Overview
Direct Tax (international tax and M&A)
Your job responsibilities will be:
– Leading a team comprising of qualified chartered accountant, tax assistants and handling a bouquet of corporate clients.
– Leading transaction structuring assignments involving evaluation of alternative options including merger, demerger, slump sale etc.
– Playing a role of project manager and dealing with cross functional teams for their inputs from regulatory or stamp act perspective to provide a holistic solution in connection with any transaction advisory project.
– Managing tax due diligence from buy-side or sale-side support as may be applicable.
– Working out Income Tax Rule Valuations as may be applicable eg. Rule 11UA, Rule 11UAE.
– Finalising client deliverables in consultation with the reporting supervisor.
– Managing overall tax compliances for a portfolio of clients (generally large accounts with multiple entities in group).
– This would involve handling advisory, litigation and business tax requirements of clients, comprising of:
– Providing holistic tax solutions to Client tax issues considering domestic tax and international tax.
– Provide tax risk analysis pro-actively on transactions planned by Clients.
– Suggesting possible structuring options to meet the desired objectives of the client.
– Withholding tax advisory on foreign remittance.
– Reviewing key corporate tax returns and vetting of tax positions.
– Overseeing litigation matters and attending to notices from the Tax Department.
– Managing and maintaining relationship with clients.
– Initiating and actively participating in client meetings.
– Supervising, training and mentoring the team.
– Supporting practice management initiatives (especially on growth and visibility front) and catering to financial metrics. This will include contributing to thought leadership articles, preparing content for webinars etc.
Core Competencies:
– Service Orientation – Should be aware of both – the internal as well as external customers and their needs and is committed to meeting the customers evolving, long term needs – the focus is on SERVICE
– Result Orientation – Should be able to direct efforts towards developing and implementing realistic action plans to meet business objectives with a sense of urgency – the focus is on achieving RESULTS.
– Initiative – One must not only understand and accept the responsibilities towards his/her job but also proactively works towards identifying challenges and its resolution – the focus is on seeking SOLUTIONS.
– Professionalism – Should have in-depth knowledge of all functions and displays not only required skill set, but also ethics and integrity while conducting the job – the focus is on PROFESSIONALISM.
– Cooperation – One must ensure completion of all tasks at hand and simultaneously extends support to team members and displays joint ownership towards achieving business objectives the focus is on TEAMWORK.
– Communication/Feedback – Should believe in providing feedback to other associates and receiving feedbacks to enhance performance, thereby meeting business objectives – the focus is on OPEN COMMUNICATION.