The Tax Team is responsible for performing the Direct Tax Compliances involving preparation, analysis, computation, filing & payment of Direct Taxes (Corporate Tax) across the Asia Pac entities. The team performs tax compliances in the form of preparation of advance tax, TDS payments, TDS returns, tax provisioning, tax audits, filing of SFT, other statutory tax forms, transfer pricing/ international transaction compliances etc. The team takes care of filing of corporate tax returns of India along with other Asia Pac entities including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Australia. Team handles and manages tax litigations across various tax authorities. Team is involved in advising on internal tax queries, analyzing the impact of change in tax rates, legislations and tax law updates. The team also supports the local finance team to support statutory/ other audits. In addition, the team also works on process improvements, data quality and bringing in automation. This position in India shall be reporting to the Senior Manager.
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What will your essential responsibilities include?
·Preparation and filing of corporate tax returns of India along with Asia Pacific (‘APAC’) entities.
·Having discussions and coordination with auditors for timely completion and filing of Tax Audit, Form 3CEB, 56F and other tax compliance forms.
·Ensure Transfer Pricing (TP) Documentation (CbCR, Master File and Local File) and other documentation as per the BEPS action plan are maintained/ filed within the statutory timelines.
·Regular follow-up/ coordination with tax consultants in respect of ongoing assessments and litigation and ensure litigations are smoothly handled through timely preparation and filing of responses before the Tax Department and have complete control on litigations across entities/ years.
·Monthly computation and payment of withholding taxes and filing of withholding tax returns of India and other APAC entities.
·Advising on any ad-hoc in-house tax query through extensive research.
·Preparation and payment of quarterly advance tax, self-assessment tax liability etc.
·Preparation of tax provisioning and ability to explain and convince the tax positions to the statutory auditors.
·Responsibility for tax accounting and ensuring all tax liabilities/ payments are timely along with maintaining reconciliations of tax accounts/ ledgers/ balances.
·Involvement with the global tax team to assist in group tax reporting.
·Attitude towards process improvement, exploring automation, performance development and crafting an environment of continuous improvement.
You will report to the Senior Manager.
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We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
Required Skills and Abilities:
·Chartered Accountant with relevant years of experience.
·Extensive, working, and in-depth knowledge of Indian corporate tax and transfer pricing.
·Ability and desire to research any ad-hoc tax query/advice.
·Knowledge of SAP/Oracle financial packages/ ERPs.
·Proficiency in MS tools like Excel, word, etc.
·Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
·Good interpersonal and collaboration skills.
·Ability to work resiliently in a fast-paced multi-national environment under high-pressure situations and within tight deadlines.
·Organized, methodical, able to deal effectively with multiple teams/ partners/ stakeholders’ priorities and can handle multitasking.
Desired/ Preferable Skills and Abilities:
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