# Tax Manager

**Company**: Flexport
**Location**: Shenzhen, China
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Logistics

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## Description

## Job Overview

We are seeking a Tax Manager to join our team in Shenzhen, China. As a key member of our tax team, you will be responsible for managing and filing statutory tax filings, leading tax reconciliation processes, and providing tax advisory services.

## Key Responsibilities

### China Statutory Tax Compliance

- Manage and file all required PRC statutory tax filings (CIT, VAT, stamp duty) in-house, in line with local market and city-specific requirements.

- Monitor filing deadlines across all China entities/locations and ensure timely, accurate submission.

- Track changes in PRC tax law and regulations and assess their impact on the business.

- Lead or assist with the annual CIT reconciliation and annual statutory tax filing process.

- Respond to tax bureau inquiries, audits, and information requests.

### APAC Tax Reconciliation

- Manage and lead the tax reconciliation process across APAC entities, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and timely close.

- Partner with regional finance teams to identify and resolve reconciliation discrepancies.

- Provide regular reporting on APAC tax positions and risk exposure to the APAC Regional Controller.

### Tax Advisory and Process Improvement

- Advise business stakeholders on APAC tax compliance requirements and implications of new transactions or business changes.

- Identify and drive improvements to tax compliance processes, controls, and reporting workflows, including automation opportunities.

- Support development and maintenance of internal tax policies and procedures.

### External Stakeholder Management

- Liaise with local accounting firms, tax agents, and advisors across APAC markets to manage outsourced tax compliance work.

- Manage scope, quality, cost, and timeliness of external tax service providers.

- Coordinate transfer pricing documentation (local file, master file, and related filings) with external advisors and the regional/group transfer pricing team.

- Support indirect tax (VAT/GST) and direct tax matters across the region, including planning, compliance, and dispute resolution.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.

- 5–8 years of relevant China tax experience, ideally including exposure to APAC regional tax matters; background in a Big 4 or professional accounting firm is a plus.

- Solid working knowledge of PRC tax laws and regulations and general familiarity with tax regimes across other APAC markets.

- Practical experience with transfer pricing documentation and indirect tax compliance.

- Proven experience managing relationships with external tax agents, accounting firms, or advisors across multiple jurisdictions.

- Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced, multi-country environment.

- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

## Skills

### Required
- PRC tax laws and regulations
- tax compliance
- transfer pricing documentation
- indirect tax compliance
- analytical skills
- organisational skills
- problem-solving skills

### Nice to have
- Big 4 or professional accounting firm background
- APAC regional tax matters
- English language proficiency

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