Assistant Manager/Deputy Manager/Manager - Indirect Tax

Role specific skillsets:

We look for the job role for Manager/ Senior Manager in Indirect Taxation includes, but is not restricted to, the below:

Operations - 70 to 75% weightage

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

Scoping - Technical and quality reviews

- On-time delivery

- Client liaison

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

- Involved in preparation of monthly/ quarterly sheets for leadership from overall practice perspective.

- Expected to assume P&L responsibility for the defined scope of work

- Being a consultant/ advisor on erstwhile indirect 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

- Controlling and managing indirect tax practice of branch locations, if need be, other than that of home location, (if required)

- Keeping track of and providing insights on various issues related to recent developments in Indirect taxes in India and globally

- Can plan and execute various practice development initiatives (incl. standardizing operating practices, and protocols for recurring activities)

- Clients' account expansion and business development: 20-25% weightage

- Aligning with Partners/ sales team to generate leads and take it till order book level.

- Representing indirect tax team at practice level, wherever required, and identifying solutions to be provided to the common leads identified

- Managing and maintaining relationship with clients, other BU's and internal stake holders

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

- Strive to provide new and innovative indirect tax solutions to clients

- Identifying new opportunities for serving existing clients

- Targeting and obtaining work from potential clients

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

- Managing current and developing new relationships and alliances covering but not limited to Trade bodies, Nexia network firms, Law Firms, Technology alliances and other similar organizations

- Achieving assigned number KPIs pertaining to:

- Lead generation

- Sales closure combining IDT technical knowledge and commercial skills

- Client mining and account expansion

- Product campaigns in relation to IDT products including tax technology products

- Reporting and maintaining the MIS from practice and sales perspective and updating the leadership on the progress achieved.

- Leading people and development: 5-10% weightage

- Building and managing a team including recruitment, appraisals, developing training material, providing training to team members, and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigned deliverables

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

- Building of team morale and motivate people in the team and firm, and retention of existing employees

- Address issues at emotional / infrastructural level at work being faced by teams, take responsibility for team building and motivation of teams

- Identifying training needs of teams and assist in skill building where deficiencies identified,

- Ensure on-boarding and process training happens for new employees

- Perform timely appraisal and provide balance between firm and employee aspirations

- Develop subordinates for the next levels

Core Competencies:

Service Orientation: Understands that the service provided supports the organization in fulfilling its mission. The associate knows both - the internal and external customers and their needs, and is committed to meeting the customers' evolving, long-term needs

Result Orientation -Directs personal energy and efforts towards meeting business objectives and achieving results. Develops action plans that are realistic and implements them to meet or exceed expectations. Shows a sense of urgency towards the end goal.

Initiative - Is fully aware of and accepts accountability and responsibility towards his/her job. Identifies challenges and problems related to the job at hand and proactively takes appropriate steps to resolve them.

Professionalism- Always displays professionalism while conducting the job at hand. Is ethical and displays integrity while dealing with others. Understands and displays a thorough knowledge of all functions. Knows and utilizes the relevant skills, methods, systems, and procedures to produce desired results.

Cooperation -Fosters teamwork and displays joint ownership of business challenges. Helps the team to accomplish the functional work, while ensuring that his/her responsibilities are also fulfilled. Accepts direction in a positive manner and reaches out for support from team members as the situation warrants