Associate - Tax, People Advisory Services

The Opportunity:
Our tax practice revolves around helping our clients effectively manage their tax obligations proactively and responsibly. As part of a global team of 35,000 tax professionals in 150 countries, you will advise clients on planning, compliance and reporting wherever the client has needs. Our unwavering commitment to quality service and our technical networks enables you to help clients reduce inefficiencies, mitigate risk and improve opportunities within their tax functions.

As part of the People Advisory Services team, it gives you the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of deploying a globally mobile workforce. We provide strategic advice on mobility programs and offer technology advisory services and project management.

Applicants will be considered for either of the responsibilities mentioned below:

Your Key Responsibilities under the Mobility team:

• Focus on personal taxation and social security issues for companies with globally mobile employees
• Apply individual income tax knowledge and expand it to include experience on cross-border situations, application of tax treaties, cross-border mobility situations.
• Provide both tax compliance and advice to inbound and outbound employees (e.g. basis of taxation, tax residency status, tax planning via remuneration packages, employee share schemes).
• Engage in variety of projects including employment tax risk reviews, share scheme planning and employment arrangement advice.
• Liaise with overseas EY offices to coordinate complete cross-border advice for our clients.

Your Key Responsibilities under the Global Immigration team:

• Assist clients to manage their business issues relating to their global workforce by providing immigration compliance and advisory services with a focus on client service, quality, risk management and technical excellence.
• Manage and perform engagement management activities including billing, scheduling, performance evaluations, mentoring/coaching and managing client expectations
• Monitor regulatory changes in the Singapore immigration domain, guiding clients in implementing necessary changes to their foreign workforce and processes in a timely manner.
• Possess and continually increase understanding of up-to-date immigration knowledge and complex expatriate issues. Researching independently on the steps required to obtain such visas by liaising with the respective embassy or consulate.
• Develop an understanding of the firm's strategic priorities, business and team goals.
• Identify opportunities and assist with business development such as drafting of responses and participating in proposal process.
• Strive for operational excellence and communicating ideas to promote opportunities for process improvements.
• Establish and maintain long-term collaborative relationships with clients and internal colleagues.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Pursuing university degree related to Accountancy, Business (Human Resource), Economics or equivalent
• Problem solving and numerical skills
• Ability to work with complex and detailed information
• Experience and/or demonstrated ability in time management and adaptability to change under pressure to build effective relationships at all levels
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and relationship building