Role Definition
Provides advisory, analysis and counsel on business projects, transactions and technical rules, and reviews compliance activities, with a focus on the China Value Added Tax (“VAT”), including export VAT refund.

Responsibilities
Preparing and performing advisory on projects and transactions, material China VAT compliance and provision computations, utilizing tax technical rules and business facts.
Working closely with internal and external business partners to ensure appropriate information is gathered, analyzed, and proficiently conveys information on VAT implications.
Monitoring legislative changes and analyzing potential impacts on China VAT obligations.
Researching and evaluating China VAT regulations to document VAT positions, optimize enterprise VAT impact, and analyze VAT impacts of proposed legislation.
Analyzing, developing and reviewing responses to support tax authority inquiries.
Supporting projects related to process improvements, implementation of controls, or Global Tax initiatives.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or above in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 7 years of relevant tax experience, preferably in Big 4 accounting firms or multinational corporations.
Solid hands-on experience in China VAT, including export VAT refund, VAT filing, compliance, and related tax analysis.
Strong knowledge of PRC tax regulations and practical application in a corporate environment.
Experience working with cross-functional teams and supporting business operations from a tax perspective.
Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Chinese and English required as working languages; proficient in both spoken and written English, with the ability to communicate effectively with global stakeholders.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a high level of integrity and professionalism.

Skill Descriptors
Planning: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
Develops, refines and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

Effective Communications: Understandings of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Extensive Experience:
Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
Communicates well downward, upward and outward.
Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Extensive Experience:
Organized potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools and processes.
Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.

Tax Management: Knowledge of China VAT laws and regulations, organizational VAT practices, obligations, ability to manage organization VAT related issues, including export VAT refund issues.
Level Extensive Experience:
Analyzes China VAT implications of alternative approaches of business projects or transactions. .
Represents the organization in VAT defense actions.
Compares an organization’s VAT practices and strategies against the VAT laws and regulations.
Consults on a variety of VAT related matters.

Tax Operations: Knowledge of China VAT practices and regulations; ability to prepare and file VAT returns.
Level Extensive Experience:
Advises others on VAT requirements and their inter-relationships.
Facilitates resolution of all outstanding items, problems and issues with tax authorities.
Evaluates issues and considerations in integrating VAT information across lines of business.
Evaluates pending legislation and its impact on VAT reporting and operations.
Resolves common VAT-related errors and problems.

Tax Regulations: Knowledge of the China VAT procedures and regulations; ability to adhere to the VAT regulations when filing forms as they pertain to a particular business or industry.
Level Extensive Experience:
Follows current VAT regulations as they pertain to own industry.
Develops internal policies and procedures regarding the VAT obligations of the organization.
Analyzes VAT liability in several organizational areas.
Clarifies the rationale behind specific VAT rates and regulations.

Research Analysis: Knowledge of concepts, methodologies and methods of research analysis; ability to locate, interpret and evaluate research findings compiled and documented by others.
Level Extensive Experience:
Researches and evaluates materials that are related to a research topic, under the guidance of a supervisor.
Reports on validity, relevance and accuracy issues.
Implements basic research analysis methods and techniques.
Uses published information to support new research.
Adheres to an organization's research analysis standards.

Additional information
The position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.