Tax / Insurance / Trade Affairs Specialist

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The Position The Opportunity The Tax / Insurance / Trade Affairs Specialist will work closely with the local finance, shared services center, tax authority, and other tax professionals to ensure accurate and timely preparation, filing, and payment of tax returns. Responsible for conducting thorough tax research, creating, and implementing tax strategies, and managing tax audits. Provide guidance to the organization on tax planning and decision-making. The Assistant Tax Manager will assist the Tax Manager to ensure both compliance and business partnership.
This position is responsible for Roche Philippines as well as other countries in the region's tax compliance, tax planning, and accounting for all applicable taxes. Reporting directly to the Tax Manager with a dotted reporting line to the local Finance Manager.
As a Tax / Insurance / Trade Affairs Specialist, you are responsible for: Prepare and manage all Local Tax Operations (Returns, Payments), ensuring correct and timely applicable tax filing.
Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process.
Manage tax audits and respond to tax notices.
Manage Transfer Pricing according to Group Transfer Pricing Policy.
Provide support to implement Global Tax Policies.
Interactions with local Tax Authorities and Tax Audits.
Liaise with external tax consultants for any tax case.
Provide business support and advisory on tax where possible.
Who You Are: At least 3-5 years' experience in a multinational company either in a tax function or finance areas with exposure to taxes - or from an accounting and tax services advisory company.
Ability to contribute directly in fulfilling the essential duties linked to the position with service mindedness.
Good understanding of Local Taxes i.e., CIT, WHT, VAT, and Transfer Pricing.
Good accounting knowledge and familiarity to use of the business IT systems – Microsoft Office, G-Suite, and SAP being the main ones.
Fluent in spoken and written English due to the job nature
High level of integrity.
Who we are At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.