Duty Post: Batangas Factory, LIMA Estate, Malvar
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Department: Finance
Contract Type: Permanent
Reporting to: Tax & Customs Manager

Tax Specialist

The Tax Specialist supports the Tax & Customs Manager in delivering accurate, timely, and audit-ready tax compliance, tax accounting, PEZA compliance, and business support for JTIs manufacturing operations. This role plays a key part in ensuring tax and regulatory requirements are met while maintaining strong controls, reliable reporting, and compliance across factory operations. 

This position partners closely with Factory Finance, Manufacturing Services, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, and other stakeholders to support tax compliance activities, tax accounting, PEZA reporting, audit readiness, and continuous process improvement initiatives.

As a Tax Specialist, you will:

• Prepare and support timely tax filings, payments, PEZA submissions, permits, and regulatory reports. 
• Maintain tax accounting schedules, balance sheet reconciliations, tax provisions, forecasts, and internal tax reporting. 
• Support factory stakeholders by providing guidance on routine tax, PEZA, and compliance-related matters. 
• Assist in BIR audits, PEZA reviews, tax health checks, refund claims, and governance activities by ensuring documentation is complete and audit-ready. 
• Drive process improvements through automation, standardization, and effective use of SAP/ERP systems and digital tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify tax risks, strengthen controls, and ensure compliance with evolving regulations.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Accountancy, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• CPA designation is preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in tax, accounting, tax consultancy, financial reporting, or regulatory compliance. 
• Experience working with PEZA entities, tax incentives, or manufacturing environments is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Philippine tax regulations including Corporate Income Tax, VAT, Withholding Taxes, DST, Fringe Benefits Tax, and Local Taxes. 
• Experience handling tax reconciliations, tax accounting, audits, and regulatory reporting.
• Proficiency in SAP/ERP systems and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Passion for continuous improvement, automation, and process optimization.

What to Expect?

• At JTI, you will play a critical role in supporting one of the companys largest manufacturing operations by ensuring strong tax compliance, effective governance, and business readiness. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and gain broad exposure to factory operations, PEZA compliance, tax accounting, and regulatory requirements. 
• This role offers the opportunity to strengthen your expertise in tax compliance, business partnering, audit readiness, and process improvement while contributing to a culture of operational excellence and continuous innovation.