Direct Tax Role - Mergers & Acquisitions - Consulting Firm (2-9 yrs)

Direct Tax (international tax and M&A)

Your job responsibilities will be:

- Leading a team comprising of qualified chartered accountant, tax assistants and handling a bouquet of corporate clients.

- Leading transaction structuring assignments involving evaluation of alternative options including merger, demerger, slump sale etc.

- Playing a role of project manager and dealing with cross functional teams for their inputs from regulatory or stamp act perspective to provide a holistic solution in connection with any transaction advisory project.

- Managing tax due diligence from buy-side or sale-side support as may be applicable.

- Working out Income Tax Rule Valuations as may be applicable eg. Rule 11UA, Rule 11UAE.

- Finalising client deliverables in consultation with the reporting supervisor.

- Managing overall tax compliances for a portfolio of clients (generally large accounts with multiple entities in group).

- This would involve handling advisory, litigation and business tax requirements of clients, comprising of:

- Providing holistic tax solutions to Client tax issues considering domestic tax and international tax.

- Provide tax risk analysis pro-actively on transactions planned by Clients.

- Suggesting possible structuring options to meet the desired objectives of the client.

- Withholding tax advisory on foreign remittance.

- Reviewing key corporate tax returns and vetting of tax positions.

- Overseeing litigation matters and attending to notices from the Tax Department.

- Managing and maintaining relationship with clients.

- Initiating and actively participating in client meetings.

- Supervising, training and mentoring the team.

- Supporting practice management initiatives (especially on growth and visibility front) and catering to financial metrics. This will include contributing to thought leadership articles, preparing content for webinars etc.

Core Competencies:

- Service Orientation - Should be aware of both - the internal as well as external customers and their needs and is committed to meeting the customers evolving, long term needs - the focus is on SERVICE

- Result Orientation - Should be able to direct efforts towards developing and implementing realistic action plans to meet business objectives with a sense of urgency - the focus is on achieving RESULTS.

- Initiative - One must not only understand and accept the responsibilities towards his/her job but also proactively works towards identifying challenges and its resolution - the focus is on seeking SOLUTIONS.

- Professionalism - Should have in-depth knowledge of all functions and displays not only required skill set, but also ethics and integrity while conducting the job - the focus is on PROFESSIONALISM.

- Cooperation - One must ensure completion of all tasks at hand and simultaneously extends support to team members and displays joint ownership towards achieving business objectives the focus is on TEAMWORK.

- Communication/Feedback - Should believe in providing feedback to other associates and receiving feedbacks to enhance performance, thereby meeting business objectives - the focus is on OPEN COMMUNICATION.