Senior Associate, Tax Specialist, Group Finance

This role offers an opportunity to join DBS’ Group Tax team and build a comprehensive tax career in the banking and financial services industry. You will be responsible for cross-border tax compliance and advisory matters to stakeholders across the various functions of the bank, focusing on Transfer Pricing (TP) and US withholding taxes. As part of a high-functioning and strategic Finance function, you will have the opportunity to develop financial services expertise and learn directly from senior tax specialists. Key Accountabilities • Support seniors in the Group Tax team with the following matters:Perform Transfer Pricing (TP) and US Qualified Intermediary (QI) compliance, including collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver robust documentation, perform assurance testing and timely regulatory submission. • Provide transactional tax advisory support to various business units across the Bank under senior supervision, evaluating and analysing complex tax implications relating to global TP and US QI regulations. • Work with stakeholders to operationalise TP and US QI rules into business processes, strengthen governance frameworks and proactively managing operational tax risks. • Support the Bank's transfer pricing audit defence, dispute resolution processes, QI periodic reviews. Job Duties & responsibilities • Support seniors in the Tax team with the following matters:Assist in reconciliation of related party transaction data and the preparation of Transfer Pricing (TP) documentation (including Master and Local Files) on a timely basis, ensuring compliance with Singapore and Global TP regulations. • Support US QI withholding tax compliance matters, including working closely with and providing guidance to Business/Operations teams to ensure US tax documentation, withholding, and reporting compliance for the Group. • Support TP and US QI advisory to business units and group entities in relation to existing/new business operations/transactions, where required. • Facilitate updates to procedural manuals, compliance checklists, and operating models to seamlessly embed new regulatory updates or business initiatives into the Bank's workflows. • Conduct internal health-checks and compliance reviews, tracking the remediation of audit findings to ensure continuous operational and tax audit readiness. • Assist in addressing queries from tax authorities during audits, and support dispute resolution and tax ruling applications. • Other ad-hoc projects as assigned. Required Experience • We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications and experience:Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related fields. • Professional Qualification such as SCTP, ISCA, ACA/ACCA, etc. (preferred but not mandatory). • Transfer pricing, withholding tax, and/or international experience, ideally gained in a Big 4 professional firm for at least 3 to 5 years. Relevant industry exposure may be viewed favourably. Core Competencies • Highly motivated, adaptable and a fast learner with a strong eagerness to deepen knowledge of taxation, banking operations, finance and other related bank processes. • Proficient in handling and organising financial data with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel. Familiarity in analytics software and/or AI tools is an advantage. • Strong research, analytical and lateral-thinking skills to evaluate tax impact for business and other related implications. • Strong and confident communicator with effective style adaptation both verbally and written to support and manage the communication with both internal and external stakeholders. • Positive solution-oriented mindset with a willingness to embrace new challenges with an open and proactive attitude. Location: DBS Asia CentralJob: Job: Finance.Schedule: RegularEmployee Status: Full time #J-18808-Ljbffr