The job role for Senior Manager in Indirect Taxation includes, but is not restricted to, the below:

Operations

- Leading client fronting indirect tax / GST engagements

- Scoping

- Technical and quality reviews

- On-time delivery

- Client liaison

- Being a consultant/advisor on erstwhile indirect tax / GST matters

- Risk management from an erstwhile indirect tax / GST perspective

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

- Handling manager led teams and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigned deliverables

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

- Clients and business development

- Managing and maintaining relationship with clients

- 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 the firm's brand name - articles in publications, regular update management for clients, speaker at seminars, etc.

- Building and managing a team including recruitment, appraisals, developing training material and providing training to team members, the functions may include-

- 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

- 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 the next manager, and other subordinates for the next levels

General skillsets:

- Client Excellence- Demonstrates a passion for delivering quality and ensures that client needs are met, benefiting both the client and the firm

- Growing the business- Demonstrates ability to identify and convert new business opportunities, both from existing and new clients

- Planning and organizing- Sets priorities, defines activities, gives responsibilities and plans work so that results are achieved on time and within budget

- Financial management- Deals with all aspects of financial performance in a timely and effective way so as to ensure that all time is appropriately recorded, billed and collected, thereby maximizing profitability

- People development- Seeks self-development and provides support that enables others to develop within the firm.

- Teamwork- Works cooperatively with others, positively influences them and ensures team participation to support the firms goals

- Communicating- Listens to, understands and communicates confidently with others in a clear, concise, polite and purposeful way

- Motivating- Motivates self and others to succeed

- To be tailor-fit for the above skillsets, the incumbent would need to have,

- Chartered Accountant / Lawyer with 7-9 years experience in indirect tax

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

- Experience of Customs legislation and Foreign Trade Policy

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

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

- 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 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

- Location for this job may either be Mumbai or Pune as per the incumbent's convenience.

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