Senior Manager - Litigation & Indirect Taxation

Senior Manager- Litigation & Indirect Taxation

1. Detailed scrutiny/examination of notices/letters, including show-cause cum demand notices issued by tax authorities related to GST laws, Customs laws and the erstwhile laws concerned with Central Excise & Service Tax matters on Pan-India basis

2. Wherever required, visiting offices of various departmental officers for complying with various notices /letters etc.

3. Liaison/collaborating with Legal Counsels / Tax experts engaged by the company for any tax related issues

4. Drafting/finalizing replies to aforesaid notices/letters, submissions to be made in course of adjudication and other proceedings and attending Personal Hearing scheduled in the matters.

5. Attending to / preparing draft appeals/submissions in any appellate proceedings in afore-stated matters before any authorities (eg. Commissioner-Appeals, Tribunal etc.)

6. Keeping track of the cases pending adjudication or appeal at various authorities and ensuring updation of records maintained for tracking litigation disputes either thru Litigation Portal or offline worksheets by concerned officer/team

7. Validating / preparing disclosures made for Contingent Liability or for any other purpose, sought in course of any proceedings or for MIS

8. Complete control on correct determination of HSN/SAC codes and assigning / maintenance of codes properly in SAP Masters

9. Rendering due support to tax compliance team / collaborating with other departments internally for meeting any queries raised on afore-mentioned laws. This will include supporting the Channel Partners (Vendors, Customers, Dealers etc) wherever advised/required.

10. Supervising the administrative activities rendered in course of above assignments such as tracking of Bonds/Bank Guarantees, arranging PoA/Letter of Authorization, attending to Bills raised by Counsels and Vendors for various databases or similar services required in tax matters

11. Updating oneself on law amendments, procedures/regulations, case decisions at various forums including Courts of law, Appellate/Authority for Advance Rulings, and sharing any significant impact/ concerns to company, with all stakeholders

12. Initiating the action / advising relevant stakeholders internally for changes in SAP system or for revisiting any SoPS for effective compliances

13. Advising management for any Tax optimization measures or to identify any gaps existing in compliance processes for resolution

14. Render due support on advocacy topics / representing issues before Govt. directly or thru Trade/Industry forums

15. Handled State Commercial Taxes (VAT /CST and other taxes ) Assessments and Litigations.