Specialist, Direct Tax, India

Org Unit Name: APAC
Location: India-Gurugram

JOB PURPOSE

The Specialist, India Direct Tax, is a member of the Global Tax Function. The role sits within the Direct Tax Operations team which is organized by region. The purpose of this role is to ensure direct tax compliance, support tax control, and partner with the business to optimize taxation.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and manage direct tax operations in India.
• Support compliance efforts for all direct taxes (CIT, WHT, Property, Environmental taxes, etc.) in India and India subcontinent, ensure direct tax compliance processes are up to date with legislative changes.
• Support the optimization of direct taxes for SABIC business in India.
• Assist in assessing and implementing processes that continuously improve the sustainable efficiency and effectiveness of SABIC’s direct tax position, including the cost-effective management of direct tax resources including external advisers
• Support risk management for direct taxes in India.
• Support the implementation & development of the APAC direct tax strategy.
• Support the direct tax compliance and local optimization of SABIC’s Global Enterprise Model.
• Partners effectively with SBUs and Corporate Functions in direct tax projects and transactions.
• As compliance is the primary responsibility of the Direct Tax Operations team, this role will support the compliance function but will primarily focus on providing subject matter expertise and advice in relation to topics such as PE exposure, intercompany financing and dividend transactions, tracking legislative updates and a broad variety of strategic business projects.

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Tax, Economics, Accounting, or Finance preferred.
• MBA, Masters, or equivalent degree in a relevant subject preferred.
• Professional qualification such as Tax Practitioner’s Certificate, CPA, Law or ACCA.
• Attendance of post-graduate training programs in areas such as international tax are considered a plus.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in direct tax including minimal 6 years in Big 4, experience in the direct tax function of large multinationals is a plus.
• International global tax experience with detailed working knowledge of India and general practical understanding of international tax law and guidelines regarding direct taxes.
• Working knowledge of tax laws and guidelines in India sub subcontinent regarding direct taxes preferred.
• Solves unique and complex technical, managerial and stakeholder problems that have a broad impact on the business from global to country or local entity level.
• Strong influencing skills, high adaptability, and cultural awareness.
• Strong analytical skills supported by technical expertise.

ABOUT SABIC
SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SABIC manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.

SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Production in 2019 was 72.6 million metric tons.

SABIC has more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 12,540 global patent filings, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE) STATEMENT
SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.