Senior Manager, Tax Planning (China Tax)

Location: Shanghai, China; onsite

Company

hirify.global is a multinational pharmaceutical company.

What you will do

• Support China tax planning for significant business activities, new business models, restructurings, and complex matters.
• Analyze China tax aspects of global and China-led licensing, collaboration, acquisition, divestiture, and other strategic transactions.
• Review term sheets, agreements, licensing arrangements, and related legal documents, assessing corporate income tax, withholding tax, VAT, permanent establishment, and cross-border payment implications.
• Lead or support strategic projects involving tax optimization, process transformation, risk mitigation, VAT initiatives, and cross-functional implementation.
• Support significant China tax risks, exposures, audits, tax authority inquiries, documentation, and controversy matters.
• Partner with Global Tax, Legal, Business Development, Finance, Treasury, commercial teams, and external advisors while managing multiple complex priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Law, Tax, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Typically 8+ years of relevant experience in a leading law firm, Big Four tax practice, and/or multinational in-house tax function.
• Strong China tax experience, particularly in transaction tax, international tax, tax planning, and cross-border matters.
• Experience supporting cross-border M&A, licensing, collaboration, Business Development, or other strategic transactions.
• Strong knowledge of China corporate income tax, VAT, withholding tax, and cross-border taxation.
• Ability to review complex transaction documents and connect legal terms and transaction structures to tax consequences.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance technical tax requirements with legal and business objectives.
• Excellent analytical, project management, written communication, and senior-management material preparation skills.
• Excellent English and Chinese; judgment, ownership, and independence to operate in a complex multinational environment.

Nice to have

• Law degree and/or legal qualification.
• Strong tax legal background, particularly in transaction tax, international tax, licensing, and other cross-border arrangements.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multinational environment across countries and time zones.
• Collaborate with Global Tax, Legal, Finance, Treasury, Commercial, Business Development, and external advisors.
• Use technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve tax processes and analytical capabilities.
• Equal opportunity employment in accordance with applicable legislation.