Indirect Tax Manager

Job Role:

As part of Firm’s indirect tax services team, you will assist entrepreneurs and businesses to –

understand nuances of indirect taxes to enable them to meet their business goals

establish controls and checks for transactions encompassing indirect taxes

meet their compliance obligations

identify planning opportunities including the tax throughput for the product and tax life cycle

identify risk areas from indirect tax perspective

This will also involve conceiving as well as providing recommendations to address a wide range of business and practical issues. At senior levels, it would also involve overseeing and managing your team.

Role and Responsibilities:

You will be part of engagements related to indirect taxes (GST / custom duty / excise duty / service tax / sales tax / entertainment tax etc.) involving tax advisory, compliances, structuring, implementations, consulting, advocacy and litigations and foreign trade policy.

The role will help you to develop the skills you need to become a preferred advisor. You will also gain experience across industries and geographies, which will enable you to become a leader in the indirect tax fraternity.

The client related responsibilities would include:

Understand the transactions and the business as well as client issues - ability to discuss issues, ask relevant questions and gather required information from the client

Develop rapport with all the concerned levels of client management

Execution and delivery of the assigned engagement. Respond in a timely manner, display commitment to excellent client service. Provide a timely and high-quality service that exceeds client expectation

Coordinate with the engagement manager / partner for planning and management of assignments. Update the engagement manager / partner proactively on various engagement related issues

Network internally within the peer group and other levels in order to gain understanding of issues that may impact issues with your clients

Academic Qualifications:

Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant / LLB or any other equivalent degree.

Post qualification and/or articleship or internship experience in indirect taxes.

Experience:

Post qualification experience in indirect taxes