Head of Tax

About the Opportunity

We’re a leading fintech company operating across Southeast Asia, serving millions of customers through innovative financial products and services. We move fast, think big, and value people who are curious, collaborative, and willing to roll up their sleeves to get things done. As we continue to scale, we’re looking for tax professionals who can combine strong technical expertise with a practical business mindset and thrive in a high‑growth, fast‑paced environment where ownership, teamwork, and impact are highly valued.

Being an integral part of the Finance team, the Head of Tax will be responsible for overseeing all tax matters across Indonesia, while aligning with the group’s tax strategy.

This role requires a leader who is equally comfortable operating at a strategic level and diving deep into detailed processes, data, and technical issues. The successful candidate must be able to understand complex end‑to‑end tax workflows, identify risks and inefficiencies, and drive sustainable improvements while connecting tax outcomes to business strategy, risk management, and operational efficiency.

A critical component of this role is direct people leadership responsibility. Developing a strong, high‑performing team with clear accountability, technical excellence, and a continuous improvement mindset is a core expectation of this role.

• Act as the tax leader for the Indonesia business, providing oversight across direct tax, indirect tax, withholding tax, and transfer pricing.
• Drive strong local execution that supports business growth while managing tax risk.
• Proactively assess emerging tax risks, regulatory developments, and planning opportunities, and advise stakeholders on potential impacts and actions.

• Oversee end‑to‑end tax compliance for the Indonesia business, including CIT, VAT, and WHT.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly and annual tax accounting deliverables.
• Maintain strong governance over tax data quality, documentation, and controls.

• Lead all tax audits, assessments, rulings, and appeals in collaboration with external advisors.
• Develop and execute robust audit defense strategies supported by sound technical analysis and documentation.

• Act as a trusted tax advisor to business, finance, legal, and operations leaders.
• Ensure tax considerations are embedded early into commercial and operational decision‑making.
• Provide tax input for strategic initiatives, including M&A, business expansion initiatives, and reorganizations.

• Get into the weeds to understand tax processes, systems, and data flows.
• Identify inefficiencies, control gaps, and manual workarounds, and drive simplification, standardization, and automation where appropriate.
• Lead improvements relating to ERP systems, tax reporting tools, and data accuracy.
• Embed a mindset of continuous improvement and operational excellence within the tax function.

• Directly manage and build a high‑performing, resilient team.
• Set clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans.
• Provide hands‑on coaching and technical guidance while empowering the team to operate independently.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field.
• Professional qualification in Tax or Accounting (CA, CPA, Brevet C, or equivalent).
• 12–15 years of progressive tax experience, ideally combining Big 4 and in‑house experience.
• Experience in multinational environments is highly preferred.
• Exposure to financial services, fintech, banking, lending, payments, or related industries is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and hands‑on, with comfort moving between executive discussions and detailed technical work.
• Strong technical knowledge of direct tax, indirect tax, and transfer pricing regulations.
• Strong leadership capabilities with a proven ability to develop teams and influence stakeholders across the organization.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong business acumen and sound decision‑making capabilities.