Indirect Tax Manager

The Company

Azentio Software incorporated in 2020 at Singapore, has been carved out of 3i Infotech, Candela Labs, Beyontec Technologies and Path Solutions. Azentio Software provides mission critical, vertical-specific software products for customers in banking, financial services and insurance verticals and includes key products such as KASTLE™ (Universal Lending), AMLOCK™ (Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance software suite), PREMIA™ Astra (Core Insurance software), ORION™ (Enterprise Resource Planning software) and MFUND Plus™ (Asset Management platform). Azentio has over 800 customers in more than 60 countries, with a team of over 2,300 employees across offices in 12 countries (and growing) globally and is wholly owned by Funds advised by Apax Partners.

Azentio offers a comprehensive range of products – serving core operations to modern digital needs – for the financial services industry. Our deep domain knowledge and solutions in financial services extend across insurance, retail and corporate lending, Islamic Banking, anti-money laundering and asset management. In addition, Azentio proudly serves mid-market enterprises across the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and India with a comprehensive ERP solution.

At Azentio, we believe that growth is a continuous journey. We believe that each step of this journey must be taken by committing to excellence - excellence in our products, our services, our ideas, and our people.

Job Title: Manager – Indirect Taxation

Years of Experience: 6+ years

Location: Mumbai and Bangalore (Hybrid)

Role Summary:

The candidate will be responsible mainly for managing the Indirect Tax Compliance of the Group. The candidate will have to ensure that all compliances are done on timely basis. It includes liaising with the tax offices, other teams of the Finance and support functions to obtain information and other data for timely compliance. The candidate should be a quick learner and have the ability to work in new challenging environment. Candidate should be self-motivated and go-getter.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Preparation of the GST/VAT Returns (monthly/annually) within statutory deadlines for submission with the tax authorities in India/Singapore/UAE.

Reconciliation of ledger balances between GST portal and books of accounts.

To co-ordinate with other functions and collate the information needed for tax compliances.

Ensure timely closure of month-end activities including schedules for taxes payable / receivable at Group level.

Preparation & submission of refund applications with GST department, resolving queries and regular follow-ups with the department to get refunds in time bound manner.

Responsible for applying and submission of applications for export incentives (like RoDTEP, erstwhile SEIS etc. given by DGFT under foreign trade policy)

Drafting of replies to department’s show cause notices, resolving audit queries and other communication issued by Statutory Authorities to maintain compliances.

Preparation of Monthly Compliance calendar as well as maintaining the litigation tracker at Group level.

Willingness to work on Indirect Tax Compliances (VAT/Sales Tax) for other Group Companies in different jurisdictions (e.g. Singapore, USA, UAE, Saudi, South Africa, Nigeria, TH, etc.)

Requirements and Skills:

Candidate should be a qualified Chartered Accountant,

6+ years of post-qualification experience in the field of Indirect Taxation,

Strong Domain Expertise in Indirect Tax,

Good interpersonal skills,

Experience of coordinating with external tax counsels and authorities,

Previous experience of working in Big4 will be an added advantage,

Strong Microsoft Excel, Word and PPT skills,

Good verbal and written business English communication skills,

Netsuite/SAP working exposure is an added advantage.

Personal Attributes & Experience:

Execution – Ability to adapt and redirect priorities and goals in response to changes in business requirements,

Collaboration – Ability to coordinate across functions to address issues and optimise individual and team performance.

Azentio Core Values:

We work as one, Collaborate without boundaries, and win together.

We work with Uncompromising Integrity and Accountability.

Customer is at the core of all that we do.

We are Diverse and Inclusive. We treat our people, our customers and our wider community with Respect and Care.

We Innovate, we Exceland we Grow Together.

We Give Back to our communities through our business and our people .

We take Pride in all that we do and together we Enjoy the journey