Tax Head - Real Estate - CA (15-25 yrs)

Tax Head with a leading Real Estate Company in Mumbai.

Key purpose of the job: Overseeing both Direct and Indirect tax functions. This senior leadership role involves ensuring the company's full compliance with tax regulations, offering strategic tax advisory, representing the company before tax authorities, managing audits, and overseeing various tax-related processes.

Strategic

- Lead and manage all aspects of Direct and Indirect taxation ensuring efficient running of tax systems

- Drive consolidation from a taxation perspective and interact with external tax consultants in relation to tax planning and structuring

- Monitors business processes and develops value- added strategies in order to ensure efficient running of tax systems

- Supports and drives business scheme changes, ensures compliance with tax laws and ensures tax incentives are obtained from the government

- Build and maintain relationships with external tax advisors, auditors, and government agencies, ensuring alignment with the company's tax strategy and smooth compliance.

Operational:

- Ensure timely compliance with statutory requirements, including Advance Tax Payments, Return filings, Tax Audits, Transfer Pricing reports, and other Direct Tax obligations

- Oversee Indirect tax filings, including service tax payments, VAT returns, and other statutory filings related to Indirect Taxes and attempts to save tax where possible through efficient tax planning

- Provides a clear vision and understanding of tax laws to the team in order to undertake tax saving initiatives.

- Conducts discussions with internal departments and advises local and global management on tax related concerns.

- Act as the company's representative in tax assessments and appeals across various forums for both Direct and Indirect taxes.

- Develop and implement strategic approaches to resolve tax disputes and appeals effectively.

- Validates work conducted by external consultants in order to ensure accuracy of information received

- Ensures no existing tax credits are lost during transition phases when implementing new Business Scheme Changes

- Ensures compliance with local and international tax laws, takes steps towards arresting the tax cash flow out of the company and ensures that sufficient tax credit is available.

- Checks eligibility for various incentives and ensures money is claimed from government agencies in the form of tax incentives

- Ensure maximum compliances to the regulatory, tax audit and statutory requirements for financial reporting

- Completion of tax audit within statutory timeline.

- Provide leadership in interpreting and applying GST regulations to ensure full compliance with evolving tax laws.

- Stay abreast of changes in tax legislation and advise management on the potential impact on the company.

- Prepare and present detailed tax reports and analyses to senior management, highlighting key tax issues and providing strategic recommendations

Developmental:

- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of tax professionals, fostering a collaborative and continuous learning environment.

- Ensure the team remains updated on the latest tax developments and best practices.

Internal & External Interactions:

Internal: Finance, Legal, BD

External: Income Tax Department, Tax Consultant, Service Tax Departments, Statutory Auditors, External tax consultants

Education & Experience Requirement:

- Extensive experience in managing both Direct and Indirect tax functions, preferably in the real estate sector or a similar industry

- Proven success in representing companies before tax authorities, handling audits, and managing tax assessments and appeals effectively.

- CA Must

- 15-20 years of experience

- In-depth understanding of Direct & Indirect tax, service tax, etc. is required