Principal Tax Manager - AsiaPacific Japan, AsiaPacific Japan Tax

Principal Tax Manager - AsiaPacific Japan, AsiaPacific Japan Tax

Amazon is seeking an experienced Senior Tax Manager to join our Asia Pacific Japan Tax Team based in Tokyo. Japan is Amazon's second largest marketplace outside the United States.

This role will primarily focus on supporting Amazon's Consumer business in the APAC region, with a primary focus on Japan (>90%). The candidate will primarily focus on corporate tax matters, consumption tax matters, withholding tax, indirect tax and transfer pricing matters.

Key job responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze legislative developments working with internal stakeholders and outside advisors.
• Be part of the Tax team representing Amazon Japan in front of the NTA, the TRTB and business organizations such as Keidanren.
• Collaboration with cross functional teams to ensure tax considerations are incorporated into new business decisions, expansion into new markets, new product offerings or restructuring of operations, providing practical solutions that align to company's strategy and vision.
• Provide strategic tax advice on international corporate income tax issues across projects and new business initiatives.
• Providing guidance on international tax implications of cross-border and local transactions.
• Conduct in-depth technical analysis, decision-making, and problem-solving on complex tax matters.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business, legal, accounting, and finance.
• Investigate and respond to internal and external information requests.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Experience in taxation in a corporate environment, public accounting firm or major law firm
• Business level or above in both Japanese and English language
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partner well with people at all levels within an organization
• Experience with accounting concepts and tax regulations, laws and standards
• Experience with tax modeling in Excel-based models or other similar programs

Preferred Qualifications

• The ideal candidate is a certified Tax Accountant (Zeirishi)
• Basic understanding of AI tools

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