Assistant Manager - Direct Taxation - Manufacturing/Professional Services Firm - CA

Assistant Manager - Direct Taxation

Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA)/ ICWAI having post-qualification experience of 4 - 6 years in Direct Taxation

Experience & Skills Required: 4 - 6 years of post-qualification experience in Direct Taxation in any Big4/ Manufacturing Industry/ Leading MNC/ Leading Professional services Firm. Litigation/Advisory experience

- Deep working knowledge of SAP

- Hands on experience in tax compliances

- Good subject knowledge on Taxes such as Core Corporate tax, Transfer pricing, Tax Audit, Assessment, TDS etc

- Team management ability (Ability to manage 3-4 persons)

- Should have worked in manufacturing Industry

Work Location: Bangalore - Whitefield

Salary: 20 - 22L/annum

Responsibilities :

Compliance & Accounting :

- Ensure timely & accurate filing of TDS/TCS/Equalization levy returns, CbCr report, ITR, Advance tax

- Timely & accurate accounting of Provision for tax, refunds, TDS/TCS receivable, Advance Tax, TDS payable

- Evaluate tax positions & undertake tax related provisions/ accruals, etc.

- Timely reporting of CARO reports, Corporate Governance Reports, ETR ,MIS, CMS tool, Board/AGM back-ups etc

Assessment & Litigation :

- Represent to Government on pain areas, raise grievance tickets in Income Tax & TRACEs portals

- Finalize response to Faceless assessment, TRACES query & file appeal to CIT-A, ITAT, HC, SC, finalize cross objections when required

Strategy :

- Identify risk on account of existing tax positions as well as changes due to amendments & plan for mitigation

- Advise business on direct tax implications for various contracts/ transactions & business reorganizations

- Optimize direct tax costs, ensure timely refunds & utilize amnesty schemes

- Send alerts on changes in law, clarification on tax impact on various transactions to stakeholders

- Review & reconcile tax GLs, maintain Tax controls, maintain assessment tracker, litigations, hearings etc & ensure assessment readiness & SOP

Others :

- Ensure smooth completion & filing of Tax Audit/ Transfer Pricing reports, Provide clarification to Statutory Auditors and submit reports to Internal/ IFC Auditors

- Undertake internal audit for evaluating tax regular compliances, tax positions adopted, etc.

- Strengthen direct tax processes by digitizing routine jobs to ensure that the work is not human dependent and leveraging on technology to the benefit of the company