Indirect Tax Manager, APAC
Location: Singapore
Shape Indirect Tax Strategy Across APAC
World Fuel is seeking an experienced Indirect Tax Manager to support our growing business across Asia-Pacific. This is a highly visible role where you will partner directly with traders, operators, finance leaders, legal teams, and technology stakeholders to drive indirect tax strategy, compliance excellence, and process transformation.
As the regional subject matter expert for VAT, GST, fuel taxes, and related indirect tax matters, you will play a critical role in advising the business on commercial transactions, managing compliance obligations, improving controls, and supporting technology initiatives that enhance efficiency and scalability.
This is an excellent opportunity for an indirect tax professional who enjoys combining technical expertise with commercial partnership in a fast-paced global trading environment.
What You'll Do
Indirect Tax Advisory
- Partner with traders, operators, commercial teams, legal, and finance to provide practical indirect tax advice on business transactions.
- Advise on VAT, GST, fuel tax, excise tax, and related indirect tax implications across APAC jurisdictions.
- Support new business initiatives and commercial opportunities by ensuring transactions are structured efficiently and compliantly.
- Anticipate tax risks and deliver commercially viable solutions.
- Oversee indirect tax compliance activities across APAC in partnership with our Shared Service Centre.
- Ensure indirect tax returns, filings, and reporting obligations are completed accurately and on time.
- Monitor tax controls and governance processes to maintain compliance and reduce risk.
- Support audits, tax authority enquiries, and remediation activities when required.
- Partner with Finance and IT teams to enhance tax processes, reporting capabilities, and controls.
- Support tax engine implementations and automation initiatives.
- Maintain and enhance indirect tax configurations within Oracle R12, Oracle Fusion, and related systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and reduce manual processes.
- Build strong working relationships across Trading, Operations, Supply, Finance, Accounting, Legal, and Technology teams.
- Deliver indirect tax training and guidance to operational and commercial stakeholders.
- Act as a trusted advisor across the organization on indirect tax matters.
What We're Looking For
Experience
- 7+ years of indirect tax, VAT, GST, fuel tax, transaction tax, or tax advisory experience.
- Experience within: Oil & Gas Energy Commodities Trading Marine Fuels Aviation Fuels Trading Houses Indirect Tax Consulting practices supporting these industries
- Strong experience advising on indirect tax implications of complex commercial transactions.
- Experience managing indirect tax compliance responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong understanding of: VAT GST Fuel Taxes Excise Taxes Indirect Tax Controls Tax Governance
- Working knowledge of APAC indirect tax regimes and recovery principles.
- Experience supporting tax audits and tax authority interactions.
- Experience with Oracle R12, Oracle Fusion, Vertex, OneSource, Avalara, or equivalent tax technologies is highly desirable.
- Commercially minded and solutions-oriented.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable challenging stakeholders and asking the right questions.
- High attention to detail and strong risk awareness.
- Able to balance compliance requirements with business objectives.
- Confident communicator who can influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Work at the intersection of global energy, commodities, and indirect tax.
- Partner directly with traders, commercial leaders, and senior stakeholders.
- Influence tax strategy across a diverse APAC business.
- Lead tax technology and process transformation initiatives.
- Join a collaborative global tax organization with significant visibility and impact.
- Build your career within a Fortune 100 global energy and logistics company.
If you're an indirect tax professional who enjoys solving complex business challenges and partnering with commercial teams in a global trading environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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World Fuel Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of indirect tax, VAT, GST, fuel tax, transaction tax, or tax advisory experience
- Experience in oil and gas, energy commodities trading, marine fuels, aviation fuels, trading houses, or relevant indirect tax consulting
- Experience advising on indirect tax implications of complex commercial transactions
- Experience managing indirect tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions
- Strong knowledge of VAT, GST, fuel taxes, excise taxes, indirect tax controls, and tax governance
- Working knowledge of APAC indirect tax regimes and recovery principles
- Experience supporting tax audits and tax authority interactions
- Experience with Oracle R12, Oracle Fusion, Vertex, OneSource, Avalara, or equivalent tax technologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder-influencing, and risk-awareness skills
What We Do
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, World Kinect Corporation (NYSE: WKC) is a leading global energy management company, offering a broad suite of solutions across the energy product spectrum. In addition to our core energy and fuel offerings to customers in the transportation sector, we provide advisory services, sustainability and renewable energy solutions, as well as supply fulfillment for natural gas and power. We continue to focus on advancing the energy transition to lower carbon alternatives through expanding our portfolio of energy solutions and providing customers with greater access to sustainably sourced energy. For more information, visit https://corp.worldkinect.com.
