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.