Associate Director - Indirect Taxation - Big4

Big4 looking at Associate Director- US Indirect Tax (US IDT ONLY)

Roles and responsibilities

The Detailed Roles and Responsibilities of the individual will include:

Operational Excellence:

- Manage Service Delivery for Indirect Tax US and lead the evolution and transformation of operations and processes through implementation of best in class practices from across the domain.

- Lead and implement Quality initiatives for the Business Units and clients managed by the individual

- Lead and participate in the Continuous improvement activities for the operations managed by the individual

- Evolve a methodology to monitor and report on project / process performance and relate the same to revenue / resource utilization

Indirect Tax Leadership Team:

- As a key member of the Indirect Tax leadership team the individual will be expected to bring thought leadership aligned to the future of business tax.

- Participate in building the Vision and execution of the vision for the Indirect Tax service line.

- Develop and maintain a strong network with the US Indirect Tax leadership.

- Participate in business development activities and initiatives with the US Indirect Tax engagement teams, and manage a pipeline for Indirect Tax professionals

- Strong People leadership skills and leading by example.

- Commercial Mind-set tuned to the BIG 4 Culture and setup

- Develop & implement strategies for Talent Acquisition, Development & Retention

Technical Leadership and Client Engagement:

- Personal accountability in leading large client engagements.

- Lead and participate in the Tax Technical and Domain knowledge enhancement projects for the professionals

- Develop and Enhance personal technical knowledge and understanding of US Tax

- Contribute to thought leadership through technical white papers and research on a periodic basis.

Collaboration & Teaming:

- Drive best practices to ensure the continued trajectory in integration with global member firms

- Actively collaborate with other service lines to deliver client excellence through a One Firm mindset

- Serve as the Technical Anchor and represent on Key Indirect Tax knowledge initiatives

Essential skills required

Education / professional qualifications

Education: CA / CPA / MBA(Finance)/ICWA

Enrolled Agent Prior Experience:

- Minimum 12-18 year experience in US Tax, with experience of signing US Tax returns, Ability to interpret US Tax Laws. SME in Partnership or Corporate Tax

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in working with US engagement teams

- Experience of working in a cross cultural environment

- Secondment / onshore experience in US will be an added advantage.

Behavioral / team skills :

- Improvement Mindset

- Commercial Mindset

- Exceptional communication skills.

- Strong Analytical ability.

- Target driven and customer focus.

- People management skills with demonstrated ability to build a transparent and cohesive team.

- Change management skills that would enable to dynamically deploy resources & processes to suit the current business needs.