APAC Tax Manager

Azelis

Azelis is a leading global distributor of specialty chemicals and innovative ingredients, representing first-class manufacturers across various industries. Founded in 2001, the company has grown both organically and through acquisitions and is now present in 65 countries, with 100+ legal entities. We generated EUR 4.2 billion of revenues in 2024, and we employ more than 4,300 people globally with offices across Europe, Middle-East and Africa, the United States, Canada and Mexico as well as Asia-Pacific. Our business is industry-focussed and organised around Market Segments. Life Sciences includes: Personal Care, Pharma, Food & Health, Animal Nutrition and Specialty Agri/Horti. Industrial Chemicals covers: Chemical Industries, CASE and Rubber & Plastic Additives, Homecare & Industrial Cleaning and Lubricants & Metal Working Fluids.

Attractive to this Role

We are looking for an ambitious Apac Tax Manager with strong analytical and excellent communication skills who will play an important role in the Azelis’ growth strategy and who will support our Regional Apac Headquarters (located in Singapore) and Group Tax Department (located in Antwerp, Belgium) in all direct and indirect tax related topics in the Apac Region.

Azelis is rapidly improving its internal organization, it is expected from the Apac Tax Manager to play an active role in the Apac transfer pricing compliance and documentation, in monitoring the tax compliance (incl. effective tax rate) in all Apac jurisdictions and ultimately you will be involved in various Apac acquisitions projects (e.g. business mandates, M&A projects,…).

Azelis is listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange of Brussels since September 2021 and due to continuous organic and inorganic growth in the Apac Region this challenging position has become available. In the Apac Region Azelis is currently active in the following countries with appr. 40 entities: China, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, India, Japan, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

APAC Tax Manager

Reporting & Location

The Apac Tax Manager reports to the Group Tax Department, who is located in Antwerp (Belgium), with a dotted line to the Regional CFO of APAC, located in Singapore.

The role is (preferably) located in Malaysia.

Your Role

You will be involved in various international tax and transfer pricing projects, like:

Support the Group tax department on large international projects like providing assistance on external acquisitions (M&A) (a.o. tax scanning as part of a due diligence process,…);

Provide tax support on several internal Apac reorganizations (e.g. mergers and any other internal reorganizations) in view of optimizing our legal structure;

Ensure APAC tax strategy and model remain aligned with Group directional business plans and strategic initiatives;

Proactively manage relationships with tax authorities and efficiently assist in resolving tax audits and controversies;

Preserve and improve the current local transfer pricing documentation in all Apac countries in accordance with the BEPS standards and local tax legislation;

Assist on the further roll-out of local transfer pricing policies and documentation in new Apac countries and/or newly acquired companies in the Apac Region in accordance with local tax legislation;

Ensure compliance with local tax legislation by monitoring of filing requirements (e.g. transfer pricing documentation and tax returns).

Assist on the transfer pricing policies tailored to the specific commercial needs;

Assist, develop and document intra-group transactions in the Apac Region;

Monitor the income tax expense and effective tax rate in the Apac countries on a permanent basis;

Providing support on general other tax compliance matters (like withholding tax returns,…)

Follow-up new legislative initiatives in the Apac countries impacting the Azelis organizations and communicate this to the relevant internal stakeholders (e.g. Pillar II legislation, important and crucial changes in domestic law,…)

In this role, you collaborate with the Group Tax Manager and with the Regional CFO of Apac and you will work closely on a daily basis with the various local finance teams in the Apac Region and with our colleagues of other specializations (e.g. Treasury, Legal, Controlling & Finance, M&A, Strategy,…).

Qualification & Skills

We are looking for a challenging, curious personality that is open to work in an international (fast-growing) environment. The successful candidate will have the attitude to work well in team-based environments with a very strong interest in interaction between finance and tax:

Minimum 6 years of relevant working experience in international taxation in a Big 4 or boutique law firm or you gained expert knowledge in the private industry.

Additional expertise and focus in Apac transfer pricing is a plus.

University degree in Applied Economics, Commercial Engineering and/or law, with a post-graduate degree in Tax.

You are team player, analytic, pragmatic and flexible;

Ability to work with figures and excellent command of Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

Fluent in English;

Effective written and verbal communication skills in English;

Hands-on mentality and proactive attitude;

The ability to take complex concepts and analyses and clearly explain them in written form.

Attention to detail, the ability to balance multiple projects at the same time, and a willingness to take ownership over assigned tasks.

You are flexible and willing to work with colleagues in different time zones.

R6740