Tax Senior - Transfer Pricing - Big4

Job Description

- The candidate must demonstrate project management, leadership, communication, relationship building, analytical, interpersonal, multi-tasking and organization skills. A focus on quality and attention to detail is required.

- The candidate must also demonstrate advanced understanding of the principles of VAT and be able to guide the team in applying the same.

- The candidate will have responsibility to handle multiple countries within the practice assigned and therefore must have the ability to multi-task.

- As the candidate will work extensively with various technology tools, should show strong proficiency in effectively using computer / technology. Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree required

- 4 to 8 years of experience of handling VAT / GST/ AP or AR exposure in Shared Services of large multinational organizations is preferred but not must

- Should be handling a team

- Proficiency with technology required (e.g. MS word, MS excel, MS power point)

Key responsibilities:

Practice management:

- Responsible for day-to-day operations of the sub service line or team/ group within the Tax Service line

- Deliver work by consistently applying designated methodology, processes, standards and technology tools

- Ensures delivery on the Work Order with respect to turnaround, quality, handling workflow distribution, meeting volume levels, etc.

- Act as single point of contact for Users regarding service delivery and day-to-day operations

- Instill company culture at the individual level

- Help implement strategic initiatives, as defined by Indirect Tax leadership

- Initiate discussion with Country Indirect tax leaders to train and share work with GTH team

- Monitor metrics for service delivery, opportunities for improving customer satisfaction and implements appropriate modifications to process as may be needed

- Facilitate change management, where required

- Interface with Operations Support Leaders to ensure effective and timely support for the sub-service line is received

- Proactively and timely identify operational problems and propose solutions. Escalate issues where required

- Represent and participate in seeing is believing initiates Leader visits, Client visits, etc

- Familiar to management reporting Dashboards, Quality Analysis, etc

Learning:

- Sponsors and ensures implementation of technical learning curriculum to the GTH professionals

- Taking the initiative to seek continuous learning opportunities such as coaching and mentoring feedback, key developmental experiences, self-directed learning and formal learning

- Helps define learning gaps and works with sub-service line leaders, Country learning liaisons, and local L&D to define and deploy a process to bridge that learning gap

- Fulfills role of instructor, as needed

Resource management:

- Sets the strategy for how work is assigned and performed. Works with resource manager to ensure the strategy is met

- Responsible for employee engagement & retention (based on tools, policies, practices provided by GSS/ GTH People Team)

- Provides input regarding hiring goals. Participates in interview process, when needed

Performance Management:

- Provides informal and formal performance feedback for resources as appropriate

- Provides informal and formal performance feedback for Indirect Tax Leadership

- Manages the PMDP process for the respective sub-service line in terms of collating all feedback and initial ratings, and participates in round tables to discuss normalization, salary concerns etc.

Desired Candidate Profile

A Tax Senior is expected to:

- Assist in sub-service line and engagement management

- Develop, mentor and supervise Analysts and Advanced Analysts

- Act as a counselor for Analysts and Advanced Analysts

- Proactively recognize issues and recommend solutions

- Proactively seek opportunities to diversify client load and exposure to different teams

- Foster collaboration and constructive communication within the team

- Demonstrate leadership and executive presence

- Demonstrate basic presentation and public speaking skills, while actively participating in meetings

- Communicate in face-to-face situations, by phone and via email, and determine the appropriate mechanism for communicating, given the situation

- Display general knowledge of engagement big picture and work towards obtaining appropriate certification

- Manage own and/ or other s impact on project economics, including controlling costs, monitoring budget to actual differences

- Communicate progress and the project status to supervisors worldwide

- Take ownership of your schedule and proactively seek work when necessary to meet your annual chargeability goal

- Adhere to practice protocol and other internal processes consistently

- Tax Seniors typically manage teams comprising Tax Analysts and Advanced Analysts. The exact team structure depends on the size and complexity of the engagement.

Education:

UG:Any Graduate - Any Specialization

PG:MBA/PGDM - Finance, Any Postgraduate