Senior Manager - Governance Compliances (Finance)

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Tax Leadership

• Architect and implement comprehensive international tax strategies aligned with our business objectives and growth plans
• Lead strategic tax planning for cross-border transactions, business restructuring, and market entry/exit decisions
• Design optimal legal entity and operating structures that enhance tax efficiency while meeting business needs, with consideration for merger-acquisition activities and private equity transactions.
• Develop forward-looking tax risk management frameworks to identify, assess, and mitigate potential tax exposures
• Provide strategic tax counsel to the management on major business decisions
  

Compliance Management

• Establish robust governance frameworks ensuring full compliance with tax and financial regulations across all operating jurisdictions
• Direct the preparation and timely filing of all corporate tax returns and disclosures worldwide
• Oversee statutory financial reporting and regulatory submissions in accordance with local requirements
• Implement standardized processes for tax provision calculations and tax accounting
  

Financial Compliance & Reporting

• Financial compliance programs covering statutory accounting, regulatory reporting, and corporate governance
• Oversee implementation of financial controls to ensure compliance with local & internation equivalent regulations
• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries and manage relationships with financial regulatory bodies
• Ensure accurate and timely financial disclosures across all legal entities and operating jurisdictions
• Implement standardized compliance monitoring and reporting systems across the global business
  

Due Diligence

• Responsible to serve as a key finance, assurance and tax advisor on all major business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, and strategic partnerships.
• Support the companies' major business and M&A transactions through due diligence, deal negotiation, integration, and other phases.
• Advise on assurance, finance and tax aspects of financing, including assessing and advising on current and future business structures and legal entities.
• Review of finance, indirect tax and direct tax due diligence reports and capture the required recommendations from the advisors into the definitive documents post discussing with the counter parties
• Co-ordinate with internal functional department on sharing the required data to advisors for smooth closure of due diligence and definitive documents.
  

Acquisition

• Identify risks and issues during the course of diligence and analyze the extent of risks and devise mitigation plans.
• Strategically plan and structure deals to align with organizational objectives.
• Drive end to end compliances required under assurance, IND AS, direct and indirect taxes for transaction
• Well versed in driving and designing tax optimised transaction structure.
• Coordinating with internal and external stake holders and assisting the buy/investing side in quick and expeditious conclusion of due diligence.
• Manage due diligence processes, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Address and resolve queries from buyers/investors to expedite deal closures.
• Drive negotiations and ensure prompt execution of definitive agreements
  

Other Responsibilities

• Negotiating and concluding NDA's with investors and service providers from non legal tax and commercial prospective.
• Drafting, reviewing clauses related to tax, commercial, transaction structure and negotiating purchase documents, Shareholders and Subscription Agreements, Escrow Agreements.
• Work cross-functionally and assist with data privacy protection and compliance efforts
• Perform other duties, as assigned by the Reporting Manager.
• Ensure ongoing compliance under the Companies Act and SEBI/FEMA regulations for the holding company and subsidiaries.
• Collaborate with legal, strategy, and business teams during negotiations to ensure governance alignment.
• Maintain updated statutory records and lead integration of newly acquired entities into the group structure.
  

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in Taxation, Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
• CA, CS CFA, or equivalent professional certification required
• Additional qualifications in international taxation strongly preferred
• Ongoing professional education in relevant tax and compliance domains
  

Experience

• 12+ years of progressive experience in international taxation and financial compliance
• Minimum 8 years in leadership roles managing global tax functions from MNC's, Major Conglomerates, Accounting Firms etc
• Experience in Realty/Hospitality industry with understanding of FDI matters
• Proven track record managing complex tax matters across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience leading tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and business restructurings
• Demonstrated success in building and developing global finance teams