Senior Associate Direct Tax

Role & responsibilities

Chartered Accountant Direct Tax - Litigation, Advisory, Research and Compliance

Key Responsibilities

You will work directly with senior professionals on challenging assignments involving:

• Researching complex issues under the Income-tax Act, DTAA, FEMA, Black Money Act and Benami Law.

• Drafting legal opinions, advisory notes and technical memoranda.

• Preparing submissions for assessments, reassessments, search proceedings, CIT(A) and ITAT.

• Assisting in litigation strategy and representation.

• Advising clients on routine tax advisory and exchange control regulations.

• Keeping track of development of changes in Tax and allied laws and analysing judicial precedents and legislative developments.

• Preparing tax alerts, newsletters and articles for professional publications.

• Creating presentations for webinars and knowledge sessions.

• Handling Multiple Client Relationship.

• Working with AI tools to improve legal research, drafting and internal knowledge management.

• Contributing to development of standard operating procedures, research databases and internal knowledge repositories.

Preferred candidate profile

We are looking for someone who is

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 25 years' experience in Direct Tax in a professional tax advisory Firm.

• Experience in litigation or tax advisory is preferred.

• Strong drafting and legal research skills.

• Interested in business development.

You should:

• Love solving difficult problems.
• Be intellectually curious.
• Enjoy reading judgments and understanding legal principles.
• Be focused, responsible and self- disciplined
• Team Player
• Ability to work in unstructured situations

We value thinking ability over routine execution.

Interest in Artificial Intelligence is highly desirable.

Perks and benefits

Compensation: Commensuration with Industry standards and Skillset

What You Will Gain

• Direct mentoring from experienced professionals.
• Opportunity to work on complex issues.
• Exposure to high-value advisory and litigation matters.
• Active participation in thought leadership.