Vodafone Idea - Team Member - Tax

ROLE PURPOSE: 

- This position is responsible for the entire gamut of taxation work - direct tax and indirect tax (GST) involving advisory within circle, compliance, assessments and audits.

- This position involves ensuring 100% tax compliance in terms of accuracy and timeliness of meeting statutory deadlines and timelines given by the tax department for filing of responses to notices/ orders; managing litigations; communication of tax updates to business on matters relevant to business, identification of tax risks and mitigating them.

ROLE - Key Accountabilities : 

1) Direct Taxes : 

- Ensure all tax compliances within due dates

- TDS advisory within circle and ensuring TDS payments and returns are filed by SSC on time

- Compiling data for tax assessments and transfer pricing documentation and assessments

- Assistance in tax audits (Form 3CD)

- Ensuring that quarterly provision for tax, deferred tax etc are accurately made

- Ensuring advance tax compliances on quarterly basis

- Ensuring filing of appeals within statutory timelines by tax consultants

- Routine correspondence with tax office including compiling details for information required by tax department on ongoing basis

2) Indirect Taxes: 

- Ensure all tax compliances within due dates

- Ensuring accurate and timely filling of monthly GST returns and payments

- Assistance in GST audits

- Preparing periodical reconciliations between

- Ensuring filing of appeals within statutory timelines by tax consultants and keeping control of litigations of the Company

- Routine correspondence with tax office including compiling details for information required by tax department on ongoing basis.

- Collate relevant details for Litigation matters in coordination with tax consultants

3) Coordination with SSC for taxation: 

- Ongoing coordination with SSC for passing of all tax related entries

- Reconciliation of all tax GL Code balances

- Compiling information needed for compliance for Internal and Statutory Audits

4) MIS on Tax: 

- Monthly circulation of Tax status for all tax matters both direct and indirect tax covering tax/judicial authorities at all levels.

- Preparing Balance Sheet Schedules for tax GLs on a monthly basis to keep a track of GL balances

5) Documentation: 

- Maintenance and retrieval of documents/letters/certificates etc. on an ongoing basis for all tax matters both direct and indirect

TYPICAL OUTPUTS: 

- Tax Reports taken from the accounting system SAP

- MS Excel Sheets for compilation done for tax information.

- MS Word letters for replies/clarifications etc.to tax authorities

- Generation of challans/returns/certificates for tax payments and filing information

- Documentation of tax related details

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS: 

- Taxation Knowledge (ESSENTIAL)

- Representation/Relationship skills (ESSENTIAL)

- Excellent Communication Skills (Written and Oral) (ESSENTIAL)

- Excellent excel skills (DESIRED)

- Good presentation skills (DESIRED)

- Analytical Thinking (ESSENTIAL)

- Team player (DESIRED)

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS : 

- Taxation Knowledge

- Representation/Relationship skills

- Excellent Communication Skills (Written and Oral)

- Excellent excel skills

- Good presentation skills

- Analytical Thinking

- Team player