Head - Taxation

As a seasoned Senior Manager - Taxation, your primary responsibility will be to lead and manage the organization's direct tax strategy, compliance, audits, and planning initiatives. In this key leadership role, you must leverage your extensive experience as a tax professional to collaborate with business stakeholders and ensure optimal tax governance in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Your key responsibilities will include managing end-to-end compliance for Income Tax, Corporate Tax, and Transfer Pricing. This will involve ensuring timely filing of returns, advance tax computations, and tax audit reports. You will also be required to interpret tax laws and regulatory updates to provide strategic tax advice. Additionally, you will lead tax-related documentation and structuring for corporate initiatives such as mergers, demergers, or fundraising. In terms of assessments and litigation, you will handle tax assessments and represent the company in tax litigation and scrutiny matters. This will involve coordinating with external advisors and legal teams to manage disputes and minimize tax exposure effectively. Your role will also entail identifying tax-saving opportunities, evaluating tax risks, and implementing effective planning strategies for tax optimization. You will need to optimize the utilization of MAT credits and deferred tax assets, providing valuable input for pricing, contracts, and new business initiatives from a taxation perspective. Furthermore, you will play a crucial role in guiding and mentoring junior tax professionals and consultants, collaborating cross-functionally with finance, legal, and operations teams, and advising CXOs and senior leaders on the taxation impact for business decisions. Driving tax process automation and implementing SOPs will be essential in your role to enhance process improvement. You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and consistency of tax accounting and provisioning while monitoring internal controls and ensuring adherence to the tax calendar. To excel in this role, you should possess a minimum of 5 years" experience in Direct Taxation (IT, CT, TP) and have a proven track record in managing tax for corporate restructuring. Strong analytical and interpretive knowledge of tax laws, hands-on tax accounting and audit exposure, as well as team leadership and cross-functional stakeholder engagement skills are crucial. Additionally, having a CA qualification from 2012 to 2016 will be advantageous for this position.,