About Mobi:
Mobi is a leading online payment gateway in Asia, regulated by Bank Negara Malaysia. We empower businesses to accept and settle payments seamlessly across Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and beyond, supporting 50+ local methods including bank transfers, eWallets, QR, UPI, and cards. With fast, secure, and reliable solutions, Mobi simplifies cross-border transactions and ensures exceptional support for businesses of all sizes.
Role Purpose:
The Taxation & Compliance Manager is responsible for end-to-end tax compliance and tax strategy across the group, covering direct and indirect taxes, and for designing, implementing, and maintaining transfer pricing and intercompany billing frameworks that support scalable cross-border operations. The role ensures compliance while enabling commercial and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Direct & Indirect Tax Management
Own group-wide compliance for corporate income tax, withholding taxes, VAT/GST, and other indirect taxesacross all operating entities.
Manage tax filings, payments, assessments, audits, and correspondence with tax authorities in multiple jurisdictions.
Monitor changes in tax regulations and assess impact on group structure, pricing, and operations.
Ensure consistent tax positions and documentation across entities.
2.Transfer Pricing & Intercompany Framework
Design and maintain transfer pricing policies aligned with OECD guidelines and local regulations.
Develop and govern intercompany billing models (services, cost-sharing, mark-ups, royalties where applicable).
Ensure economic substance, arm’s length pricing, and defensibility of intercompany arrangements.
Coordinate preparation of TP documentation, master file / local files, and respond to TP audits or inquiries.
Work closely with FP&A and Treasury to align TP outcomes with cash flow, margins, and business reality.
3. Group Tax Governance & Risk Management
Establish tax governance frameworks, controls, and SOPs across the group.
Identify and manage tax risks, exposures, and contingencies, recommending mitigation strategies.
Support structuring decisions for new markets, products, or entities from a tax and compliance perspective.
Partner with Legal, Finance, and Operations on entity setup, restructuring, and cross-border flows.
4. Stakeholder & Advisor Management
Act as the primary point of contact for external tax advisors, auditors, and regulators.
Review and challenge external advice to ensure it is commercially sound and execution-ready.
Provide clear, actionable tax guidance to internal stakeholders, including leadership.
5. Reporting & Leadership Support
Provide regular tax status updates, risk summaries, and forward-looking insights to finance leadership.
Support budgeting and forecasting with accurate tax assumptions and scenarios.
Contribute to building scalable tax capability as the group grows. Key Deliverables
On-time and accurate tax filings across all jurisdictions
Defensible transfer pricing and intercompany billing framework
Reduced tax risk and audit exposure
Clear tax governance and documentation across the group
Requirements
Experience & Qualifications :
4-5+ years of relevant experience in corporate tax and indirect tax, ideally within a multi-entity or cross-border group
Strong hands-on experience in transfer pricing and intercompany billing design
Experience managing tax audits and regulatory interactions
Background in Big 4 and/or in-house group tax role preferred
Professional qualification in tax, accounting, or finance (CPA, ACCA, CTA, or equivalent preferred)
Skills & Attributes :
Strong technical grounding with commercial judgment
Comfortable operating in fast-growth, evolving environments
Ability to simplify complex tax topics for non-tax stakeholders
Ownership mindset with attention to risk, materiality, and execution
Collaborative, firm, and pragmatic in decision-making
