Assistant Manager - Direct Tax - CA

Job Description:

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:

Qualifications:

- CA with 5+ years of progressive experience in a tax accounting role

- Excellent understanding of corporate tax accounting

- Experience and understanding of accounting for deferred tax

- Experience working in a global company

- Excellent analytical and numerical skills

- Excellent written, oral and electronic communication skills

- Strong excel skills (e.g. V-Lookup, Pivot Tables, Sum if, etc.)