Introduction

Together with her customers and suppliers ASML is heading towards an interesting and challenging era growing today’s company into and beyond a 35bi EUR revenue company playing a crucial role in the semiconductor industry globally. Are you an experienced customs manager with the ambition and ability to act as a professional business partner in a leading semiconductor company? Why not join us?

Job Mission

The job mission of the Regional Customs Manager is to execute and ensure customs compliance with a strategical and tactical focus while pro-actively supporting ASML and its business partners in the various jurisdictions.

The Team

Currently the ASML Tax & Customs Team includes close to 50 tax and customs professionals residing in the Netherlands based HQ and in the multiple regional/local offices in APAC and the US. The Tax & Customs team includes regional teams (NL/EMEA, Asia and US) and global expertise teams (Indirect tax, Customs, Transfer Pricing, Wage Tax and PMO). ASML’s Tax & Customs team is accountable for the Tax and Customs affairs in all jurisdictions where ASML operates.

The flat ASML organization and X-sector approach for addressing business challenges allows the Tax & Customs team to closely interact with the company operations. The Tax & Customs team provides expertise guidance to the business and manages tax/customs risks according to its global strategy approved by ASML Board of Management. In this respect the Tax & Customs team closely collaborates with the other Finance, Legal and Operations teams to ensure appropriate and efficient execution in practice.

Job Description

Responsible for continuously monitoring of the applicable customs laws and regulations in the relevant jurisdictions and assess the relevancy and impact of these changes for ASML

Pro-actively advice and support ASML’s (local) management on customs aspects of business decisions and further increase the value add of the Customs Affairs team

Create, build and maintain good relations with stakeholders within the other (cross) functional expertise areas like treasury, accounting, compliance and legal to support the business in an integrated way

Together with the other colleagues of the Customs Affairs team, co-develop, maintain, implement and improve policies and guidelines to manage Customs Compliance

Maintain and improve the framework of controls (Tax & Customs control framework) that ASML uses to manage and mitigate risks with a focus on TW, CN, SG and MY

Focus on customs compliance and work closely together with colleagues from the regional and global expertise teams and the customs operations team located in the different countries

Participate in improvement and change projects as subject matter expert, representing the Customs Affairs team

Apply for and maintain customs valuation rulings or agreements with the authorities

Stimulate and establish good working relationships at different levels with relevant government agencies, special interest groups and professional network groups

Represent ASML towards governmental bodies, including audits

Context of the position

In your role as Customs Manager you are part of a global team (ASML’s Corporate Tax & Customs Team) of direct tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, wage tax and customs professionals in an international environment and presence in three continents.

The Customs Manager is a member of the Customs Affairs team consisting currently of 8 customs professionals (located in NL, TW, KR, US).

This position will be located in the Taiwan Head Office in Hsinchu and will report to the Global Head of Customs Affairs located in Veldhoven.

The Customs Manager will be responsible for all customs related topics and projects from a strategical and tactical point of view for Asia with a focus specifically for Taiwan, China, Singapore and Malaysia. He or she will closely work together with the colleagues from the customs operations teams (part of supply chain) as well as local management and other stakeholders.  

Education and experience

You have an Academic background (MSc) or similar working experience with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in Customs from an APAC perspective, within a multinational, law firm or a consulting company. In-depth knowledge and experience with relevant APAC customs regulations is a plus (meaning at minimum TW and CN) as is know-how of customs valuation, classification and origin.

You have experience working in a multidisciplinary environment and in multi-cultural teams. You are open to learn ASML's business processes and to work with AI applications to support our day to day customs related work.

Personal skills

Strong drive with a hands-on, structured, accurate and result oriented working style

Excellent communication skills with the ability to motivate and drive others, build relationships and influence other functional areas

Able to cope with a multicultural, dynamic and changing and complex environment, experience with Asian cultures is a pre

Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex business issues into simple problem statements, clear processes and actions

Good time management skills and able to manage towards tight deadlines

Show ownership of issues from start to finalization

Project management skills, with attention to detail;

General understanding of corporate tax framework, transfer pricing, indirect tax and tax compliance;

Eye for detail

Location:

Hsinchu. Taiwan.

Some International travel and annual travel to the Dutch based HQ is required.

Language skills

Fluent in English and Mandarin language, both orally and in writing.

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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