Tata Steel - Legal Counsel - Indirect Taxation - LLB

Designation & Role : Legal Counsel - Indirect Taxation

Department / Function : Legal (I&L)

Experience : 5-8 years

Location : Jamshedpur

The Context / Purpose of the Job :

- To handle litigation arising out of GST, service tax and excise cases at the level of adjudicating authority and appellate authority (Commissioner (Appeal)).

- To do legal analysis of the statutory provisions, notifications and circulars pertaining to excise, service tax and customs.

- Support Chief Legal Counsel-Indirect Taxation in administrative functions like preparation of MIS etc.

Job responsibilities :

Coordination with internal and external agencies :

1. To coordinate and interact with the Indirect Taxes CoE for analyzing the issues involved in the show cause notices for preparation of defense reply or appeal, as the case may be. If SCN/appeal has reference to out locations then interact with F&A of such out location.

2. Gather information/data required for analyzing the issue in dispute and for drafting reply to SCN or appeal, as the case may be.

3. Coordinate with Advocates/law firms for managing the litigation.

Legal analysis :

1. To do extensive legal research with the help of electronic/online research tools for developing the contentions to be incorporated in the reply to the SCNs/appeal.

2. Remain updated with the development in excise and customs law. Support Head Taxation with latest case laws, notifications and circulars on the subject.

3. Support Head Taxation with legal research for preparing in house opinions.

Drafting :

1. Draft reply to Show cause notices and petition for appeal, as the case may be.

2. Where the preparation of reply/appeal petition has to be referred to an external agency then support such external agency with well researched note prepared on the basis of legal and factual inputs collected in the aforesaid manner.

Knowledge , skills and experience :

Qualification : LLB (5 years course) or LLB (3 years course) + B. Com. (Hons.).

Relevant Experience :

1. The candidate with 2 to 3 years of experience as an inhouse counsel in corporate sector or as an associate of tax law firm. Prior experience with a large size manufacturing company is strongly desirable

2. Should have actively handled litigations related to excise & service tax.

3. At least two years experience of handling issues related to GST.

4. Should be well acquainted with hierarchy of GST, Excise and service tax authorities and have practical exposure to procedures involved in adjudication and appellate proceedings relating to GST, excise and service tax cases.

Skills :

1. The candidate should be well versed with statutes pertaining to GST ,Central Excise and service tax and the rules issued thereunder regarding cenvat credit, valuation, filings of appeals, tariff etc.

2. Good knowledge of Constitution and laws related to civil and criminal procedures, evidence, IP, contract etc

3. He should be able to effectively brief the Advocates.

4. He must have good analytical and drafting skills.

5. The candidate should have good inter-personal & communication skill and should be able to mentor the sub-ordinate colleagues.

6. The person should be self-motivated with high desire to get the result.

7. He should be computer savvy (word, excel, PPT).