Assistant Manager – Taxation

Primary Purpose of Role

Managing end-to-end indirect tax related matters of the company viz. compliances, tax assessments and litigations.

Area of Responsibility

Key Elements

1.Indirect Tax assessments

• Managing VAT, CST & GST tax assessments/ appeals which includes data collation, collaboration with different teams, providing clarifications to the consultants, strategizing tax responses, review of tax submissions etc.
• Managing statutory forms, coordination with different team for collection of forms.

2.Direct tax compliance

• Collation of data for tax compliances
• Providing clarifications to consultants wherever required
• Ensuring timely payment of taxes and filing of returns
• Providing support in end-to-end preparation and filing of monthly, quarterly and annual VAT, CST & GST returns.

3.Other tax projects / Tax R&D

• Support to team on other tax projects for tax optimization on need basis

Key Relationships

Internal - functions across ABI

External -Tax Authorities; Tax consultants.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Education level and/ or experience

• Chartered Accountant with 1-2 years post qualification experience in managing indirect taxes related matters of clients in Big 4s/ large consulting firms. Alternatively, the candidate should be employed with a large Indian corporate house and should be responsible for its indirect tax related matters. Additionally, having experience in indirect tax (during Article ship or otherwise) will be an advantage.

Skills and/or knowledge

• Strong indirect tax knowledge.
• Strong hands-on ERP systems (SAP S/4 Hana) and MS Office.
• Strong inter-personal skills and communication skills with an ability to work with all functional and business partners as the job requires interactions with other functions in the company.
• Fluency in English is essential, with exposure to a multinationaldesirable.
• Reliable with a strong sense of integrity and compliance
• Able to work independently and drive projects end to end.

Other requirements

• Mindset to implement the best tax practices and bring efficiencies from tax across functions
• High energy
• Solution-oriented and positive attitude
• Ownership to complete projects
• Fast-mover, quick to adapt
• Flexibility and resilience in a fast-moving environment
• Integrity and professionalism
• Love for beer!