India Tax Manager - Global Commercial Vehicle Technology Provider

Our client designs, manufactures and markets conventional braking products, advanced braking systems, and other related air assisted products and systems. The company has grown significantly in the Indian commercial vehicle market employs over 3,200 employees and reported Rs.1872Crs in sales in 2015-16. It serves its aftermarket customers through a wide national distribution network. With five world-class manufacturing facilities, software design center and a test track in India, our client excels in engineering and manufacturing.

As the India Tax Manager at Ambattur, Chennai, you will be responsible for delivering a range of tax services to the company in compliance with the laws and regulations within the timeframe. Your other key responsibilities as the India Tax Manager will be to:

- Partner with tax leadership and India executive leadership team, developing a strong understanding of the company's business environment, business plans, and its current tax structure

- Providing advice by understanding the company's business environment, business plans, and its current tax structure to make sure it optimizes taxes while facilitating business objectives and goals

- Provide tax technical direction, develop and implement local and international tax strategies and address global and local tax issues

- Oversee the company's tax and transfer pricing structure

- Initiate, lead and implement planning projects related to the company's financial structure

- Manage Indian aspect of the mergers and acquisition projects including structuring, diligence, and integration

- Ensure all inter-company transactions are in accordance with international and Indian transfer pricing rules

- Provide oversight and review of Indian aspects of quarterly and year-end tax provision

- Conduct preparation and review of Indian tax returns

- Monitor changes in Indian tax laws to anticipate the impact on the company

- Manage any Indian tax-related controversies of the company

- Develop, evaluate and implement the most favorable tax processes for the company as a whole

- Drive specific corporate tax projects

- Coach and work with the broader finance department on international tax and transfer pricing concepts where appropriate

Candidate Profile:

- Bachelors degree in accounting, tax, finance, and/or economics plus chartered or cost accountant. CPA would be a plus

- At least 10 years experience in a similar role within a corporate tax department and/or public accounting firm.

- Minimum 3 years outbound international tax experience

- Solid experience with both Indian and US international tax compliance would be preferable

- Experience in transfer pricing and US tax concepts would be a plus

- Experience with US GAAP, Indian GAAP and all relevant accounting standards

- Experience and understanding of a manufacturing environment in an international industrial business is essential

- Previous experience within the BIG4 Accounting firms would be strongly ideal

- Proven experience in working with remote multicultural and international teams. Cross cultural resourcefulness

- Strong project management skills