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24/03 Nirmala
Senior Consultant at Live Connections

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Manager/Senior Manager - Taxation - BFSI (5-13 yrs)

Chennai Job Code: 434406

Opening with one of the leading Company for Manager/Senior Manager in Chennai

CA with 5+years,MBA or any Graduates with 8+ years of experience in Direct Tax, International Tax, Corporate tax, Deferred Tax, Tax Computation, Tax accounting, Tax provisioning,Returns,Filing....etc

PFB the JD :

Line of Business :

The role is designed for Leading one or more teams of finance and tax professionals involved in the delivery of activities carried out by the Manage Direct Tax team. The role also involves individual contributor responsibilities, primarily as a reviewer of a limited number of high complex/material legal entities/AoO's. It requires very good stakeholder management skills, understanding of Direct tax compliance and Group reporting.

More specifically, the accountabilities include the following :

HSSE :

Ensure sound HSSE practice in day-to-day work.

Processes and systems :

- Ensuring Business/process responsibilities and managerial metrics are met;

- Identify and carry out where relevant Senior/Second level reviews of material returns/tax reporting;

- Proactively engage in strategising the MDT process systems & data requirements and participate & lead in initiatives for systems and process changes;

- Understand Group Accounting and Reporting changes and provide guidance to enable incorporation of such changes in the process as may be relevant;

- Proactively engage in issues like ownership of Key tax Assumptions, Work Instructions & Training framework and ensuring that the same are kept upto date and robust

- Lead and manage and transition additional/new scope migrations of MDT activities

- Provide steer in prioritization of work engagements, managing team timelines in consultation with the relevant stakeholders and planning resourcing on an ongoing basis.

Position Responsibilities :

CI responsibilities :

Provide steer in identification, prioritization & implementation of CI project pipeline and aid in achieving the process targets and implementation of projects.

People and stakeholder management :

- Ensure correct and timely escalations of process exceptions or tolerance/variances and their resolution with feeder processes/business

- Proactively engage with Business and Country tax teams to enable business knowledge sharing with the MDT team and help embed into processes as relevant

- Proactively engage and maintain strong stakeholder and business connectivity

Manage and coach team members operationally/functionally and passionately invest time in developing team members.

The role is technically demanding and requires :

- Ability to understand & review tax returns, provisions and operate controls. Ability to guide team in these areas.

- Ability to multitask, plan and priorities across various tasks (considering role involves fair spread of team manager skills as well as individual contributor responsibilities.)

- Ability to articulate technical and process related aspects with senior stakeholders.

- Develop resilience in team to manage short timelines specifically during the return preparation cycle.

- Ability to understand and working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and Group Reporting.

Direct Taxation : Skill :

- Able to carry through changes in practices in the business where necessary to keep processes and practices fiscally robust.

- Guides others on the application of financial and tax accounting principles and translates Group and International tax accounting standards into actions.

Process and Data Management : Knowledge

- Enthusiastic and proactive at engaging with colleagues on the power of metrics based disciplined operations, Continuous Improvement and Data Quality Assurance to drive Operational Excellence across E2E processes.

- Understands basics of Process and Data thinking and Continuous Improvement techniques and is able to advise colleagues on those.

- Manages day to day operations of a sub-process covering one or more location, system and/or organization (including staffing, competence and performance management).

- Knows and uses the design and Standard Operating Procedures of the process they operate.

- Understands how their work and actions drive the E2E process and data performance.

- Leads effectively Process Performance reviews or Visual Management sessions for own area of responsibility.

- Proactively shares experiences (successful or not) to create an environment where Operational Excellence is valued and rewarded

Governance and Assurance :

- Understands in broad terms the governance (organization, roles, relationships, processes, standards) of own business area.

- Has a working knowledge of the main requirements of the Control Framework and can advise on incident reporting requirements.

- Defines and maintains manual of authorities for specific business area/legal entities

- Manages specific assurance activities in support of management's self-assessment, understands the relationships to the business objectives and associated risks.

Business Performance Management :

- Understand that value creation (cash focus) within certain (risk) boundary conditions is the purpose of performance management.

- Articulate the rationale of current strategies based on the external and competitive environment. Knows the Group Scenarios and the role they play in development of strategy.

- Understand the purpose and key elements of the various planning processes (strategic, target setting and budgeting) at a country, business unit or Function level, and understands the relevant interfaces with the Group, other Businesses and Functions.

- Aware of the key value drivers that drive performance improvement, including sales, working capital management (stocks, receivables and payables), cost, operational availability, and can describe the associated risks.

- Understand the key concepts of portfolio management, including organic and inorganic investments and divestments

Business Partnering :

- Keen understanding of key business drivers, current business priorities and critical issues of the Business(es)/Function(s) with which they are involved.

- Articulates the value-add of Finance to the Business/Function.

- Practices effective advocacy and inquiry, uncovering implicit issues/needs.

- Delivers on promises.

- Knowledge of various influencing styles and impact of self in interpersonal relationships.

- Has understanding of critical relationships within business and function and whom to engage in various situations

Position Requirements :

- Candidate should possess good understanding and ability to guide the team on the following:

- US GAAP, IFRS and Tax Accounting practices

- Various Control Frameworks and controls in a tax environment

- Working knowledge of various ERP systems and excellent MS Office skills. Ability to understand architecture of various IT systems and tools and use same to guide team to lead various efficiency (Automation, CI etc) initiatives.

- Effective influencing skills and communicator of complex tax compliance issues; both written and oral. Ability to coach and impart such skills in the team.

Nirmala
8296896853

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Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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