T&L: Director - Private Tax

Title: Private Tax, under Business Tax Service Line (based in Singapore) - Private Tax Director

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Deloitte Private Tax

Deloitte's Tax Services help companies and individuals manage their tax costs and obligations effectively, especially in the area of cross-border tax matters. Leveraging on Deloitte's global resources and reach, our Tax professionals keep clients abreast of developments that have tax implications and advise them in structuring investments, merger and acquisitions, transfer pricing, tax planning and compliance. Deloitte Private focused on privately held businesses and their owner families helping them with advising on wealth structuring, general and tax reporting obligations, family succession planning and tax efficiency of specific investments.

Deloitte Private focuses on the private client segment which represents a significant and growing market in Asia Pacific and is foundational to building Deloitte's scale and earnings in the region. As at FY20, Deloitte Private represents around 22% of the AP Firm and is one of the fastest growing parts of Deloitte in most markets we operate.

Specifically, Deloitte Private refers to the community of people and area of all business units, focused on working with clients in the following categories:

• Family Enterprises, incl HNW, their family businesses and Family Office
• Private equity firms
• Private companies
• Emerging growth companies

Work you'll do

You will join our team of dedicated Deloitte Private tax specialists, providing advice to privately held businesses and their owners. You will be one of the primary contacts for very wealthy Asian and global families and become a trusted advisor to those clients. You will supervise a team of specialised international professionals in executing projects and will coordinate advise across multiple geographies and service lines within Deloitte. After an introductory period you will frequently travel to Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries and meet clients/targets on your own or jointly with a Deloitte tax partner. Ideally, you would be based or spend a larger connected period of time in Indonesia or another major target market to work more closely with the local Deloitte Private professionals in those markets. You will report directly to the Tax Partner of Deloitte Private for Asia Pacific.

Responsibilities

• Review of tax advice, especially those with cross border elements
• Family office establishment including immigration and Section 13D/O/U incentives
• Providing tax compliance and advisory services to a mixed portfolio of corporate and individual clients
• Tax research
• Succession and estate planning
• Preparation of proposals/ presentations and assisting with business development etc.
• Managing client relationships and planning engagements
• Attending or organizing networking events and presentations

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We connect our purpose and shared values to identify issues as well as to make an impact that matters to our clients, people and the communities. Additionally, Senior Managers / Directors across our Firm are expected to:

• Actively seek out developmental opportunities for growth, act as strong brand ambassadors for the firm as well as share their knowledge and experience with others.
• Respect the needs of their colleagues and build up cooperative relationships.
• Understand the goals of our internal and external stakeholder to set personal priorities as well as align their teams work to achieve the objectives.
• Constantly challenge themselves, collaborate with others to deliver on tasks and take accountability for the results.
• Build productive relationships and communicate effectively in order to positively influence teams and other stakeholders.
• Offer insights based on a solid understanding of what makes Deloitte successful.
• Project integrity and confidence while motivating others through team collaboration as well as recognising individual strengths, differences, and contributions.
• Understand disruptive trends and promote potential opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accountancy, law or other related fields. An SCTP accreditation would be an added advantage.
• At least 12 years of tax advisory experience, preferably with an international accounting/ law firm.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Has an analytical mind and meticulous
• Ability to work under tight deadlines

Due to volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorised Deloitte Recruiters via firm's business contact number or business email address.