IndiGo Airlines - Manager - Direct & Indirect Taxation - CA

Education & Experience:

- CA with 58 years relevant experience in DT & IDT.

- Strong technical understanding of Income Tax Act, GST law, and relevant rules.

- Experience in tax assessments, audits, litigation management.

- Proficiency in Excel, SAP/ERP systems, and tax compliance software.

Location: Gift City, Gandhinagar

Role Overview:

The Manager Direct & Indirect Tax will be responsible for leading the organizations tax compliance, tax planning, and litigation management for both Direct Taxes and Indirect Taxes. The role requires strong technical knowledge, analytical skills, stakeholder management, and coordination with internal teams and external consultants.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Direct Tax (DT)

- Ensure timely filing of Income Tax Returns, Tax Audit, and related statutory filings.

- Oversee corporate tax provision, deferred tax calculations, and quarterly tax reporting.

- Manage advance tax computation and payments.

- Support Tax Assessments, Appeals & Litigation with consultants and legal teams.

- Review contracts from a direct tax perspective to optimize tax impact.

B. Indirect Tax GST, Customs and SEZ

- Procedural compliance with Indirect tax laws such as filing of periodical GST returns, audit reports, replies, refunds etc.

- Adept at developing effective tax planning strategies and managing all aspects of Indirect Tax compliance and advisory.

- Proactively engaged in the business transactions, tax issues and other routine tax matters Liasion with the clearing agent and customs office for smooth clearing of the goods

- Ensuring due compliances required under the SEZ law

- Review of agreements, contracts for providing the tax effective business transaction

- Analytical review of revenue and expenditures items from tax perspective

- Liaison with the advisors, consultant, tax authorities;

- Preparation for various assessments and litigation proceeding with tax authorities

- Reply to the notices, inquiries, letters issued by tax authorities, customs office and appearance before the authorities;

- Tax planning- Formation and implementation of Tax -efficient strategies

- Tax Advisory to the queries raised by the intra company departments

- Implement and strengthen internal controls relating to indirect tax.

- Implement process improvements to ensure stronger GST controls and accuracy.

C. Advisory & Internal Support

- Provide tax advisory to business teams on new transactions, contracts, and cross-border arrangements.

- Keep management updated on changes in tax laws and evaluate business impact.

- Drive automation and system improvements for tax compliance.

- Coordinate with statutory auditors, internal auditors, and tax consultants.

- Any other task as may be assigned.