Job Description

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM is looking for an experienced tax professional with a strong background in Malaysia Taxes for the position of Country Tax Manager. The Malaysia Country Tax Manager will report to the ASEANZK (Australia, South East Asia, New Zealand & Korea) Regional Tax Manager. The position is based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

As Malaysia Country Tax Manager, the successful candidate will manage all aspects of IBM Malaysia\xe2\x80\x99s tax operations and act as a trusted business advisor to the IBM business lines. This includes overseeing tax compliance, tax controversy, transfer pricing, tax planning, and tax advisory support to IBM Malaysia\xe2\x80\x99s Business Units and Enterprise Support Functions.

The Malaysia Country Tax Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Ensuring IBM Malaysia\xe2\x80\x99s compliance with all taxation laws and regulations, including timely and accurate tax filings and payments (i.e. corporate income tax, withholding tax, indirect tax such as sales and services tax), and ensuring appropriate tax positions are adopted.
• Ensuring accurate recording of Income Taxes and Indirect Taxes for USGAAP and Malaysia GAAP Reporting purposes.
• Providing practical tax solutions and tax advisory support to IBM Malaysia\xe2\x80\x99s Business Units and Enterprise Support Functions, including working cross-functionally with IBM Legal, Treasury, Accounting, Finance & Operations teams to meet IBM\xe2\x80\x99s Global Tax strategic objectives.
• Managing tax legislation and controversial developments in Malaysia, including ensuring legislative and judicial developments are assessed and communicated to internal stakeholders, and supporting lobbying efforts.
• Tax Authority relationship management, including coordination of tax audits and liaising with tax authorities on relevant tax issues as required.
• Work closely with and support IBM\xe2\x80\x99s Corporate Headquarters and Global Tax Team in researching, analyzing, and implementing tax planning opportunities, mergers & acquisition activities, and various internal reporting.
• Ensuring compliance with IBM\xe2\x80\x99s Tax Controls Framework and Tax Policies.
• Own and manage relationships with external service providers such as tax and legal advisors as required.
• Build and maintain networks with the Malaysia Tax community and IBM Malaysia\xe2\x80\x99s Leadership Team.

• Minimum 10 years relevant tax experience, with extensive Malaysia direct and indirect tax compliance and advisory experience including managing tax compliance for multiple legal entities, in-depth knowledge of Malaysia corporate income taxes and income tax accounting, indirect taxes, transfer pricing, and a working knowledge of employment taxes.
• Candidate should have strong skills and background in tax compliance & tax operations with relevant Big 4 experience. In-house tax experience within a large multinational enterprise is an advantage.
• Candidate should hold formal qualifications in Accounting / Tax (e.g. ACCA, MICPA, CPA, CAANZ, CTIM etc).
• Fluent English and Bahasa Malaysia (spoken and written).
• A hands-on approach, self-starter with attention to detail and learning agility is required.
• Having a commercial outlook, strong business acumen and an awareness of risk is required.
• Strong teaming and communication skills with a collaborative mindset is required to continuously seek opportunities for process optimization and solution implementation.

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