Assistant Manager - Direct Tax - BPO

Tax Accounting :

- Detailed review and GL account reconciliation of current and deferred tax on a quarterly basis, with explanations and corrective action taken for any discrepancies.

- Posting the quarterly current and deferred tax accounting entries.

- Working closely with the Finance team to advise on the correct accounting treatment of tax cash (payments and refunds).

- Quarterly calculation of deferred tax adjustments ie deferred tax on intangible fixed assets.

- Review of withholding tax accounting, and quarterly reconciliation of withholding tax GL accounts.

- Liaising with overseas tax accountants as required to confirm local accounting treatment versus IFRS and other matters required to understand the regional tax accounting entries.

- Track, review and update the treatment of deferred tax on losses at the end of each quarter.

Tax Compliance :

- Ensure that tax returns as completed by external advisors are filed with the tax authorities on time in each jurisdiction.

- Maintain control of the tax compliance tracker and highlight in advance when returns are coming due.

- Ensuring that tax payments are made in accordance with payment deadlines.

- Handling of finalization of income tax-returns.

- Filing of income tax forms (quarterly/ half yearly/ annual).

- Data preparation & completion of Tax Audit, Transfer Pricing Audit.

- Handling tax assessments and litigation before appellate authorities.

- Advisory and planning over tax structures and evaluating the taxability for the structures.

- Preparation and submission of data for Assessment.

- Proactively identify the process automation and improvement opportunities.

- Knowledge of certification work in respect of filing of forms 15CB, form 15CA, form 3CD, form 3CEB.

- Half Yearly & Annual Reporting.

- Review the group tax model to ensure that the calculation of the year-end current and deferred tax position is correct in readiness for the year-end Audit.

- Liaise with the external consultants to provide data and clarify and resolve any matters that may arise regarding the model to ensure the integrity of the calculations.

- Prepare the current and deferred tax disclosures for the Annual Report using the Group tax model outputs.

- Provide the year-end accounting journals to the Group Accounting team by legal entity for both current and deferred tax.

- Assist internal and external auditors with tax audit requests.

Transfer Pricing :

- Manage updates to the transfer pricing model each quarter and ensure invoicing across Group entities is processed accurately and in accordance with month-end deadlines.

Other :

- Document tax accounting processes and use to drive consistency across the Group entities.

- Other ad hoc tasks as required.