Sr. Manager - Indirect Taxation

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About thedepartment :

The IDT vertical of Nexdigmhas been supporting clients from all sorts of sectors, and has been doing workaround GST, Customs, FTP, and erstwhile laws such as VAT, excise, and servicetax. We provide advisory, litigation, compliance, policy advocacy and refundservices under indirect tax laws in India and GCC. The leaders and supervisorsof this practice carry vast experience from Big4s, law practices and prominentindustries. The team deals with the most complex issues that our clients faceand challenges themselves with every passing day to be a better version ofthemselves. Our approach to embracing technology with a human touch to driveour services is what helps us to differentiate ourselves.

What s in it for you

Our focused professional development planfocuses on mentoring people at every career level to help them reach the nextparadigm by identifying and using their strengths to do their best work everyday.

We have been consciously taking trainingsessions every month to ensure that the technical knowledge of the team isrefreshed and enhanced which we have witnessed to tremendously help with theadvisory and litigation work, making us an idle IDT team to work with

Vital Skillsets Required:

Operations - 70 to 75%weightag

Leading client fronting indirect tax (GST/Customs/ FTP) engagements (Compliance, Representation, Advisory and Litigation)

o Scoping

o Technical and quality reviews

o On-time delivery

o Client liaison

Expected to be involved in end-to-end reportingfor his/ her client/ region sales, budgets, billing and growth

Advise and assist clients in forming indirecttax strategies to cover indirect tax exposure

Being a consultant/ advisor on erstwhileindirect tax / GST matters to other Nexdigm practices across all locations

Risk management from an erstwhile indirect tax /GST perspective on all Nexdigm engagements across all locations

Identifying the impact of applied/proposedchanges in the indirect tax laws upon client business and accordingly advisethem on the way forward

Controlling and managing indirect tax practiceof branch locations, if need be, other than that of home location, (ifrequired)

Keeping track of and providing insights onvarious issues related to recent developments in Indirect taxes in India andglobally

Can plan and execute various practice developmentinitiatives (incl. standardizing operating practices, and protocols forrecurring activities)

Expected to assume P&L responsibility forthe defined scope of work

Clients accountexpansion and business development: 20-25% weightage

Aligning with Partners/ sales team to generateleads and take it to order book level.

Representing the indirect tax team at practicelevel, wherever required, and identifying solutions to be provided to thecommon leads identified

Managing and maintaining relationships withclients, other BUs and internal stakeholders

Strive to provide new and innovative indirecttax solutions to clients

Identifying new opportunities for servingexisting clients

Targeting and obtaining work from potentialclients

Development of the Practice and promotion ofthe Nexdigm brand name - articles in publications, regular update managementfor clients, speaker at seminars, etc.

Managing current and developing newrelationships and alliances covering but not limited to Trade bodies, Nexia networkfirms, Law Firms, Technology alliances and other similar organizations

Achieving assigned number KPIs about:

o Lead generation

o Sales closure combining IDT technical knowledgeand commercial skills

o Client mining and account expansion

o Product campaigns about IDT products includingtax technology products

Support in preparation of monthly/ quarterlysheets for leadership from an overall practice perspective. Reporting andmaintaining the MIS from practice and sales perspective and updating theleadership on the progress achieved.

Leading people anddevelopment: 5-10% weightage

Building and managing a team includingrecruitment, appraisals, developing training material, providing training toteam members, and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigneddeliverables

Review of efficient and effective planning, selection and team management of all resources throughout the year includingtemporary resource redeployment within the team/ with other departments,

Building team morale and motivating people inthe team and firm, and retention of existing employees

Address issues at the emotional/infrastructurallevel at work being faced by teams, take responsibility for team building andmotivation of teams

Identifying training needs of teams and assistingin skill building where deficiencies are identified,

Ensure onboarding and process training happenfor new employees

Perform timely appraisal and provide a balancebetween firm and employee aspirations

Develop subordinates for the next levels

To be tailor-fit for the above skillsets, you need tohave,

Must have -

Minimum 8 years of experience in indirect tax

Specialist knowledge of Goods and Services Tax, erstwhile indirect tax laws

Experience should be in compliance, representation, advisory and adequate litigation exposure, client miningactivities

In-depth indirect taxation exposure in a fewsectors

The candidate should have or handle a portfolioof approximately 2 crores.

Experience in independently handling GSTimplementation projects for clients from the planning phase to execution anddelivery

Experience in liaising with governmentofficials and building rapport with officials

Should have been in a client-facing role

Supervisory / leadership experience of at least5 years

Excellent written and spoken communicationskills including legal/technical drafting

Very good interpersonal skills

Add on -

Chartered Accountant / Lawyer preferred

Experience of Customs legislation and ForeignTrade Policy (preferable)

Basic work experience in Foreign TradeAgreements (preferable)

Experience in advisory and compliance concerningSpecial Economic Zones (SEZ)

Manager in a Big 4 or Partner / Principal in amid-sized firm (of more than 4 partners) is preferable