Manager - Tax Finance Operation - Big4 - CA

Client : Big4

Location : Bangalore

To qualify for the role you must have:

- A qualified Chartered Accountant

- 5-8 years of post-qualification tax experience in both Consulting and Industry with specialization in tax (preferably exposure across direct tax, indirect tax and transfer pricing)

Be part of a trending solution of Big4 called "Tax and Finance Operate" . Tax and Finance Operate is an offering that involves going beyond the usual job profile of a tax consultant and taking on the larger role of a tax function of the company.

The opportunity

As part of Tax and Finance Operate team , Big4 would take over, transform and operate the tax function of the company - Big4 would not only perform routine tax compliance, litigation and advisory services, but would also play the role currently performed by tax teams in companies (i.e. dealing with business teams, external consultants, internal reporting, data management, process improvement, etc).

Your key responsibilities

- Your role would involve ensuring that high quality service is delivered to clients. This would involve transitioning and transforming processes, compliances, knowledge, data, etc from the client, and thereafter lead the services from Big4 on day to day basis with support from team.

Towards this, you would have the following responsibilities:

- Implementing best in class delivery for clients

- Ensuring standard operating tax processes, building best practices, leveraging standard processes and identifying need for and infusing technology/ automation where required.

- Monitoring and meeting engagement KPIs set by the client for Big4

- Organizing and engaging in discussions/ meetings with the client (at higher levels)

- Resolving client issues and concerns in a timely manner

- Leveraging Big4 experience to ensure best practices are implemented while operating the tax function

- Co-ordinating with various specialist teams within the Practice to deliver outcomes to client

- Taking part in strategic and tactical portions of service delivery (such as decisions on litigation strategy, change management, new legislation implementation, etc)

Skills and attributes for success:

The job requires a problem identification and solving approach, a constant focus on improvisation, perseverance to succeed in building a high performing tax function. The role also requires the following attributes:

- Team player

- Experience in data management, process design and implementation

- People interaction

- Client management skills

- Large project delivery

- Highly adaptive

- Knowledge of tax and finance domain

- Resourceful and hands-on with new initiatives

- Proficiency with common ERPs, eg SAP, Oracle, Tally

Ideally you should have:

- Strong written/verbal communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills

- Be highly flexible, team player, adaptable and creative

- Comfortable in interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)

- Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility