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. Page 10 ● 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 Page 8 (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.