Associate Director / Director Indirect Tax

About SHEIN

SHEIN is a global online fashion and lifestyle retailer, offering SHEIN branded apparel and products from a global network of vendors, all at affordable prices. Headquartered in Singapore, with more than 15,000 employees operating from 150 countries around the world, SHEIN is committed to making the beauty of fashion accessible to all, promoting its industry-leading, on-demand production methodology, for a smarter, future-ready industry.

Strategic purpose of the position:

This position open to Associate Director or Director level candidates. The position will be responsible for the development and implementation of Indirect Tax planning and compliance improvement initiatives. Additionally, the role will require active participation as a member of the global tax team, collaborating with group entities across various countries on issues such as group structure, transfer pricing, and the rollout of new projects and programs within the group.

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing research to indirect tax legislative and regulatory changes with regard to impact to the SHEIN business.
• Developing initiatives and process/business changes necessary to adhere to those regulatory requirements.
• Working in partnership with cross functional business teams for development and implementation of key strategic business changes, routes to market and reorganisations.
• Managing all indirect tax related communications with tax authorities including regular meetings with tax authorities and lead internal teams to handle tax litigation in a tax-efficient manner.
• Working with external and internal compliance teams to ensure robust and complete compliance infrastructure and data quality.
• Partner with business finance, legal, Treasury, accounting and other functions to communicate, execute, protect and fund various initiatives which aim to ultimately maximize cash for the corporation.
• Collaboration with corporate and regional tax on international projects.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of indirect tax experience. Must have industry experience. Additional Big 4 experience is a plus.
• Must have relevant professional tax and/or accounting qualification.
• Experience working in multicultural environments.
• A true team player with very excellent communication and people skills.
• Experienced and energetic tax professional with a passion to make a difference.
• Demonstrates an ability to develop relationships across an enterprise in a heavily matrixed environment.
• Demonstrates thought leadership ability to communicate complicated tax matters across all levels of the organisation in a value driven manner.
• Must be fluent in English. Proficient in Chinese is advantageous but not an essential requirement.

SHEIN is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace environment.