Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager - Indirect Tax - CA

Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager - Indirect tax

Operations - 70 to 75% weightage

- Leading client fronting indirect tax (GST/ Customs/ FTP) engagements (Compliance, Representation, Advisory and Litigation)

Scoping :

- Technical and quality reviews

- On-time delivery

- Client liaison

- Expected to be involved in end-to-end reporting for his/ her client/ region sales, budgets, billing and their growth

- Involved in preparation of monthly/ quarterly sheets for leadership from overall practice perspective.

- Expected to assume P&L responsibility for the defined scope of work

- Being a consultant/ advisor on erstwhile indirect tax / GST matters to other Nexdigm practices across all locations

- Risk management from an erstwhile indirect tax / GST perspective on all Nexdigm engagements across all locations

- Controlling and managing indirect tax practice of branch locations, if need be, other than that of home location, (if required)

- Keeping track of and providing insights on various issues related to recent developments in Indirect taxes in India and globally

- Can plan and execute various practice development initiatives (incl. standardizing operating practices, and protocols for recurring activities)

Clients' account expansion and business development : 20-25% weightage

- Aligning with Partners/ sales team to generate leads and take it till order book level.

- Representing indirect tax team at practice level, wherever required, and identifying solutions to be provided to the common leads identified

- Managing and maintaining relationship with clients, other BU's and internal stake holders

- Advise and assist clients in forming indirect tax strategies to cover indirect tax exposure

- Strive to provide new and innovative indirect tax solutions to clients

- Identifying new opportunities for serving existing clients

- Targeting and obtaining work from potential clients

- Development of the Practice and promotion of the Nexdigm brand name - articles in publications, regular update management for clients, speaker at seminars, etc.

- Managing current and developing new relationships and alliances covering but not limited to Trade bodies, Nexia network firms, Law Firms, Technology alliances and other similar organizations

Achieving assigned number KPIs pertaining to :

- Lead generation

- Sales closure combining IDT technical knowledge and commercial skills

- Client mining and account expansion

- Product campaigns in relation to IDT products including tax technology products

- Reporting and maintaining the MIS from practice and sales perspective and updating the leadership on the progress achieved.

Leading people and development : 5-10% weightage

- Building and managing a team including recruitment, appraisals, developing training material, providing training to team members, and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigned deliverables

- Review of efficient and effective planning, selection and team management of all resources throughout the year including temporary resource redeployment within team/ with other departments,

- Building of team morale and motivate people in the team and firm, and retention of existing employees

- Address issues at emotional / infrastructural level at work being faced by teams, take responsibility for team building and motivation of teams

- Identifying training needs of teams and assist in skill building where deficiencies identified,

- Ensure on-boarding and process training happens for new employees

- Perform timely appraisal and provide balance between firm and employee aspirations

- Develop subordinates for the next levels

Core Competencies :

- Service Orientation - Understands that the service provided supports the organization in fulfilling its mission. The associate knows both - the internal and external customers and their needs, and is committed to meeting the customers' evolving, long-term needs

- Result Orientation - Directs personal energy and efforts towards meeting business objectives and achieving results. Develops action plans that are realistic and implements them to meet or exceed expectations. Shows a sense of urgency towards the end goal.

- Initiative - Is fully aware of and accepts accountability and responsibility towards his/her job. Identifies challenges and problems related to the job at hand and proactively takes appropriate steps to resolve them.

- Professionalism - Always displays professionalism while conducting the job at hand. Is ethical and displays integrity while dealing with others. Understands and displays a thorough knowledge of all functions. Knows and utilizes the relevant skills, methods, systems, and procedures to produce desired results

- Cooperation - Fosters teamwork and displays joint ownership of business challenges. Helps the team to accomplish the functional work, while ensuring that his/her responsibilities are also fulfilled. Accepts direction in a positive manner and reaches out for support from team members as the situation warrants

- Communication/Feedback - Proactively communicates with others and provides feedback, thereby enhancing overall performance. Communicates and keeps others informed, and encourages them to participate in meeting business objectives

What does the Ideal Candidate Profile look like :

The following attributes are desired in Candidates applying for this Position :

- Chartered Accountant / Lawyer with 4+ years' experience in indirect tax out of which at least 80% should be from serving clients in West region

- Specialist knowledge of Goods and Services Tax, erstwhile indirect tax laws

- Experience of Customs legislation and Foreign Trade Policy

- Basic work experienced in Foreign Trade Agreements

- Experience should be in compliance, representation, advisory and adequate litigation exposure

- In depth indirect taxation exposure in few sectors like (Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Information Technology, FMCG, SME, BFSI, manufacturing etc.)

- The candidate should have or handled a portfolio of approximately 2 crores and should have strong presence in West.

- Experience of advisory and compliance with respect to Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

- Experience of independently handling GST implementation projects for clients from planning phase to execution and delivery

- Experience of liaising with government officials and building rapport with officials

- Should have been in a client facing role

- Supervisory / leadership experience of at least 4 years

- Manager (or at least a DM / AM) in a Big 4 or Partner / Principal in a mid-sized firm (of more than 4 partners)

- Excellent written and spoken communication skills including legal / technical drafting

- Very good interpersonal skills

- Should have a passion for the subject