Associate Manager - V&A Tax - Global Professional Services

V&A Tax Associate Manager

About The Company:

ARA's client is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions - underpinned by the world's largest delivery network - ARA's Client works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 492,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, ARA's Client drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.

The Role:

V&A Tax Associate Manager:

- This role will be responsible for providing tax support to Company's client teams on their significant client engagements & V&A's in Japan. The candidate will also support the Japan Tax Lead in managing tax compliance and tax reporting for Company's businesses in Japan Also candidate will report to the Japan Tax Lead

Key Responsibilities:

- Leading the tax due diligence process for potential Targets, identifying material tax risks and corresponding mitigation options, in order to ensure Company's' interests are protected and any tax/transactional risks are appropriately managed

- Providing tax advice for undertaking acquisitions which address areas such as funding, identification of appropriate acquisition vehicles, post-acquisition integration steps

- Working collaboratively to provide tax inputs on transaction documents to Company's Legal and Corporate Development teams

- Leading the process, from a tax standpoint, of integrating the Target's operations with company's successful completion of an acquisition

- Advising on tax implications for Company's complex client engagements in Japan which would cover analysis of corporate tax, transaction tax, withholding taxes, consumption taxes and such similar considerations for such engagements

- Soliciting and managing the input of external professional advisors for the above purposes

- Supporting the Japan Tax Lead in managing tax compliance, controversy and reporting, where required, for Company's Japan business operations

- Support Asia Pacific Tax team in the successful implementation of global initiatives across the region.

Skills Required:

- Experience in Transaction/ V&A/ M&A taxation is preferred.

- The job requires a minimum background of 5 years tax experience, either as a tax professional in a Big 4 tax department or with a multinational business.

- Strong analytical and technical skills;

- Good written and verbal communication skills;

- Strong interpersonal skills;

- Ability to work as part of a team; and

- Ability to work independently in a virtual work environment.

Qualifications & Experience:

- 8 to 10 yrs exp

- Education: CA / CPA (or tax specialized certification)

- Computer Skills: Experience with Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.