Assistant Manager - M&A Tax Adivisory

Aeka Advisors India Llp; Mumbai, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group health insurance

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development budget

Performance-linked bonus

Job summary

Aeka Advisors India Llp offers a mergers and acquisitions practice that helps clients plan, execute, and integrate transaction strategies while addressing tax and regulatory requirements across diverse situations.

You will engage in due diligence, internal restructuring, asset sales, mergers, demergers, divestitures, and post-deal integration, delivering sophisticated solutions to our clients.

Qualifications

• Sound understanding of Income-tax Act, SEBI regulations, FEMA regulations, Indian company law, Stamp duty laws.

Responsibilities

• Drive client assignments independently, with supervision if needed; manage execution duties.
• Perform in-depth research on tax and regulatory laws affecting proposed transactions.
• Prepare slides, notes, and emails to document advice for clients and stakeholders.
• Assist clients with valuations and due diligence workstreams.
• Manage client communications with counsels, advisors and internal teams.
• Finalize client deliverables in consultation with Partners/Directors.
• Ensure timely billing and collections from clients.

Skills

Tax regulations

Regulatory compliance

Corporate law

Due diligence

Communication skills

Leadership

Job description

• Our mergers and acquisitions practice helps our clients plan, execute, and integrate their transaction strategies.

• A career in mergers and acquisitions practice will provide you with an opportunity to assist clients on marquee deals as well as manage their tax and regulatory requirements across various situations.

• You will be assisting clients on various aspects of mergers and acquisitions such as due diligence, internal restructuring, asset sales, acquisitions, mergers, demergers, slump sales, divestitures, funding and listing, buybacks, succession planning, post-deal integration etc. You will be a part of a team that helps the clients solve complex problems by providing sophisticated solutions and helping the client implement the same

Role & responsibilities

• Driving client assignments/ engagements independently (with supervision from senior team members, if required), covering the following: Execution responsibilities:
• Conducting in-depth research of various laws [like tax laws (direct & indirect), exchange control regulations, corporate laws, securities laws/ regulations, stamp duty laws etc.] having a bearing on the proposed transactions.
• Identifying suitable solutions to be presented to the clients by calling for relevant information/ documents, reviewing the same, identifying the key commercial objectives, evaluating the key tax and regulatory implications of the identified options and getting feedback from the clients on the same
• Documenting the advice adequately and appropriately in the form of slide decks, notes, on email etc., as may be suitable in the.
• Assisting the client with other ancillary aspects of the proposed transactions like valuations and due diligence.
• Managing conversations and correspondence with clients, counsels, advisors, internal firm stakeholders, etc.
• Finalizing client deliverables independently in consultation with the concerned Partner/Director.
• Ensuring timely billing and collections of fees from clients

Business development:

• Developing and enhancing client relationships.
• Identifying new opportunities for serving existing clients by mining opportunities effectively.
• Identifying potential clients and assist in business development initiatives of the firm.

Role expectations relating to technical skills:

• Regularly updating knowledge and being abreast of latest developments from tax and regulatory standpoint.
• Sharing tax and industry updates with the team and encourage sharing of best practices within team and across teams.
• Research and assistance in writing/ co-authoring technical thought leadership publications and/ or articles for print/ online media.

Others:

• Continually develop personal skills through trainings, experience, and coaching.
• Supervising, training and mentoring the team members and help in their overall growth.

DESIRED SKILL SET

• Sound understanding and knowledge of relevant laws and regulations like Income- tax Act, SEBI regulations, FEMA regulations, Indian company law, Stamp duty laws etc.
• Results-oriented approach with keen attention to high quality, details, and accuracy.
• Ability to manage team members and their output independently and efficiently.
• Ability to think out-of-the-box and provide innovative solutions.
• Number-crunching expertise.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Pro-active and motivated to deliver value to the client.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive remuneration package: We provide a competitive remuneration package covering the following:
• A base compensation which we believe to be superior to that provided by other leading firms in the tax consulting industry for comparable roles.
• A highly rewarding, performance-linked variable pay; and
• Group health insurance cover.
• Flexible working arrangements: We operate under a hybrid working model, which is defined based on both your own preferences and the teams needs.
• Personalized learning experience and career development: Enhance your capabilities, leadership skills by undertaking courses/ development programs funded partially by the firm with generous learning and development budgets dedicated to this purpose