Tax Specialist

The Tax Specialist will support the Company’s tax compliance and reporting obligations, with primary responsibility for gaming tax, VAT, local taxes, account reconciliations, and other statutory requirements.

The successful candidate will work closely with other teams and stakeholders within the FSSC and Group Finance.

What you will be doing:

• Prepare, review, and coordinate accurate and timely gaming tax, VAT, local tax, and other statutory filings and payments.
• Perform tax account reconciliations and investigate and resolve identified reconciling items.
• Maintain complete and accurate supporting schedules, working papers, tax records, and documentary requirements.
• Monitor statutory filing and payment deadlines to ensure full and timely compliance.
• Assist with tax audits and information requests from the tax government bodies and other regulatory authorities.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to collect, validate, and reconcile financial and operational data required for tax filings.
• Identify potential tax exposures, control gaps, and process issues, and escalate them promptly to management.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end tax-related financial close tasks, reporting, and related tax compliance requirements.
• Maintain tax process documentation, standard operating procedures, compliance calendars, and internal control records.
• Support tax process standardization, automation, and continuous-improvement initiatives across the FSSC.
• Assist with tax-related projects and other responsibilities assigned by the FSSC COE Tax Tower Lead.

Who we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, or a related field; CPA qualification preferred.
• At least three years of experience in Philippine tax compliance, tax accounting, and VAT.
• Experience delivering accurate and timely tax compliance activities across multiple entities within a shared services/service delivery environment.
• Experience with tax and financial audit support, and documentation requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP and tax filing systems; Oracle experience is preferred.
• Ability to standardize processes, monitor service levels, resolve issues, and support continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to meet strict statutory deadlines.

What we offer:

Our roles offer more than just a job, you’ll become part of the evoke family! We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

• Financial: Competitive salary and bonus schemes.

• Hybrid working: Our employees can work from home up to 40% of the time with 60% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!

• Paid Time Off (Service incentive leave): You’ll be entitled to 30 days leave on an annual basis, and an extra day for your birthday.
• Health & wellbeing: Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education.
• Healthcare: We prioritise your health and well-being, offering comprehensive healthcare benefits. 

More about evoke

We’re a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers. That’s the future. That’s evoke.

At evoke, you’ll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We’ll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We’ll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that’s right for you.

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At evoke, we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth.

Sound good? Then you belong at our place! The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage.

Apply today to kickstart your journey with the evoke Family!