Assistant Tax Manager

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

Our Tax team partners with the business to keep Grab compliant across every market we operate in, while turning regulatory complexity into clear, commercial advice. In Thailand, the team owns the full tax lifecycle for a portfolio of legal entities — covering corporate income tax, VAT, withholding tax, transfer pricing and tax accounting — and works hand-in-hand with Controllership, FP&A, Legal and the Regional Tax team in Singapore. We are looking for an Assistant Manager who is hungry to learn, technically curious, and ready to take ownership of compliance for a portfolio of entities under the guidance of the Tax Manager.

Get to Know the Role

As Assistant Tax Manager, you will be the day-to-day owner of tax compliance for an assigned portfolio of Thailand entities, with an emphasis on applying automation tools for efficiency. As the business expands, you will advise on any tax implications that arise from new business ventures and opportunities. This is a hands-on role suited to someone with 4–8 years of relevant experience who is forward-thinking and wants to broaden their scope across the full tax stack inside a high-growth technology business.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Compliance Ownership: Manage the end-to-end preparation of direct and indirect tax filings, ensuring all submissions are accurate.
• You will be the primary bridge between our company and the Thai Revenue Department and managing relationship with external tax advisors
• You will support the Tax Manager with quarterly tax provisioning and reporting to ensure global accounting standards are met
• You will coordinate and preparing necessary inputs for transfer pricing documentation to ensure cross-border compliance
• You will identify opportunities to implement and use automation tools to improve manual tax workflows and increase efficiency

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Law or Economics. CPA, CPD, TA or equivalent professional qualification is a strong plus.
• 4–8 years of relevant tax experience gained in a Big 4 firm, in-house tax function of an established multinational, or a combination of both.
• Hands-on experience preparing tax returns and supporting tax audits with the Thai Revenue Department.
• Comfortable extracting and reconciling data from ERP systems and working with large datasets in Excel.
• Proficient in written and spoken English and Thai — able to draft technical responses to authorities and to communicate clearly with regional stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, well-organized and able to manage multiple filings and deadlines without dropping the ball.

Additional Information

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.