Assistant/Deputy Manager- Direct Taxation

Role & responsibilities

1. Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting:

• Ensure timely compliance with all direct tax regulations, including corporate tax, withholding tax, transfer pricing provisions.
• Prepare and review of TDS returns, tax returns, manage tax filings, and handle all statutory submissions in accordance with regulatory deadlines.
• Support the preparation and review of data for tax audits and assessments; coordinate with consultants and tax authorities as required.
• Administer quarterly and annual advance tax calculations and payments for all entities.
• Ensuring necessary compliance to foreign remittances
• Reconciliation of Form 26AS with books of accounts
• 1% TDS correction requests raised by customers

2. Tax planning and advisory services

• Collaborate with senior management and external advisors on tax strategy, share compliance updates.
• Assist with special advisory and strategic projects under the direction of the Head of Tax.
• Assist in tax planning initiatives and contribute to structuring solutions for new / existing business deals from a tax perspective

3. Process Management & Automation

• Participate in the improvement of tax compliance processes, systems, and automation initiatives.
• Maintain organized documentation for all direct tax matters viz. litigation trackers, refund trackers and ensure data readiness for audits and internal reviews/audits.

4. Stakeholder Management and Team support

• Liaise with tax consultants and government authorities for assessments, appeals, and compliance-related proceedings.
• Work closely with the finance and business development teams across regions to ensure alignment and timely compliance.
• Foster effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and external service providers

Preferred candidate profile

• Chartered Accountant (CA) with 35 years of experience in Direct Taxation
• Exposure to domestic structuring assignments and real estate tax issues (e.g. 1% TDS)
• Experience working with organizations having a turnover of at least INR 100 Crore (good to have)
• Familiarity with tax implications specific to the construction or real estate industry is a plus (good to have)