About Atome Financial
Headquartered in Singapore, Atome Financial is building a world-class tech enabled financial services platform that is the best companion of our customers lifetime. As a part of the Advance Intelligence Group, a Series D fintech unicorn and ranked Top 10 on LinkedIn's 2023 Top Singapore StartUps list with over 1,400+ staff worldwide, we are united by a shared vision and purpose: to Advance with Intelligence for a Better Life--for our customers, colleagues and communities.
Atome Financial operates in 5 ASEAN markets (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand). We have 3 key products:
- Atome BNPL: A leading buy now pay later brand in ASEAN and partners over thousands of online and offline brands
- Atome Card: A paylater anywhere card.
- Kredit Pintar: A leading Indonesia digital lending apps, regulated and supervised by Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK).
Our culture is built on values that are core to who we are and what we stand for:
- We foster an INNOVATION mindset
- We achieve results with EFFICIENCY and excellence
- We take pride in the QUALITY of our work
- We uphold INTEGRITY in all we do
- We embrace COLLABORATION to work across business lines and borders
Job Description
Reporting into the Group Head of Tax in Singapore this role will be managing the tax affairs for the Advance Intelligence Group (AIG) in the Philippines. This includes:
- Managing and overseeing compliance with income tax and indirect tax obligations (including corporate income tax, indirect tax (such as GRT, VAT), withholding taxes) to ensure accurate and timely submission and payment.
- Leading process/ automation enhancements to improve tax compliance processes
- Managing tax controversies including disputes, audits and enquiries – this includes developing strategies to minimize exposure and negotiations with the BIR.
- Providing tax advisory and implementation support on the Group's transactions and projects in the Philippines
- Monitoring the development of tax legislation in the Philippines to evaluate the impact to the Group's business in the Philippines.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA required
- Minimum 8 years of tax experience with strong regional exposure, including advisory work, with a combination of Big 4 and in-house experience preferred
- Ability to think and execute advice commercially, in fast paced environment (banking/ financial institution or fintech industry experience would be beneficial)
- Hands-on experience managing in Direct, Indirect and WHT issues
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Self-starter and continuously taking initiative to support on ad-hoc and project based work, being able to have attention to detail but have an understanding of implications on operational and commercial aspects
- Meticulous, independent, self-motivated, a creative thinker, and possess strong analytical skills
- Strong stakeholder management and possess good interpersonal and communication skills
