Sr. Associate Direct Taxation

In your role as a Project Management professional, you will be responsible for providing advice on classification, valuation, the applicability of taxes on transactions, and admissibility to tax benefits/exemptions. Your key responsibilities will include: - Offering innovative but rigorous tax planning ideas such as Tax Reviews, Health Checks, and Due Diligence Reviews. - Conducting comprehensive reviews of business operations to identify tax planning opportunities and compliance gaps. - Leading and coordinating tax planning and tax management assignments with guidance from the Partner, while effectively managing risk and compliance issues. - Planning and strategizing approaches for litigation and exploring new ways to resolve tax disputes for clients. - Researching estimated service costs and man-hours required for projects before pitching, and drafting and presenting proposals to clients with guidance from Partners. Moreover, you will be involved in building commercial substance in current process procedures, innovating and improvising on processes and plans for closing assignments. You will also be responsible for appearances and arguments before adjudication and appellate authorities up to the Tribunal, as well as developing and maintaining effective working relationships with tax authorities, business and functional teams, and external service providers. Additionally, you will play a key role in Client Management & Business Development by: - Proactively communicating, responding, and sharing updates and developments of assignments regularly with clients. - Serving as the central point of contact and liaising with client stakeholders, Managers, local stakeholders, and the team. - Developing and maintaining relationships with CFOs and Tax Directors to create a high-quality professional network. - Identifying leads from public and private sources, evaluating new opportunities, and sharing potential client databases with Partners for review and guidance. - Supporting partners in preparing pitch proposals for client meetings. Your skills in proposal drafting, risk management, transfer pricing, tax regulations, financial certifications, fringe benefit tax, withholding tax, client management, tax planning, tax compliance, research and analysis, tax advisory, litigation strategy, tax dispute resolution, direct tax, networking, relationship building, commercial awareness, corporate tax, business development, tax reviews, compliance, communication, relationship management, tax research, litigation, and tax litigation will be essential for success in this role.,