Senior Manager - Indirect Taxation - CA

Job Description:

Designation: Senior Manager

Office Location: Gurugram

Position description:

What's in it for you?

Being a position that falls in the senior cadre, the role gives you an opportunity to explore the entrepreneur in you. We strongly believe in freedom of operation and that clearly reflects in our modus operandi, of letting the senior personnel to have full control of their teams and clients. Apart from holding the Indirect Tax function you may have an opportunity to strengthen your knowledge base by being part of speaking events and other Indirect Tax fraternity events. Further with GST being recently introduced in a few foreign countries, you stand to gain exposure of global indirect taxation, making you a holistic global indirect tax professional.

Primary Responsibilities:

Operations:

- Leading client fronting indirect tax / GST engagements (Compliance, Representation and Advisory) Scoping

- Technical and quality reviews

- On-time delivery

Client liaison:

- Being a consultant/advisor on erstwhile indirect tax / GST matters to other SKP practices across all locations

- Risk management from an erstwhile indirect tax / GST perspective on all SKP engagements across all locations

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

- Handling manager led teams and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigned deliverables

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

Clients and business development:

- Managing and maintaining relationship with clients

- 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 SKP brand name - articles in publications, regular update management for clients, speaker at seminars, etc.

- Building and managing a team including recruitment, appraisals, developing training material and providing training to team members, the functions may include

- 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,

- 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 the next manager, and other subordinates for the next levels

Reporting Team:

- Reporting Designation: Director (NPL_PS_IDT_DIR)

- Reporting Department: Indirect Tax (NPL_PS_IDT)

Educational qualifications preferred:

- Category: Professional Course

- Degree: Chartered Accountancy - CA

- Industry: CA Firms/ Consulting Firms/Industry

Role: Senior Manager

Core Competencies required:

- Commercial Awareness: Able to understand the key business issues that affect profitability and growth of an enterprise and takes appropriate action to maximize success.

- Customer Service: Exceeding customer expectations by displaying a total commitment to identifying and providing solutions of the highest possible standards aimed at addressing customer needs.

- Diversity: Treats all individuals with respect, responds sensitively to differences and encourages others to do likewise.

- Independence: Actions based on own convictions rather than on a desire to please others. Is prepared to challenge others and has the courage to stand up for what they believe to be right.

- Interpersonal Sensitivity: Awareness of other people and environment and own impact on these. Actions indicate a consideration for the feelings and needs of others, (but not to be confused with 'sympathy').

- Leading People: Motivates, enables and inspires others to succeed, utilizing appropriate styles. Has a clear vision of what is required and acts as a positive role model.

- Openness to Change: Proactively supports change and effectively adapts his/her approach to suit changing circumstances or requirements.

- Organizational Collaboration: Capacity to perceive the impact and implications of decisions and activities on other parts of the organization. Actions taken are focused on the organization. Working with others towards a common purpose.

- People Development: Developing the skills and competencies of subordinates through training and development activities related to current and future jobs.

- Strategic Perspective: Takes account of a wide range of longer-term issues, opportunities and contingencies. Identifies the means of implementing plans in line with the vision and direction.

Required Skills:

To be tailor-fit for the above skillsets, you need to have:

- Chartered Accountant / Lawyer with 5 - 7 years experience in indirect tax

- Specialist knowledge of Goods and Services Tax, erstwhile indirect tax laws

- Experience of Customs legislation and Foreign Trade Policy

- Experience should be in compliance, representation, advisory and adequate litigation exposure

- In depth indirect taxation exposure in few sectors like (Pharmaceutical, Information Technology, FMCG, SME, BFSI etc.)

- Experience of advisory and compliance with respect to Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

- Experience of independently handling GST implementation projects for clients from planning phase to execution and delivery

- Experience of liaising with government officials and building rapport with officials

- Should have been in a client facing role

- Supervisory / leadership experience of at least 4 years

- Manager in a Big 4 or Partner / Principal in a mid-sized firm (of more than 4 partners)

- Excellent written and spoken communication skills including legal / technical drafting

- Very good interpersonal skills

- Should have a passion for the subject