Accounting and Tax Specialist

Role and Responsibilities

The Accounting and Tax Specialist is responsible for the preparation, analysis, and recording of all tax-related transactions and accounting data for the company and its reconciliation. This includes ensuring compliance with tax regulations, accurate recording of tax transactions, and managing the timely payment and reporting of tax obligations. Accounting and Tax Specialist plays a critical role in maintaining tax records, supporting audits, and ensuring the organization’s overall tax compliance, and as a Business Partner to management by providing tax advice, involvement in projects, minimizing tax exposure and maximizing tax savings.

 Key Responsibilities

 1.    Tax Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure that the company positions are in compliance with local and international tax laws with respect to Tax, all obligations

• Responsible for computation and submission of Monthly and Annual Tax Return and all of tax compliance obligations are paid and submitted on time

• Responsible in computation of Tax Forecast and Budget, Deferred Tax

• Ensure all tax reconciliation (fiscal vs commercial) by payables-receivable and by object are well maintained, accurate. Provide alert or advice to related function for any tax exposures due to reconciling item and responsible in its follow up action (if any)

• Involved in month and year end financial closing process.

• Support in maintaining the validity and integrity of payroll data to ensure all payroll tax transactions are compliant with tax laws.

 2.    Audit Handling & Risk Management

• Assisting in response SP2DK, Tax Audit, Tax Objection, Tax Court, and other audit by Indonesian Government authorities and ensure the required data and documents are well provided in the required timelines.

• Intensively involved in Statutory Audit Process and responsible for its Audit adjustment

 3.    Internal & External Coordination

• Timely coordination with the Tax department officials, various Tax and Transfer Pricing Consultants, Statutory Auditors, Internal Auditors.

• Liaise intensively with the Group Head of Tax on all Tax and Transfer Pricing related matters, communicating tax issues, bi-weekly update of the Tax audit tracker with progress updates, including its follow-up action and status

• Assist Finance Controller/Finance Head in reviewing contract/agreement with 3rd parties or Intercompany to identify any Taxation Exposure and determine the best Tax approach.

• Building and maintaining effective communication with internal finance teams and other departments within the company.

 4.       Business Partnering & Advisory

• Suggest the work process improvement/digitalization related to tax tasks (if required)

• To support projects related to Taxation.

 5.     People Management & Training

• Coordinate with external parties and internal teams and conduct tax awareness/training program required for Organization team members

• Perform Any other jobs/ad hoc as allocated from time to time by the Group Head of Tax and Site Financial Controller/Finance Head

6.       Transfer Pricing Support

• Responsible in building, monitoring and maintaining Segmented profit & loss accounts and its analysis on monthly basis as per the Transfer Pricing Strategy/Policy and communicating actions required for any deviation.

• Ensure that all transfer pricing studies/documentation/agreements and supporting evidence are held, kept, documented, and updated

7.     Accounting and Financial Operation

• Support in month-end closing process including managing accruals and provision on monthly basis and its balance sheet reconciliation.

• Support submission for all reporting, including statutory reporting, group reporting and other external statutory reporting.

• Review all Balance Reconciliation and its open item and responsible in settlement the follow up action.

8.       Other Duties

• Any other jobs/ad hoc as allocated from time to time by the Site Financial Controller/Finance Head and Global Tax Director

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Minimum working experience 5 years in MNC, from Tobacco industries is a plus

• Experience in handling Finance and Tax in Bonded Zone operation and excise matter

• Hold Certification of Brevet A, B and C or USKP is a plus

• Excellent in English communication, writing and good presentation skills.

• Strong knowledge of tax laws, regulations, and compliance procedures (local and international).

• Strong analysis skills, abstracting problems well, able to think logically and systematically.

• Good understanding of accounting and finance process (including COGS).

• Familiar with tax government system (Core Tax, DJP Online) and excellent in MS Excel.

• Having a strong knowledge of Transfer Pricing and all Tax Compliance Procedure/Regulation

• Ability to work independently with close coordination with other finance team members and other functional leads.

• Honest and firm, Initiative, attention to detail, speed, creativity and innovation, adapting to different situations.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines in a dynamic environment and strong awareness of compliance.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to maintain systematic records.

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, for collaboration with internal teams and external authorities.

• Employment work will be in specific entity