Deals Tax - Senior Associate

Overview:

A career within Financial Services will provide you with the opportunity to help clients leverage Financial Services to enhance their customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work on advisory projects including technical research, drafting memos, presentations, and webinars.
• Review transaction documents such as shareholders agreements, constitution documents, share subscription agreements, etc., from a tax and regulatory standpoint and provide comments.
• Undertake fund structuring, PE review, and related advisory activities.
• Identify issues and provide solutions on complex transactions.
• Interact with middle management client contacts on day-to-day matters.
• Review and finalize tax computations, tax returns, withholding tax computation, advance tax, etc.
• Independently handle scrutiny assessments, including preparing submissions, highlighting complex tax issues, and representing before tax officers.
• Coordinate with tax authorities and visit tax offices for regular follow-ups, rectifications, refund follow-ups, etc.
• Interact with regulators on an informal basis for various queries.
• Analyse and interpret provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1956, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, SEBI regulations, and Company Law.
• Take responsibility for the complete execution of assigned engagements.
• Coordinate with Manager/Associate Director on planning and management of assignments and ensure timely delivery.
• Oversee the work of Associates, Analysts, and Senior Analysts.

Mandatory Skill Sets:

• Working in this discipline will see a Sr. Associate working on engagements and teams (sizes vary depending on client/project).

To qualify for the same, a Sr. Associate will need:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 25 years of relevant experience.
• Thorough knowledge of direct tax and FEMA regulations.
• Conversant with SEBI and Company law.
• Knowledge of current developments and their impact on client taxation.

Other Prerequisite Skills:

• Demonstrating innovative and critical thinking in managing projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to coach juniors.
• Passion for client servicing.
• Excellent eye for detail.
• Efficiency in MS Office and report writing skills.
• Ability to understand and articulate technical concepts.
• Ability to develop project management and supervisory skills involving effective time management and task prioritization.
• Ownership and responsibility of clients/tasks delegated.
• Well-rounded commercial and economic awareness and understanding of financial markets.
• Motivated, creative, and decisive in approach to problem-solving.