Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager - International Tax

About Us

• Leading a team comprising of qualified chartered accountants, graduates, articles etc. and handling a bouquet of corporate clients
• Finalizing client deliverables in consultation with the Senior
• Leading and coordinating tax planning and tax risk management assignments, with guidance from the reporting supervisor. This would involve handling advisory, litigation and compliance requirements of clients, comprising of:
• Providing holistic tax solutions to Client tax issues considering domestic tax and international tax (including evaluating tax treaties).
• Provide tax risk analysis pro-actively on transactions planned by Clients.
• Evaluating implications under FEMA for cross border transactions
• Suggesting possible structuring options to meet the desired objectives of the client.
• Manage all tax compliances relating to a portfolio of Clients
• Withholding tax advisory including foreign remittances
• Reviewing key corporate tax returns and vetting of tax positions
• Overseeing litigation matters and attending to notices from the Tax Department
• Ensuring that business tax requirements are met
• Leading the review and modification of key tax processes and systems and identifying opportunities to streamline them
• Managing and maintaining relationship with clients
• Identifying new opportunities for serving existing clients, deciding the scope and pricing
• Initiating and actively participating in client meetings
• Supervising, training, and mentoring the team
• Actively working with cross-functional teams to provide holistic tax solutions to clients
• Ensuring that projects are completed efficiently within the budgeted time and cost
• Supporting practice management initiatives and catering to financial metrics
  

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
  

Desired Candidate Profile

• 1. A strong passion and interest for tax
• 3+ years experience in
• Income tax advisory, litigation and compliance
• Basic/working knowledge of FEMA
• Assignments involving significant technical research
• Strong Project Management skills
• Knowledge on interpretation of double tax avoidance agreements
• Working knowledge of Transfer Pricing principles
• Experience in/exposure to M&A transactions will be an added advantage
• Good communication skills including legal/technical drafting
• Good interpersonal skills
  

Hiring Process

• Technical / HR Interviews
• Technical / Behavioral Assessments