Manager - Tax Compliance
Unlock your potential with Dassault Systèmes, a global leader in Scientific Software Engineering as a Manager‑Tax Compliance in Pune, Maharashtra.
Role Description & Responsibilities
- 1) Managing Direct Tax Compliances & Audits
- Income Tax Returns & Advance Tax Payments- : Ensuring Annual Income Tax Return Filing & Advance Tax compliance before due date for Indian as well Non-Indian Entities in collaboration within Dassault Teams & with consultants.
- Tax Audit (Income Tax)- : Ensuring Tax Audit compliance closure & filing of Tax Audit Report with optimal tax positions before due date in collaboration within Dassault Teams & Auditors.
- Transfer Pricing Audit (Income Tax)- : Ensuring Transfer Pricing Audit compliance closure & filing of TP Audit Reports with optimal tax positions for Indian & Non-Indian Entities before due date in collaboration within Dassault Teams & Auditors.
- TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)- : Ensuring TDS Compliance viz. Calculation & Payment, TDS rate validations, Return Filings & TDS certificates before Statutory Due dates. Application for Lower Deduction Certificate, addressing correspondence within & outside DS (vendors & customers) on TDS topics.
- Tax Documentation for Non-Resident Payment- : Ensuring optimum withholding tax in case of Non-Residents & relevant documents are shared with respective stakeholders to ensure timely settlement of Intercompany Payments. Collecting WHT certificates from DS Group Entities withholding tax from DS Indian Entities.
- Statement of Financial Transactions- : Ensuring filing of SFT reporting before due date with collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants.
- Tax Monitoring Tool - : Updating Dassault Group tax monitoring tool for direct tax compliances undertaken during year.
- 2) Managing Indirect Tax & STP Compliances
- Managing GST Compliances viz. filing GST Monthly / Annual Returns / E way bills / Input Service Distributor returns before due date with optimal tax positions in collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants.
- Ensuring filing of GST Refunds efficiently to maintain optimum impact on working capital in collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants.
- Ensuring compliance & reporting of STP Units basis advisory from consultants.
- 3) Managing Tax Operations
- Collaboration for professional fees budget preparation / PO tracking & bill settlements for tax consultants & correspondence with consultants on the same.
- Ensuring correct & timely tax accounting for compliances made, taxes paid refunds filed / received. Maintaining & updating General Ledger Reconciliations for Tax related Ledger Accounts.
- Updating Compliance Control Check Templates / Matrix & getting reviewed with Tax Advisory Team.
- Making appropriate actions as advised by Tax Advisory Team for improving overall efficiency of tax function in India.
- Maintaining good collaboration within various stakeholders in Dassault (Indian + Foreign) viz. overall finance / tax advisory / business teams in achieving correct tax compliance in timely manner.
- Exploring & working on automation initiatives for automating manual / recurring tasks in compliance profile.
- 4) Assisting in Group & Local Statutory Financial Audits
- Ensuring efficient closure of Audits (Statutory & Internal Financial Control) with optimal tax positions before due date in collaboration within Dassault & consultants.
- Preparation of computation (current tax & deferred tax) for year-end tax provision in financials.
- Preparing datapoints in templates for sharing with Dassault HQ Tax Team (Effective Tax Rate Calculation) on quarterly basis.
- 5) Assistance to Tax Advisory Team in Audits / Litigations
- Assistance to Dassault Tax Advisory Team for datapoints / documentation required during Audits / Assessments / Litigation under Direct / Indirect Tax Law.
Qualification
- Education : CA (Chartered Accountant)
- Experience : 8 to 12 years’ Experience in assisting for assessment / appeals in Direct & Indirect Tax in MNC’s
- Knowledge & Experience in managing Corporate Direct & Indirect Tax Compliances of MNC’s / reputed consultancy firms
- Good knowledge of Direct, Indirect Tax, STPI & Customs Law at operational level
- Good communication & interpersonal skills
What’s in it for you
- Be a part of vibrant tax team giving opportunity to learn & grow in taxation of reputed MNC in IT Sector
- Opportunity of collaboration with Indian & Foreign tax / Finance / Business teams
- Opportunity to coordinate with external stakeholders viz. Auditors