Assistant Director/Senior Manager - Direct Tax & Regulatory Services - CA - BFSI

The requirement for a Chartered Accountant with prior experience in Direct tax advisory to carry out the below responsibilities:

Client management:

- Hold the ownership for operational delivery in an efficient and timely manner

- Build and maintain relationships with clients, acquire projects proactively and contribute towards new client acquisition

- Play the role of the primary point of contact for the client along with the Partner. This includes, but is not restricted to, responding promptly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided and maintaining regular contact with clients

Project Management:

- Efficient management and successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and that practical / business-driven approach is adopted

- Ensuring that projects are completed efficiently within the budgeted time and cost

- Supporting practice management initiatives and catering to financial metrics

- Actively work with cross-functional teams to provide holistic tax solutions to clients

Business Development:

- Play a pivotal role in expansion of our tax practice in new markets

- Generate and manage possible leads from other areas of the practice

- Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from

People Management:

- Play a key role in people development through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff

- Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training team members

- Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments

Nature of Tax / TP work

- Consultation on inbound and outbound investments

- Permanent Establishment issues

- Withholding tax advisory

- Reviewing key corporate tax returns and vetting of tax positions

- Overseeing litigation matters and attending to notices from the Tax Department

- Transfer Pricing Advisory, Compliances / Documentation, and Litigation.

- HNI & Family offices Structuring, Tax Planning and Compliances

To be tailor-fit for the above skill sets, the incumbent would need to have,

- A strong passion and interest for tax

- Strong international and Indian tax & transfer pricing technical skills

- Client-driven approach - Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients

- Business development skills to be able to identify and convert opportunities

- Strong business acumen with ability to manage engagement financial results

- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral

- An enthusiastic approach and be a team player with the ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams

- The trait of being change orientated and innovative with flexible approach for working and adoption of new technologies

- Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines

- Experience in/exposure to FEMA (added advantage)