Tax Manager - Manufacturing Firm - CA

Tax Manager

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

- Assist Indian finance personnel with Indian tax accounting and perform quarterly reviews of reported balances for accuracy.

- Knowledge of US GAAP rules is desired , but not mandatory;

- Lead efforts to secure tax and financial incentives from local governments;

- Closely coordinate with the Tax team to ensure strategic and tactical alignment and the execution of tax initiatives in India for both income taxes and GST.

- Identify and implement tax minimization strategies for existing operations , support and expand initiatives to work more cooperatively with government officials in developing tax policy in India;

- Manage Indian transfer pricing compliance. Coordinate with Corporate Tax on all related transfer pricing strategy , compliance and regulatory developments;

- Closely work with the tax advisors on litigation and tax audits;

- Monitor tax law changes and appraise tax and senior management of the impact;

- Manage tax audits either directly or through use of appropriate outside advisors , and proactively review businesses to identify compliance risks;

- Improve tax (direct and GST) compliance processes so that each process is precise and is performed cost - efficiently;

- As needs dictate , recruit and build a high performance Tax team

Key Deliverables:

- Enable business finance managers and site controllers to accurately account for Indian statutory tax balances.

- Ensure timely and cost effective Indian tax compliance , including direct and GST taxes.

- Provide advice or guidance on customs and duties matters.

- Provide tax counsel and support and participate in business operations and decision making in India , including acquisitions , dispositions and new projects.

- The job will be based in Bangalore , India , and report to the Senior Tax Manager APAC , Brisbane AU , with dotted line reporting to the Finance Director in India.

Education:

- Min 8 - 12 years of Experience.

- CA qualification, as well as experience working in the tax field.

- Ideally some knowledge of the heavy equipment industry.

Professional Experience:

- An experienced financial professional with a background in a variety of financial roles , strong project management skills , prefer some experience in the merger , acquisition and divestiture of companies in India.

- Excellent negotiation skills that are needed in working with a broad variety of teams with diverse professional disciplines and cultural setting.

Key Competencies:

Must Have:

- Strong inter - personal and inter - cultural skills , as a high frequency of interaction with a large variety of external as well as internal parties is required , mostly based on influencing skills rather than formal authority.

- Strong technical and analytical skills in tax and finance

- Physical Demands (e.g. % travel) Willing to travel on a need basis

- CA Qualified

- Candidates from Manufacturing sector preferred