Assistant Manager

ASA Corporate Catalyst; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly in India (Kerala) invites an Assistant Manager to join the Accounting & Business Support team focusing on Indirect Tax (GST). You will support clients with GST compliances, advisory work, litigation matters, and representations before authorities, while coordinating with the partner and managers for timely deliverables.

Responsibilities include regulatory compliance checks, drafting responses, researching case laws, preparing advisory notes, client visits, and contributing to team

Qualifications

• Qualified CA with 1–2 years post-qualification experience in a professional services firm or 5+ years in industry.
• Experience in GST audits, show cause notices, assessments, and appellate proceedings.
• Working knowledge of accounting, payroll, direct taxes (up to filing), FEMA, RBI and corporate laws.
• Good exposure to GST and Customs regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure regulatory compliances for diverse clients on a regular basis.
• Verification and advisory on records, documents, registers etc. as required by law.
• Preparation of replies to show cause notices and other proceedings before the authorities and representations in person
• Research on applicable case laws, articles, write-ups to substantiate tax positions
• Preparation of advisory and expert opinions
• Timely raising of invoices on client and collection as per defined targets
• Regular visits on client place to give comfort to client on deliverables
• Responding and providing solutions on technical issues to clients on time
• Preparation of weekly To-do of the team and discussion with Manager/Partner
• Timely escalation of any important matter of clients with seniors
• Ensuring systems and processes are being followed for the team
• Building performance score cards at the beginning of each year for self and ensuring meeting targets as per score card
• Knowledge dissemination to team members on technical topics through presentations and discussions
• Writing articles on professional topics

Skills

GST knowledge

Client communication

Problem solving

English proficiency

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

1–2 years post-qualification experience in professional services or 5+ years in industry

Job description

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Manager

Department Accounting & Business Support IDT

Reports To DM / Manager

Location Employment Type Full-time/Part-time/Contract

Position Overview

The Assistant Manager Accounting & Business Support (Indirect Tax) will play a key role in supporting Baker Tilly mission to deliver exceptional client service and strategic insights. This position involves assisting clients in managing GST compliances, resolving day-to-day queries, providing GST advisory services, handling GST litigation matters, and representing clients before statutory authorities as part of the Accounting and Business Support team.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring regulatory compliances of various clients on a regular basis
• Verification and advisory on records, documents, registers etc. as required by law
• Preparation of replies to show cause notices and other proceedings before the authorities and representations in person
• Research on applicable case laws, articles, write-ups to substantiate tax positions
• Preparation of advisory and expert opinions
• Timely raising of invoices on client and collection as per defined targets
• Regular visits on client place to give comfort to client on deliverables
• Responding and providing solutions on technical issues to clients on time
• Preparation of weekly To-do of the team and discussion with Manager/Partner
• Timely escalation of any important matter of clients with seniors
• Ensuring systems and processes are being followed for the team
• Building performance score cards at the beginning of each year for self and ensuring meeting targets as per score card
• Knowledge dissemination to team members on technical topics through presentations and discussions
• Writing articles on professional topics

Desired Skills

• Motivated and ability to provide solutions
• Average communication skills to provide a comfort to clients
• Should have experience of working with both Indian and foreign clients
• Fully conversant with English language read, write and spoken

Qualification

• Qualified CA, with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience in professional services firm or more than 5 years post-qualification experience in industry.
• Experience on litigation support with representations before the authorities in dealing with GST audits, show cause notices, assessment proceedings, appellate proceedings and drafting or replies including research on applicable case laws.
• Working knowledge of related areas including accounting, accounting standards, payroll processing, direct taxes (up to filing of tax return), FEMA, RBI regulations and Corporate laws
• Good practical exposure of GST. Working knowledge of Customs