What The Role Is
To manage and ensure timely filing, payment and refund processing, handling of property tax related enquiries, and compliance of all property tax obligations for JTC. This role involves close coordination with IRAS, Finance, IT vendors and internal teams to monitor, validate, and report property tax matters, maintain accurate records and GIS maps, and support budgeting and forecasting.
The role includes the land resource planning and management of JTCs estates to support the changing needs of companies, provide good jobs for Singapore and to ensure that the limited industrial land continues to support Singapores economy.
What You Will Be Working On
- Property Tax filing, payment & refund processing and Compliance
- Ensure timely processing & payment of all property tax bills/notices (annual & ac-hoc basis) issued by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)
- Prompt e-Filing of Notice of Transfer (NOT) for all property transfers, ensure proper tracking and timely processing of property tax refund by IRAS
- Verify, prepare and seek approval of payment of property tax from in accordance with financial manual
- Enquiries & Stakeholder Liaison
- Handle internal and external enquiries related to land & property tax matters.
- Act as the key liaison with IRAS for all property tax payment and refund matters, clarifications, audits & appeals
- Financial Planning, Budgeting & Reporting
- Work closely with the Finance Division to estimate the annual property tax budget.
- Prepare monthly property tax provisions report.
- Provide inputs during budget planning and forecasting cycles.
- Generate ad hoc reports for management and audit purposes.
- Database & GIS Updates
- Ensure accurate updating to internal property tax databases, including GIS (Geographic Information System) data where applicable.
- Ensure proper record filing of property information, tax status, bills & notices and payment history
- Key user representative of JTC internal IT system for property tax
- Provide user requirements, review workflows, process re-engineering & automation, coordinate user acceptance testing
- Work closely with IT rep and vendor to manage data related & system integration issues
- Conduct stakeholders engagement, training and change management where necessary
- Land resource planning of JTCs estates
- Iterate between macro and micro considerations, strategic and localised issues in area of land resource planning and management in Singapores unique context
- Understand Singapores land planning considerations, with focus on how to address industrialists needs and support Singapores economic growth
- Trade-off between different land uses when planning for land-scarce Singapore, without compromising Singapores economic growth
- Work with agencies to ensure various planning and infrastructure requirements are provided so that the manufacturing sector and manufacturing-related services sector can thrive and good jobs provided for Singapore
- Negotiate well, after understanding various and often conflicting perspectives of various stakeholders, e.g. government agencies, such that Singapores economic growth can be achieved
- Work well with diverse teams in JTC to consider and address various needs from e.g. business managers, engineers, project managers to ensure land is made available in timely manner; and support the creation of innovative and sustainable products to meet manufacturing and manufacturing-related services companies needs
What We Are Looking For
- Relevant Degree in Real Estate, Land Planning or related fields
- Experience: relevant experience in property tax management or real estate administration. You are expected to be familiar with JTCs industrial estates, products, policies and business operations over time.
- Skills:
- Good analytical and interpersonal skills
- Strong attention to detail and flair for data accuracy
- Good written and communication skills, able to work independently
- Good knowledge of property tax related regulations and procedures is an advantage
- Experience with GIS platforms and databases is an advantage
