Associate Director - Indirect Tax - Big4 - CA

Big 4- Indirect Tax - Associate Director

Job description:

The Firm's Indirect Tax Practice provides comprehensive advice and assistance on GST as well as the erstwhile Customs duties, CENVAT, Service Tax, VAT, Foreign Trade Policy, Free Trade Agreements and Cross border supply chains and anti dumping duties. Our Services include the following:

Advisory:

- Advice on classification, valuation, applicability of taxes on transactions and admissibility to tax benefits/exemptions

- Opinions on other indirect tax issues

- Providing innovative but rigorous tax planning ideas

Indirect Tax Reviews / Health Checks /Due Diligence Reviews:

- Undertaking comprehensive reviews of business operations to identify tax planning opportunities as well as compliance gaps

- Conducting detailed indirect tax due diligence reviews (buy side / sell side)

Compliance Support and Outsourcing:

- Indirect tax compliance support/ outsourcing on an all India basis

Litigation support:

- Drafting replies to notices and Drafting appeals and submissions

- Appearances and arguments before adjudication and appellate authorities up to the Tribunal

- Appearance and arguments before anti-dumping authorities

- Briefing of Senior Counsel

General:

- Undertakes target driving role

- Leading client relationship

- We also provide for Strategic Consulting, Trade Facilitation and Representation services.

- Working in this discipline will see a Associate Director working on engagements and teams (the sizes of which will vary depending on client/project).

To qualify for the same an Associate Director will need:

- To be a Qualified Chartered Accountant with relevant exposure and 7-10 years of experience.

- Primary exposure should be on indirect tax matters.

- Additional qualification of Company Secretary (CS) would be an added advantage.

Other prerequisite skills include:

- Effective and efficient team management

- MIS management, including teams

- Excellent interpersonal skills for cross team discussions

- Knack for business development initiatives/ activities

- Very good knowledge of the erstwhile indirect tax laws relating to VAT/ Entry tax/ Excise/ Customs and basic knowledge of direct tax and transfer pricing is expected.

- Excel, presentation and report writing skills are extremely important

- Good communication and interpersonal skills

- Should have experience in appearing/representing matters before tax and regulatory authorities

- Demonstrating innovative and critical thinking in managing projects

- Strong analytical and numerical skills

- Well-rounded commercial and economic awareness and understanding of the financial markets

- Passion for client servicing

- Excellent eye for detail

- Ownership and responsibility of clients/tasks delegated

Perks and Benefits: As per industry standards