Senior Manager - Taxation

Hiring Senior Manager - Taxation (Direct & Indirect) for one of our clients - mid-sized iT/ITeS player in Navi Mumbai

- Overall responsibility for operation, managing and advising Indirect and Direct Tax work

- Ensure Compliance of all statutory formalities such as filing of periodical VAT, Service Tax, Professional Tax, Provident Fund returns, Replies and compliance of notices. Ensure availability of road permits and timely issuance/collection of statutory sales tax forms

- Co-ordination with statutory/internal auditors regarding indirect taxation related matters

- Support Operations/Sales team in Indirect tax related matters to optimize indirect taxes. Review and Vetting of agreements, contracts, proposals, bids etc. from Indirect tax point of view. Work closely with business Process owners to identify improvements in processes to reduce tax liability and litigations.

- Keep track of latest amendments in indirect taxes & assessing impact of same on company & issuing guidelines to operating staff for ensuring smooth working & ensuring that requisite changes are made to systems & business processes in IT systems.

- Attend personal Hearings up to the level of Commissioner of Service Tax, CESTAT & Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, and TRIBUNAL etc. for Adjudication & Appeals.

- Co-ordinate for various Audits, Excise audits such as CERA, Commissioner Internal Audit & Audit from Commercial Tax Depts.

- Design documentation & internal procedures for day to day working to comply indirect tax legislations viz. VAT, Service Tax, Excise, Entry Tax etc.

- Advise to Management and tax planning & keeping update about all changes in time

- Compilation of timely MIS for Indirect & Direct Tax

Management of Employee and Company Income Tax related matters.

Competencies - CA degree desirable

- Should be Subject Matter Expert on Indirect & Direct Taxes

- Should have sound knowledge of Vat laws of various states, service tax, central excise and customs.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate technical tax issues