Senior Tax Specialist - APAC

ABOUT JOB

As Senior Tax & Filings Specialist for APAC, you own the statutory compliance

for three of the most

complex and diverse payroll jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific — India, Singapore,

and Australia. No two of

these countries are alike. India's multi-layer framework of TDS, Provident Fund,

ESI, Professional Tax,

and Labour Welfare Fund — varying by state — demands deep legislative knowledge

and rigorous

process execution. Singapore's CPF system and IRAS obligations require precision

and timeliness.

Australia's Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 framework means your work is reported

to the ATO in real time

with every payroll run.

You will be one of the founding members of the Taxes and Filings team within

Multiplier's Payroll Centre

of Excellence. From Day 1, you will own the full statutory compliance lifecycle

for your countries — pre-

payroll validation, filing, remittance, reconciliation, proof of payments,

notice management, and

legislative monitoring.

This is a role for someone who has lived in the complexity of APAC statutory

payroll — who knows what

an ECR filing looks like, has navigated EPFO portal submissions, has submitted

CPF e-contributions,

and has dealt with ATO STP validation errors. If that is you, this is your role.

While the Kep responsibilities will primary involve setting up the foundation

for the Taxes and

Filings vertical, it will also become your responsibility to convert this into

an auto pilot process,

where we ensure zero people driven activities and convert these into a highly

efficient process

driven vertical.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATION

• Depth of statutory knowledge — you know what an EPFO joint declaration is,

you

understand the difference between the old and new Indian tax regimes for TDS

purposes,

and you can explain CPF allocation rates across ordinary, special, and

medisave accounts.

Your knowledge goes deep.

• Organised and deadline-driven — APAC's filing cadences are intense. You

manage multiple

deadlines simultaneously without anything falling through the gaps.

• Legislative agility — APAC regulatory environments move fast. You stay

current, you update

proactively, and you never let a change catch the payroll by surprise.

• Detail-oriented — in statutory compliance, errors compound. You check your

work, you reconcile

to the cent, and you escalate when something does not add up.

• Collaborative — you work closely with Global Payroll Ops, EoR Ops, Finance,

and the India

backup analysts, and you communicate early when issues arise.

• Direct hands-on experience with EPFO Unified Portal (ECR filing, joint

declaration, transfer

claims), TRACES (TDS challan management, 26AS reconciliation, Form 16

generation), and India

Income Tax e-filing portal.

• Experience with CPF e-Submit platform and IRAS myTax Portal for Singapore

filings.

• Experience with ATO Online Services for Agents or STP-enabled payroll

software for Australia —

STP2 submission and amendment experience specifically required.

• Excel proficiency for reconciliation — ability to handle large datasets,

VLOOKUP, SUMIF, pivot

tables.

• Familiarity with payroll software: GreytHR, Ramco, or similar for India;

Xero or MYOB for

Australia; or global systems (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors).

• Knowledge of additional APAC jurisdictions — Philippines (SSS, PhilHealth,

Pag-IBIG, BIR),

Malaysia (EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB), Japan (shakai hoken), or Hong Kong (MPF).

• Experience working in an EoR or global employment platform environment.

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• Familiarity with India's eSalary slip compliance requirements and

professional tax across

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and West Bengal specifically.

• Professional qualification in taxation, payroll, or accounting — ICAI,

CIMA, CPA, or equivalent.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Statutory Filing & Remittance

Own every filing and payment for APAC Tier 1 countries — before every

deadline, without exception

• India: Prepare and submit all TDS challans (monthly Form 26QB/26QC via

TRACES/NSDL),

quarterly TDS returns (Form 24Q), monthly PF ECR filings on the EPFO Unified

Portal, monthly

ESI contribution filings, Professional Tax returns (state-specific, up to 28

states), and Labour

Welfare Fund contributions. Manage EPFO portal discrepancies and correction

filings proactively.

• Singapore: Submit monthly CPF contributions via CPF e-Submit, monthly

Skills Development

Levy (SDL) payments, annual IR8A via the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) on the

IRAS platform

(due 1 March), and IR21 tax clearance for foreign employees departing

Singapore within the

required timeframe.

• Australia: Submit Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 (STP2) event files to the

ATO with every payroll

run — validating STP data before submission to avoid ATO rejection. Process

quarterly

Superannuation Guarantee contributions to nominated employee funds. Submit

PAYG

Withholding monthly or quarterly based on withholding amount thresholds.

Manage state-based

Payroll Tax lodgements where applicable.

• Issue Form 16 (Part A and Part B) to all India EoR employees by 15 June

annually —

coordinating data with the Global Payroll Ops team and engaging in-country

consultants for

validation.

• Maintain internal deadlines at minimum 5 business days ahead of all

statutory deadlines — 10

business days for India (highest-complexity and highest-penalty jurisdiction

in APAC).

• Pre-Payroll Statutory Validation

Catch errors before they enter the payroll engine — not after

• Validate all statutory inputs for APAC countries before each payroll run —

new hire PF and ESI

registration completeness (India), CPF applicability for new joiners by

residency status

(Singapore), STP Year-to-Date data consistency (Australia) — flagging any

issues before the

payroll engine runs.

• Review variable inputs with statutory implications: India bonus payments

(subject to Bonus Act

thresholds), termination payments (gratuity calculation and tax exemption

limits), ESOP vesting

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(perquisite tax treatment under Income Tax Act), and off-cycle payments —

providing statutory

treatment instructions to the Global Payroll Ops team before the run.

• Validate TDS deduction amounts against current income tax slab rates and

declared investment

proofs for India employees — particularly at the start of the financial year

(April) when new tax

regime elections are made.

• Check STP YTD data integrity before each STP submission — ensuring

year-to-date income, tax,

and super totals are consistent with previous submissions to avoid ATO

amendment notices.

• Three-Way Reconciliation & Audit Readiness

Financial integrity and permanent audit readiness — every cycle

• Complete three-way reconciliation for all APAC Tier 1 countries after every

cycle — matching

payroll output, bank remittance records, and statutory filing totals. For

India: reconcile TDS challan

totals against Form 24Q data and payroll register. For Australia: reconcile

STP YTD data against

payroll register and superannuation fund payment confirmation.

• Collect, validate, and upload all proof of statutory payment within 2

business days — EPFO

challan receipts, TRACES TDS payment challans, CPF Board payment

confirmations, ATO

payment reference numbers, and superannuation fund remittance confirmations —

stored by

country, cycle, and obligation type.

• Manage APAC notice management — EPFO discrepancy notices, IRAS tax query

letters, and

ATO amendment requests — responding within 10 business days and ensuring all

correspondence is documented and resolved.

• Legislative Monitoring & Country Playbooks

APAC regulatory environments change fast — you stay ahead of them

• Monitor Indian legislative changes continuously — Union Budget updates

(typically February),

EPFO circular updates, ESIC notification changes, state-specific Professional

Tax rate revisions,

and Income Tax Act amendments affecting TDS calculation.

• Track CPF Board rate announcements and IRAS e-Tax guide updates for

Singapore — updating

calculation parameters and filing procedures before the effective date of any

change.

• Monitor ATO legislative instrument updates for Australia — STP Phase 2 data

requirements,

Superannuation Guarantee rate changes (11.5% to 12% from July 2025), and

state payroll tax

threshold changes.

• Maintain current Country Statutory Playbooks for India, Singapore, and

Australia — updating after

every legislative change, with version control and change log maintained in

the knowledge

repository.