Tax Manager

Associate Manager-Tax

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Who we want

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
• Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.

What you will do

• Taxation Strategy
• To contribute to business performance through effective Tax planning and strategies which are aligned to overall business strategies
• Provide internal tax advisory services and support on business operation matters
• Identify potential opportunities or issues pro-actively in order to take advantage of or resolve them with key depts. in the organization & tax departments
• To resolve major operational issues in a timely way and identify improvements, including initiation and management of issues
• Lead and coordinate tax-driven business initiatives
• Support Group Tax in Tax Optimization Projects

• Litigation Management

• Management of litigation at various forums
• Tax Litigation preparation & representation of appeals including at CIT (A), DRP & ITAT levels.
• Monthly tax litigation status and reporting
• Coordination of 3rd party service providers, legal counsels and service delivery management including performance KPIs
• Optimisation of litigation costs

• Tax Compliances

• Lead tax compliances as a whole with all direct and indirect tax laws so as to ensure risk free environment for the business.
• Own Compliance audits and drive the compliance culture
• Preparation & Review of tax calculations, estimates and report accruals
• Tax compliance health checks & taking correcting actions
• Ensuring all returns are filed and payments are made on time with no defaults

• Major applicable Laws: Customs, GST, Income Tax  including Transfer Pricing, STPI, SEZ/FTZ, FEMA

  Tax Accounting & Controls

• Plan and coordinate for periodic closing for Tax accounting and reporting purposes as per the reporting requirements- Both statutory and group requirements
• Ensure effective and sustainable implementation of Sox/ICFR Controls compliance & SoD Controls related to Tax, partnering with Controlling & Process team.
• Ensure that all the tax related accounting transactions are entered in the system to ensure real time accounting and set up effective documentation system for maintaining the effective working papers relating to tax , Tax assessments etc. and as well visualize and plan the tax assessment requirements and for appeals
• Setting up guidelines for BPO partners for accounting of taxes and ensuring compliance
• GL owner for Tax related accounts, Review and sign off on the taxation related assets, liabilities & accruals, Monthly reconciliation of tax related balance sheet accounts
• Coordinate with the tax auditors (Tax Audits, Transfer pricing etc) to make audit plan in consultation with various departments/ locations and ensure audit is completed in time with no serious concerns.
• Generate and circulate quality MIS as per requirements for supporting the Business decisions and compliance adherence

What do you need:-

• Should have 5 plus Years of post-qualification experience
• Should be a Chartered Accountant
• Should be a subject matter expert in taxation
• Should have top notch Communication & Presentation skills
• Should possess a good business acumen, be detail oriented, pro-active & result oriented

Travel Percentage: 30%

Experience Level

Mid Level