Client Profile:

Small and growing consulting business focusing into Tax & Accounting Services

Job Role:

Tax Consultant

Job Description:

Our client, a growing professional services firm, is looking for an experienced Tax Consultant – Manager to join its expanding tax consulting practice.

This is a hands-on, client-facing leadership role covering a broad range of tax matters, including Tax Compliance, Tax Advisory, and Tax Dispute & Resolution.

Working directly with the Partner, you will take ownership of client engagements, provide practical tax advice, manage key client relationships, and lead a team of Senior Associates and Associates.

The role is particularly suited to a tax professional who wants to combine technical expertise, client advisory, team leadership, and commercial exposure.

Key Responsibilities

Tax Consulting

• Lead and oversee tax compliance engagements, ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely delivery.
• Review tax calculations, tax returns, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Provide practical tax advice based on clients’ business activities, transactions, and objectives.
• Conduct tax research and develop technically sound recommendations.
• Prepare and review tax advisory memoranda, technical opinions, presentations, and client deliverables.
• Lead and support tax dispute matters, including tax audits, assessments, objections, appeals, and other resolution processes.
• Assess tax risks and develop appropriate strategies and recommendations.
• Support clients in understanding and implementing changes arising from new tax regulations.

Client & Engagement Management

• Act as a key day-to-day contact for assigned clients.
• Build relationships with Finance, Tax, Accounting, Legal, and senior business stakeholders.
• Lead client meetings, discussions, and presentations.
• Manage engagement scope, timelines, deliverables, and priorities.
• Ensure all client deliverables meet technical and professional quality standards.
• Translate complex tax matters into clear and practical business recommendations.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop Senior Associates and Associates.
• Provide technical guidance and review team members’ work.
• Coach team members in technical skills, analytical thinking, and client communication.
• Allocate work and manage team priorities.
• Support performance evaluation and career development.

Business Development

• Identify potential tax advisory, compliance, and dispute opportunities within existing client relationships.
• Support proposals, presentations, and client pitches.
• Contribute to the development of tax services, tools, and knowledge resources.
• Share relevant market, industry, and regulatory insights with the Partner and team.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, Law, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 6–8+ years of relevant experience in tax consulting, tax advisory, tax compliance, tax dispute, or professional services.
• Strong experience in Tax Compliance, Tax Advisory, and/or Tax Dispute & Resolution.
• Strong understanding of Indonesian tax regulations and tax administration.
• Experience managing and reviewing the work of junior tax professionals.
• Experience dealing directly with clients; exposure to tax authorities is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management capability.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to understand clients’ business needs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, delegate, coach, and develop a team.
• Relevant tax certification or professional qualification is preferred.

For those who are interested with the role, please send your CV to: recruit@apg-consult.com with email subject: “Tax Consulting Manager”

Only those candidates who are shortlisted, will be contacted.