Headquartered in United States, Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP (“HCVT”) is a large regional accounting firm employing over 700 professionals domestically in the U.S. HCVT SG Pte. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of HCVT, incorporated in Singapore to help facilitate and elevate client services for HCVT’s existing client base doing business in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Role Purpose:
Liaise with designated professional accounting firms and global law firms, along with client personnel to develop and execute tax planning and structuring for multiple client companies.
Oversee and prepare tax filings for multiple jurisdictions including, but not limited to, Singapore, China, India, Korea, Malaysia, & Australia. Develop strategies and policies that would aid in maintaining compliance with local and international tax laws and regulations, including identification of tax issues that might exist and proposals for solutions.
The ideal candidate is a dedicated & highly knowledgeable tax professional with an interest in joining a start-up organization to directly support growth and profitability of HCVT’s Private Equity practice. This role will predominantly be focused on HCVT’s engagement with TPG Capital’s Asia platform business. The HCVT tax engagement team has served as TPG’s dedicated outsourced tax services team for over a decade. Additional information and background on TPG and the Asia businesses serviced by HCVT are included immediately below.
TPG is a leading global alternative asset manager with ~$230 billion in assets under management. TPG operates a number of their global and regional investment business units in the Asia Pacific region. The scope of TPG’s Asia investment platform includes traditional private equity and leverage buyout transactions, along with funds with specific investment mandates such as credit, real estate, venture capital, secondaries, and impact investing.
TPG has a strong track record in Asia, and has established itself as a value-creating partner for its portfolio of companies, with a strong culture of integrity. The TPG team is organized in local offices in Australia, China, India, Korea, and Singapore, where they build regional platforms by investing through a variety of transaction structures, including partnerships with governments, families, and corporations. Connectivity with TPG’s global investment ecosystem drives a thematic growth-oriented investment approach in our core sectors, including Consumer, Healthcare, Financial Services, and TMT/New Economy.
The individual will report directly to the Principal, Asia Tax based in Singapore, and indirectly to Partner, Asia Tax based in United States, along with the broader HCVT tax engagement team.
Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Provide ongoing tax support and oversight of Asia Pacific investments for HCVT Private Equity clients.
- Lead tax structuring advice preparation by external advisors (for new acquisitions, exits, restructurings and refinancing), balancing commercial views with tax and legal considerations which includes providing tax review comments with respect to tax structuring advice and transaction documentation related to Asia Pacific deals.
- Discuss tax issues identified on transactions with the relevant deal team and assisting them in understanding the tax implications of their decisions.
- Prepare of materials to facilitate senior level discussions on tax topics.
- Support domestic and cross border tax compliance including review and approval of tax returns for Fund SPVs in Asia Pacific (tax returns are mainly filed in Singapore and India).
- Ensure appropriate controls are maintained to manage tax risk.
- Partner with various internal and external parties to develop and implement consistent tax positions for investments across the Asia Pacific region.
- Track and assess ongoing tax developments in the Asia Pacific region that could impact key business areas and/or investment structures, and providing timely updates to TPG and the broader HCVT Tax engagement team.
- Develop working understanding of US tax concepts that are critical to investment structuring and fund operations/reporting.
- Develop and maintain relevant industry contacts and manage relationships with third party tax advisors, accounting firms and law firms with a continued focus on identifying best in class service providers.
Eligible candidates should have:
- A bachelor’s degree relevant to the position; a Master’s degree or other equivalent advanced degree in Taxation strongly preferred
- Professional accounting or tax qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, ATT or CTA, or relevant equivalent (e.g. law degree with experience practicing in Tax)
- Minimum 6 + years of relevant tax experience preferably combined experience in public accounting (preferably Big Four) and private industry with exposure to South-East Asia (transactional experience is essential)
- Strong integrity, work ethic, and professionalism
- Ability to work independently and to take on additional responsibilities yet be a team player who can produce deliverables of a high quality
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to communicate with tax professionals on a technical level, summarize and explain technical tax issues to non-tax professionals in a commercial and meaningful manner
- Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to effectively multi-task and appropriately prioritize competing demands in a fluid environment
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