# Senior Director, Tax - Greater China

**Company**: Visa
**Location**: Beijing
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

The Visa Global Tax Team is seeking a hands-on dynamic tax professional based in Beijing or Shanghai. This newly created position will be a key strategic tax adviser and a senior member of the Asia Pacific tax leadership team.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Tax Compliance & Governance:

- Oversee corporate, transactional and indirect tax compliance activities in the region to ensure all tax regulatory obligations are met.

- Provide guidance to enable Finance teams to effectively manage all tax filings.

- Ensure all material tax positions taken are appropriately aligned, executed and well documented.

- Partner with Finance to ensure effective key controls are in place to support tax compliance and reporting obligations.

- Tax Advisory & Projects:

- Provide real-time tax analysis and advice, including tax support for major client, merchant/partner, and vendor deals.

- Lead or provide tax support for key projects and initiatives, including but not limited to business restructuring, legal entity management, M&A integration, and IT system-related projects.

- Tax Controversy, Risk and Assurance:

- Lead tax audit and litigation activities.

- Conduct health-checks to identify potential compliance gaps and areas requiring remediation.

- Tax Reporting and Process Improvements:

- Support tax forecasting and reporting activities.

- Drive process improvement initiatives to ensure tax compliance obligations are met efficiently and effectively.

- Manage relationships and engagement with Visa’s tax agents to ensure the services provided are delivered in accordance with agreed scope and service expectations.

- Tax Policy, Legislative Monitoring & Capability Building:

- Proactively monitor and analyze newly enacted tax legislation in the Greater China region, including liaising with government agencies and officials.

- Monitor tax digitalization trends and broader tax policy developments.

- Communicate relevant tax updates in a timely manner and ensure appropriate tax knowledge transfer to Finance and Business teams.

**Requirements:**

- A relevant professional qualification in tax, accounting or law firms, with 15-20 years of relevant tax experience, including in-house tax experience in Greater China.

- Direct and indirect tax expertise required, including transfer pricing.

- Deep experience in managing complex tax audits, assessments and disputes in Greater China, including direct engagement with tax authorities and relevant appellate bodies.

- Deep technical expertise combined with strong commercial judgement and ability to translate complex tax requirements into practical business solutions.

- A strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate regulatory change, manage risk effectively and support business growth in a rapidly evolving global environment.

- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across Finance and non-Finance teams as well as teams within and outside Greater China.

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## Skills

### Required
- tax compliance
- tax advisory
- tax controversy
- transfer pricing
- tax policy

### Nice to have
- tax technology
- automation
- financial/accounting systems transformation

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