Sr. Manager - Indirect Taxation

 

About the
department :          

The IDT vertical of Nexdigm
has been supporting clients from all sorts of sectors, and has been doing work
around GST, Customs, FTP, and erstwhile laws such as VAT, excise, and service
tax. We provide advisory, litigation, compliance, policy advocacy and refund
services under indirect tax laws in India and GCC. The leaders and supervisors
of this practice carry vast experience from Big4s, law practices and prominent
industries. The team deals with the most complex issues that our clients face
and challenges themselves with every passing day to be a better version of
themselves. Our approach to embracing technology with a human touch to drive
our services is what helps us to differentiate ourselves.

What?s in it for you

        
Our focused professional development plan
focuses on mentoring people at every career level to help them reach the next
paradigm by identifying and using their strengths to do their best work every
day.

        
We have been consciously taking training
sessions every month to ensure that the technical knowledge of the team is
refreshed and enhanced which we have witnessed to tremendously help with the
advisory and litigation work, making us an idle IDT team to work with

Vital Skillsets Required:

Operations ? 70 to 75%
weightag

        
Leading client fronting indirect tax (GST/
Customs/ FTP) engagements (Compliance, Representation, Advisory and Litigation)

o   
Scoping

o   
Technical and quality reviews

o   
On-time delivery

o   
Client liaison

        
Expected to be involved in end-to-end reporting
for his/ her client/ region sales, budgets, billing and growth

        
Advise and assist clients in forming indirect
tax strategies to cover indirect tax exposure

        
Being a consultant/ advisor on erstwhile
indirect tax / GST matters to other Nexdigm practices across all locations

        
Risk management from an erstwhile indirect tax /
GST perspective on all Nexdigm engagements across all locations

        
Identifying the impact of applied/proposed
changes in the indirect tax laws upon client business and accordingly advise
them on the way forward

        
Controlling and managing indirect tax practice
of branch locations, if need be, other than that of home location, (if
required)

        
Keeping track of and providing insights on
various issues related to recent developments in Indirect taxes in India and
globally

        
Can plan and execute various practice development
initiatives (incl. standardizing operating practices, and protocols for
recurring activities)

        
Expected to assume PL responsibility for
the defined scope of work

 

Clients? account
expansion and business development: 20-25% weightage

        
Aligning with Partners/ sales team to generate
leads and take it to order book level.

        
Representing the indirect tax team at practice
level, wherever required, and identifying solutions to be provided to the
common leads identified

        
Managing and maintaining relationships with
clients, other BUs and internal stakeholders

        
Strive to provide new and innovative indirect
tax solutions to clients

        
Identifying new opportunities for serving
existing clients

        
Targeting and obtaining work from potential
clients

        
Development of the Practice and promotion of
the Nexdigm brand name - articles in publications, regular update management
for clients, speaker at seminars, etc.

        
Managing current and developing new
relationships and alliances covering but not limited to Trade bodies, Nexia network
firms, Law Firms, Technology alliances and other similar organizations

        
Achieving assigned number KPIs about:

o   
Lead generation

o   
Sales closure combining IDT technical knowledge
and commercial skills

o   
Client mining and account expansion

o   
Product campaigns about IDT products including
tax technology products

        
Support in preparation of monthly/ quarterly
sheets for leadership from an overall practice perspective. Reporting and
maintaining the MIS from practice and sales perspective and updating the
leadership on the progress achieved.

 

Leading people and
development: 5-10% weightage

        
Building and managing a team including
recruitment, appraisals, developing training material, providing training to
team members, and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigned
deliverables

        
Review of efficient and effective planning,
selection and team management of all resources throughout the year including
temporary resource redeployment within the team/ with other departments,

        
Building team morale and motivating people in
the team and firm, and retention of existing employees

        
Address issues at the emotional/infrastructural
level at work being faced by teams, take responsibility for team building and
motivation of teams

        
Identifying training needs of teams and assisting
in skill building where deficiencies are identified,

        
Ensure onboarding and process training happen
for new employees

        
Perform timely appraisal and provide a balance
between firm and employee aspirations

        
Develop subordinates for the next levels

 

To be tailor-fit for the above skillsets, you need to
have,

Must have ?

        
Minimum 8 years of experience in indirect tax

        
Specialist knowledge of Goods and Services Tax,
erstwhile indirect tax laws

        
Experience should be in compliance,
representation, advisory and adequate litigation exposure, client mining
activities

        
In-depth indirect taxation exposure in a few
sectors

        
The candidate should have or handle a portfolio
of approximately 2 crores.

        
Experience in independently handling GST
implementation projects for clients from the planning phase to execution and
delivery

        
Experience in liaising with government
officials and building rapport with officials

        
Should have been in a client-facing role

        
Supervisory / leadership experience of at least
5 years

        
Excellent written and spoken communication
skills including legal/technical drafting

        
Very good interpersonal skills

 

Add on ?

        
Chartered Accountant / Lawyer preferred

        
Experience of Customs legislation and Foreign
Trade Policy (preferable)

        
Basic work experience in Foreign Trade
Agreements (preferable)

        
Experience in advisory and compliance concerning
Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

        
Manager in a Big 4 or Partner / Principal in a
mid-sized firm (of more than 4 partners) is preferable

 

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