Lead - Taxation

Job Description:

About the Organization:

Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital is an established eye care services organization with a network of 300+ eye hospitals and 70+ eye clinics. The organization operates across multiple locations and is part of a listed company group, providing specialized eye care services.

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced and qualified Lead - Taxation to lead and manage the overall taxation function across Indian and international entities.

The role will be responsible for ensuring comprehensive direct and indirect tax compliance, overseeing international taxation, managing assessments and litigation, strengthening tax governance, and providing strategic tax advisory support for business expansion, acquisitions and restructuring initiatives.

The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in corporate taxation, GST, international tax regulations and tax risk management, with experience handling taxation for complex, multi-entity organizations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Direct Taxation - India:

- Lead and oversee direct tax compliance across all Indian entities.

- Manage corporate income tax computations, advance tax payments, tax returns and provisions.

- Oversee income tax assessments, notices, appeals, disputes and litigation.

- Review and reconcile TDS receivables, payables and applicable tax credits.

- Ensure consistency and reconciliation between financial books, tax records and income tax portals.

- Identify and resolve historical tax matters, pending refunds and outstanding assessments.

- Provide tax advisory support for business transactions, restructuring, acquisitions and mergers.

2. Indirect Taxation - India:

- Oversee end-to-end GST compliance across Indian entities.

- Review GST returns, reconciliations, statutory payments and compliance timelines.

- Monitor input tax credit utilization, reversals, mismatches and related compliance risks.

- Manage GST assessments, notices, departmental audits, disputes and litigation.

- Evaluate GST implications for new business models, commercial contracts and transactions.

- Ensure accurate reconciliation between GST records, accounting books and statutory filings.

3. International Taxation:

- Oversee direct and indirect tax compliance requirements across overseas entities.

- Coordinate with international finance teams, local tax consultants and external advisors.

- Review corporate income tax, VAT/GST and other applicable jurisdiction-specific tax obligations.

- Monitor overseas tax assessments, notices, audits and disputes.

- Ensure appropriate tax provisioning and financial reporting across international entities.

- Review withholding taxes, transfer pricing arrangements and cross-border transactions.

- Ensure adherence to local regulatory requirements and Group taxation policies.

4. Tax Governance, Risk & Controls:

- Develop and implement a Group-wide tax compliance calendar covering India and overseas operations.

- Establish standardized tax processes, internal controls and compliance monitoring mechanisms.

- Review taxation-related balance sheet schedules and ensure periodic reconciliations.

- Identify potential taxation risks and implement timely corrective measures.

- Maintain accurate tax documentation, working papers and audit trails.

- Coordinate with statutory auditors, internal auditors, tax consultants and external advisors.

- Strengthen tax governance and improve overall compliance efficiency across the Group.

5. Tax Planning & Strategic Business Support:

- Provide strategic tax advisory inputs for mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and business expansion.

- Identify tax optimization opportunities while maintaining statutory and regulatory compliance.

- Partner with Finance and Business teams to evaluate taxation implications of commercial decisions.

- Support management with tax risk assessments and recommendations.

- Provide taxation insights for domestic and international business initiatives.

Candidate Requirements:

Mandatory Qualifications & Experience:

- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with preferably 5 - 8 years of relevant taxation experience.

- Strong hands-on expertise in Direct Taxation, Indirect Taxation and GST.

- Experience managing taxation functions for large, multi-entity organizations.

- Demonstrated experience handling corporate tax assessments, notices, appeals and litigation.

- Strong understanding of statutory compliance, tax reconciliations and tax provisioning.

- Ability to independently coordinate with external tax consultants, auditors and regulatory authorities.

- Excellent analytical, communication, problem-solving and stakeholder-management capabilities.

Preferred Skills:

- Exposure to international taxation and overseas subsidiaries.

- Knowledge of transfer pricing, withholding taxes and cross-border transactions.

- Experience in listed companies or large corporate groups.

- Exposure to tax implications of mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring.

- Prior experience in healthcare, hospitals or multi-location service organizations would be an added advantage.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

A qualified Chartered Accountant with comprehensive experience across corporate direct tax, GST and international taxation, capable of independently managing tax compliance, litigation, governance and strategic tax advisory responsibilities for a large, multi-entity business.