Big 4- Indirect Tax - A D/ Manager- Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for building and developing the indirect tax practice (for the AD mandate)
• Identify the new clients (independently or with the help of seniors or other teams).
• Identifying the new opportunities with the existing clients (in view of the new developments in the field of Indirect taxes or developments at client's end)
• Maintain strong client relationships and leverage the same for cross selling
• Putting conscious efforts towards networking within the same service line and with other service lines
• Understand various services offered by different service lines in the organization
• Cross selling and generating new clients for the firm
• Understand the client's requirements and seek the relevant facts to identify the solution and service offering
• Design and plan the service offerings for client that can meet his requirement, outline the detailed scope of work and scope limitations, discuss the commercials with the Partner
• Effective communication of service offerings / proposal to the client and ensuring to convert the lead into an assignment
• Ensuring appropriate risk processes are completed before initiating the assignment / project as per the firm's Risk guidelines and all the necessary approvals are obtained
• Plan and management the execution of the assignment with right resources; ensuring the quality of deliverables and meeting the timelines set
• Provide expert advise to clients on Indirect tax law and regulations with industry insights (if possible) and practical approach
• Attempt to provide the value addition while undertaking the assignment; developing innovative solutions for clients
• Managing pan India compliance and advisory services
• Representing clients before the tax authorities / appellate authorities in relation to audits / assessments / litigation matters
• Provide guidance and coach the team members while executing the assignment / project
• Coaching / mentor the team members on various concepts of Indirect tax; ensure on the job learning
• Ensure nominating the team members for the training (initiatives taken at firm level); ensure attendance of the team members for the regular internal and external training
• Understanding the career aspirations of team members and discuss the path towards achieving the same
• Manage team developments and performance
• Encourage innovation / best practices in team
• Provide regular feedback to team members on their performance

Job Specifications :

Qualifications :

Skills

• Strong analytical ability
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Client relationship management
• Team player
• Experience in consulting would be an added advantage
• Ability to manage dynamic teams
• Exposure to all areas of Indirect Taxation
• Experience in both compliance and advisory

Experience

• 7 -10 years of experience in Indirect tax compliance and advisory services For Associate Director roles and 4-7 years for Manager roles

While Bangalore and Mumbai has openings for Associate Director and Managers, at Pune, there are only Manager level positions.