About us
Sea is the leading consumer internet company in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, operating the region’s largest e-commerce platform, Shopee, and leading global games developer and publisher, Garena.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to better the lives of the consumers and small businesses in our region with technology.
Our Vision:
Our company vision is “connecting the dots,” and our name, Sea, is inspired by our region which is home to over 600 million people. Our name evokes our region’s geography of islands and shorelines and reflects our aspiration of “connecting the dots”’ for our users.
We are proud to be connecting the dots across our entire region – connecting communities and players through Garena and connecting buyers and sellers through Shopee.
Job Description
You will be the contact person for all Mexico tax matters, overseeing the full spectrum of tax matters.
- Responsible for Mexico tax matters covering direct tax, indirect tax and transfer pricing
- Ensure the compliance of local tax requirements, including the review and/or preparation tax returns where appropriate and coordination with external consultants
- Coordinate and prepare transfer pricing documentation to ensure compliance of local transfer pricing regulations
- Act as a business partner to various teams (e.g. legal, finance, operations) in terms of contract negotiation, review and implementation.
- Monitor effective tax rate and ensure adequate current tax provision and deferred tax positions
- Assess and ensure local entities’ operations are aligned with the group tax policies
- Assist with research and implementation of various tax strategies and make appropriate recommendations from a tax perspective. This includes working closely with stakeholders to understand the tax impact of business operations and ensure that tax needs are identified, considered and communicated.
- Identify and implement tax digitization and automate tax processes
- Following tax digitalization trends and tax policy changes and highlight developments which have a current / future direct impact on our operations
- Manage tax disputes and resolutions with close collaboration with finance teams
- Maintain strong relationship with internal and external stakeholders e.g. tax authorities, consultants, etc.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Law from a recognized university, or professional qualification in tax
- Around 8-12 years of relevant local tax experience
- A combination of both Big 4 firm and commercial exposure is an advantage
- Strong corporate income tax exposure with good knowledge in indirect tax and transfer pricing
- A proactive and can-do attitude with an eye for details. Applicant should be hands on, be a good team player and have good problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task and project manage multiple workstreams and deliver under pressure.