systems, processes and productivity, supporting tax compliance project initiatives, contributing significantly to the change and improvement

Requirements/Qualifications (must have)

• Bachelor degree and/or professional qualification in Taxation, Accounting, or related fields
• 2 - 4 years tax experience in public accounting firm (Big 4 preferred) and/or MNC handling international CIT, Indirect tax and withholding tax compliance
• Deep familiarity with transfer pricing / corporate income tax, VAT/GST regimes, domestic and international withholding tax, tax compliance requirements, and tax audits
• Strong analytical skills with solid knowledge and experiences on taxation. Transfer pricing experience would be an added advantage
• A self-starter, who is detailed-oriented, resourceful, able to work independently, multi-task and efficiently manage multiple tight deadlines.
• Excellent business focus and able to propose solutions to tax issues after consulting with internal business stakeholders and external and internal tax, legal and financial advisors
• Good communication skill who can establish close collaboration with internal stakeholder and manage external advisors. Ability to read and write Chinese will be an advantage.
• Pro-active, hands on, enthusiastic and not afraid to ask questions and challenge the status quo
• Experience with E-commerce and tax compliance matters would be an advantage, but not a requirement