Manager - Indirect Tax - IT - CA

Indirect Tax Manager

Job Description:

Objective:

- Lead tax compliances for Indirect taxation applicable to the States under the preview of this role by closing working with Centralized GST compliance Team at FSS

- Lead / Assist in efficient handling of litigations at all levels

- On need basis, assist in working with government and tax agencies on policy advocacy relating to tax matters and ensure expeditious resolution

- Stakeholder management

- Keeping corporate office abreast of various tax implications on a continuing basis, including advice to business as required on case to case to case basis

Job Responsibilities:

- Lead the compliance on account of Indirect Tax, as applicable to the States being handled. This would include working closely with Centralized GST compliance Team at FSS

- Work towards monitoring the tax controls and continuous improvement in this area through the robust system and process orientation

- Represent the tax matters / litigation before various tax authorities

- Deal with regulatory agencies for all tax related issues

- Keeping the corporate office aware of the tax implications of tax laws on business decisions, applicable to the respective States / Zones being handled

Coordinate with internal and statutory auditors on tax matters and provide necessary support to the corporate tax team during the audit

- Working with external resources for advice and resolutions

- Response to information queries of Tax Department at HO on IT and Indirect Taxes

- Development and maintenance of accessible records management system

- Maintenance of updated tax database (TLMS) and review of status

- Handling Departmental Audit queries, investigations, and enquiries

- Drafting of Reply to SCN's at first stage and forwarding the same for items pertaining to HO Bangalore

- Dealing with Tax points in IGAAP, US GAAP and Compliance Audits

Job Requirement

Qualifications: CA with experience in a comparable system with edge on Compliance and dealing with Department officials having expertise to handle complex tax matters and good tax litigations handling experience

Experience: 5 to 8 years of experience in Indirect taxation function in a mid-sized manufacturing company having manufacturing and sales activities in different states preferably FMCG. Added experience in Direct taxes and in a shared services environment will be an advantage.

Functional Skills:

- Accounting and Reporting (c)- Working Knowledge

- Commercials (c)-Working Knowledge

- Controls and Compliance (c)-Working Knowledge

- Taxation (a)-Mastery

- Treasury and Cash Management-(c)-Working Knowledge

- SAP based Tax Compliance -Mastery

- Tax implication analysis on RFAs and its compliance (e.g. Write off of Stocks and reversal of credits)

- Recommendation to HO Tax on issues to be contested

- Internal / External Stakeholder Management