Senior Manager

Experience:

10 to 12 years of experience in Direct Taxation

Education & Qualification:

• Qualified CA, LLB

Responsibilities:

Lead multiple projects through team to deliver within tight timeframe and deadline:

• Advising clients on complex tax matters.
• Lead tax engagements. Effectively manage team on tax filing, computations, compliances, submissions, assessment, and appeal hearings before the CIT(A), Tribunals, High Court, Supreme Court.
• Steer Tax risk management and assurance processes and ensure strict adherence to SOPs.
• Overseeing the resource chargeability and resource utilization effectively
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situation

Managing Client and deliverables through quality results:

• Act as a key client contact point for advisory and compliance queries
• Lead fee negotiations and discussions on scope for business across clientele.
• Provide proactive updates to clients on tax changes and rulings
• Build the firm’s market visibility and client experience by creating & maintaining strong independent relationships with clients.
• Build & nurture an effective working relationship with Tax authorities, business & functional heads and ensure close involvement of the local & international tax teams and external service providers.
• Develop insight into clients’ businesses to uncover tax planning opportunities
• Prepare technical tax memos, thought leadership articles, and client alerts

Team Management and Development:

• Mentor, train, and upskill team members, including interns and managers
• Act as a custodian of Quality and Delivery and as a Team mentor, ensure compliance of all aspects of direct taxation.
• Instill a culture of excellence, ethical compliance, and client-centric service.
• Evaluate performance of staff and ensure structured feedback.
• Foster collaboration with internal departments and global/local tax teams

Business Development and Practice Growth:

• Participate in new business pitches, RFP responses, and proposal writing
• Identify cross-selling opportunities across the firm’s offerings
• Drive visibility of the firm’s Direct Tax practice through thought leadership, newsletters, and webinars
• Build the firm’s profile as a forward-thinking tax advisor in the market

Skills Required:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong Communication skills
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Strong drafting, research, and representation skills
• Leadership capability to develop and guide junior team members
• Self-driven and passionate on growing practice & seeing the bigger picture of a creating a new age professional services firm
• Tech-savvy with experience in tax tools, SAP, Winman and Excel-based modelling
• Attention to details.
• Ownership mindset
• Strong interpersonal skills