Indirect Taxation

Job Responsibilities

• Provide internal tax advisory services and support on indirect tax related matters to the business team and liaise with corporate finance, legal, business and operations teams for indirect tax related issues.

• Provide day-to-day operational guidance to business, finance and operations teams and provide end-to-end support with respect to new developments in Indirect Taxes.

• Work closely with various business teams to ensure integration and bring awareness to the business on Indirect tax laws.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate indirect tax matters succinctly to relevant stakeholders.

• Updating the management on latest tax issues, case laws, circulars / other pertinent changes in the field of indirect taxes and provide ideas / opinion to management on various indirect tax related matters.

• Analyze current and proposed tax policy changes, evaluate impacts, develop and execute plans accordingly.

Co-ordination with the technology teams to highlight the requirement of relevant reports from the various Software’s or ERP’s to execute necessary indirect tax compliances

• Continuous monitoring of the existing reports used and coordinating with the technology teams to bring in relevant customizations in the ERP reports to adhere to the taxation requirements in accordance with the updates / amendments in the indirect tax laws.

• Liaise with tax authorities and manage tax assessment and litigations for the Group which includes replying to various notices issued or audit objections raised by the departmental authorities, preparation and filing of written submissions, appearance before tax authorities.

• Preparing/updating of SOP’s with a detailed written instruction as regards to the performance of a given activity to bring in consistency and accountability in handling various indirect tax related matters.

• Responsible to manage end to end GST Compliances including but not limited to performing of tax ledger reconciliations, report validations, payments, rationalization and other related matters.

• Responsible to maintain the GST Tax Rate Master which includes regular tracking and updating pursuant to the notifications released by CBIC and to suitably update such tax rate changes to corporate finance, business and operations team.

• Responsible to manage end to end GST TCS compliances including but not limited to report validations, payments, documentations, rationalization and other related matters.

• Responsible for undertaking month end closing activities including but not limited to recording of journal entries in line with the GST returns filed, preparation of indirect tax schedules, analysis of closing trial balance.

• Provide support to teams during statutory audits and other audit assignments.

• Establish appropriate system or processes for tax risk management for the Group and their continuous improvement of the same.

• Lead and coordinate ad-hoc tax-driven business initiatives.