Tax Director

Who we are:

Digital Edge DC (Digital Edge) is a leading data center platform company, established to transform digital infrastructure in Asia. We seek to build the foundation for the world’s digital future, helping organizations to grow sustainably and empowering the populations they serve.

Through building and operating state-of-the-art, energy-efficient data centers rich with connectivity options, we bring new colocation and interconnect options to the Asian market, making infrastructure deployment in the region easy, efficient and economical. Backed by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has in excess of US$1.6 billion in committed capital.

Founded in late 2019, the company has grown rapidly across multiple markets in the region, with 31 data centers in operations and under construction, and this role is an exciting opportunity to join the team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

Our values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.  
• Strive: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.   
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

What we need:

Reporting to the Group VP, FP&A & Treasury and based in Singapore, the Head of Tax, APAC will lead tax strategy for Digital Edge at a defining phase of capital deployment and regional build-out.

This is the senior tax voice in the deal room, partnering directly with Corporate Development, Treasury, Legal and the sponsor on every material structuring decision across the region, with regular exposure to the Board and sponsor investment committee. Priority jurisdictions: Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, India and Korea, with selective build-out into Indonesia and the Philippines.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead tax structuring for acquisitions, joint ventures and project financings, including optimal holding, funding and repatriation structures
• Partner with Corporate Development and Treasury on capital deployment, ensuring every dollar is deployed under a defensible, tax-efficient structure
• Establish and operate a robust regional transfer pricing framework covering intra-group financing, services, IP and cost allocations, scaled for a multi-country, multi-entity platform
• Identify and secure data centre-specific tax incentives and concessions across APAC (Pioneer, ITC, regional headquarters schemes, withholding tax relief and equivalent regimes)
• Oversee all direct and indirect tax compliance through in-country teams and external advisors.
• Lead tax audits, controversy and engagement with revenue authorities across the region
• Build and scale the regional tax function, people, process, technology and external advisor panel
• Actively champion and implement policies and procedures for occupational health & safety in the workplace, information security management, environmental management systems; incident management; and comply with all legal regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate:

• Professional qualification in tax, accounting or law (CPA / CA / CTA or equivalent)
• Bachelor’s or master’s in accounting, finance, law or related discipline
• 12+ years in international tax across Big 4 or law firm and in-house, minimum 4 years in-house at a regional or multi-country platform
• Track record structuring cross-border M&A and project financings in at least three of: Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, India, Korea
• Deep transfer pricing expertise, including financial transactions and IP
• Direct experience with PE-backed platforms; comfort interacting with sponsor deal teams, investment committee and Board
• Comfortable being the tax voice in the deal room, willing to push back when structure is sub-optimal
• Execution-grade operator: builds, ships and iterates rather than designing in theory

If you’re ready to help shape the next phase of a fast‑growing digital infrastructure platform, we’d like to hear from you!