Head of Tax, Singapore

Reporting to the Group VP, FP&A &Treasury and based in Singapore, the Head of Tax, APAC will lead tax strategy for Digital Edge at a defining phase of capital deployment and regional build-out.

This is the senior tax voice in the deal room, partnering directly with Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal and the sponsor on every material structuring decision across the region, with regular exposure to the Board and sponsor investment committee. Priority jurisdictions: Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, India and Korea, with selective build-out intoIndonesia and the Philippines.

Key responsibilities:

. Lead tax structuring for acquisitions, joint ventures and project financings, including optimal holding, funding and repatriation structures

. Partner with Corporate Development and Treasury on capital deployment, ensuring every dollar is deployed under a defensible, tax-efficient structure

. Establish and operate a robust regional transfer pricing framework covering intra-group financing, services, IP and cost allocations, scaled for a multi-country, multi- entity platform

. Identify and secure datacentre-specific tax incentives and concessions across APAC (Pioneer, ITC,regional headquarters schemes, withholding tax relief and equivalent regimes)

. Oversee all direct and indirect tax compliance through in-country teams and external advisors.

. Lead tax audits, controversy and engagement with revenue authorities across the region

. Build and scale the regional tax function, people, process, technology and external advisor panel

. Actively champion and implement policies and procedures for occupational health &safety in the workplace, information security management, environmental management systems incident management and comply with all legal regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate:

. Professional qualification in tax, accounting or law (CPA / CA / CTA or equivalent)

. Bachelor's or master's in accounting, finance, law or related discipline

. 12+ years in international tax across Big 4 or law firm and in-house, minimum 4 years in-house at a regional or multi-country platform

. Track record structuring cross-border M&A and project financings in at least three of: Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, India, Korea

. Deep transfer pricing expertise, including financial transactions and IP

. Direct experience with PE-backed platforms comfort interacting with sponsor deal teams, investment committee and Board

. Comfortable being the tax voice in the deal room, willing to push back when structure is sub-optimal

. Execution-grade operator: builds, ships and iterates rather than designing in theory