Tax Manager, Business Tax Advisory

Standard Chartered Bank

We are currently looking for a Tax Manager to join our Business Tax team.

Scope & Purpose

Assist in ensuring that tax risk of the group is well controlled and remains within risk appetite.
Assist in the provision of tax advisory support to the various businesses globally including Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Transaction Banking, Retail and Private Banking and Wealth Management.

Key Responsibilities

To assist the Business Tax Team with the following:

Business

Facilitate business transactions by providing prompt, concise advice and practical solutions such that the business is able to transact in a timely manner taking tax costs/ risks appropriately into account.
Maintain relationships with key business & relevant associated stakeholders.
Oversee the provision by external advisers of tax advice to business.
Proactively identify and execute on value opportunities that are consistent with the Group's Approach to Tax and Tax Policy.
Provide formal approvals on various products and transactions including global product programmes and bespoke transactions.
Proactively keep on top of tax developments & keep relevant business and associated stakeholders informed of significant impacts of these developments.
Work closely with Country Tax teams and Tax Specialist groups (Indirect, Transfer Pricing & CTIC teams) to provide support to businesses

Risk Management

Ensure control assurance framework is sufficient to maintain tax avoidance risk within risk tolerance and to identify and refer relevant tax compliance obligations, including transfer pricing and indirect & transactional taxes to the relevant process owner or specialist (where applicable).
Deliver training to business and related control functions to support compliance with the Tax Procedure - Business.
Ensure judgemental decisions regarding application of the Group's Approach to Tax and Tax Policy to transactions are appropriately escalated with a recommendation.

Governance

Understand and comply with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions; the Group's policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct. Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters.
Embed the Group's values and code of conduct to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations among employees form part of the culture.

Key Stakeholders

Business teams, COO teams & relevant business support functions (Finance, Treasury, Product Control, Legal, Compliance, Operations etc).
Business Tax Team, Specialist Tax groups and Country Tax teams.
External Advisers and industry peers.

Key Requirements

Post qualification international tax experience in a Big 4 firm or an in-house financial services role.
Knowledge of international tax legislation and principals with a good understanding of banking products & regulation.
Capability to make sensible, real-time commercial and risk judgements and recommend practical solutions.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to simplify complex tax matters for business stakeholders.
Excellent command of written and spoken English, and written and spoken Mandarin skills would be highly regarded.

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