Assistant Manager/Manager/Senior Manager – Direct Tax – CA Career Click

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,100,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Mumbai seeks an experienced tax professional to support and coordinate multiple tax engagements, advising clients on complex matters and guiding submissions before tax authorities.

You will also mentor junior staff, help manage fees and scope, and work with internal and international teams to ensure high-quality deliverables while maintaining strong client relationships and compliance with SOPs.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Direct taxation and Indian/International tax laws.
• Strong analytical abilities with client-focused and commercial awareness.
• Excellent mentoring, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to articulate and cascade tax vision and values.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver multiple tax projects within tight deadlines.
• Assist in advising clients on complex tax matters and manage submissions/hearings before CIT(A) and higher authorities.
• Support in building and maintaining client relationships and market visibility in direct tax.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to year-end provisions; collaborate with internal teams and external providers.

Skills

Direct taxation

Tax laws

Client focus

Negotiation

Leadership

Communication

Ethics

Job description

Job Description:

• Assist in coordination and delivery of multiple projects within tight timeframe and deadline:
  1. Provide support in advising clients on complex tax matters.
  2. Help Manager lead tax engagements. Effectively manage submissions, assessment, and appeal hearings before the CIT(A), Tribunals, High Court, Supreme Court.
  3. Contribute to Tax risk management and assurance processes under guidance of senior team members and ensure strict adherence to SOPs.
  4. Assist in overseeing the resource chargeability.
• Managing Client and deliverables through quality results:
  1. Support senior team members in fee negotiations and discussions on scope for business across clientele.
  2. Support in gathering and analyzing Business Intelligence related to Direct Tax.
  3. Build the firm’s market visibility and client experience by creating and maintaining strong independent relationships with clients.
  4. Build and nurture an effective working relationship with Tax authorities, business and functional heads and ensure close involvement of the local and international tax teams and external service providers under guidance of senior team members.
• Team Management:
  1. Ensure compliance of all aspects of direct taxation.
  2. Facilitate development, training, and mentorship of junior staff on projects and contribute to assess performance for tax engagement and year-end provisions.
  3. Collaborate with internal teams to provide support and assistance in advising within local and global jurisdictions.

Skills Required:

• Expertise in Direct taxation, industry best practices and Indian and International Tax laws. Should have basic knowledge of allied laws such as BMA, FEMA, etc.
• Strong financial or statistical analytical abilities with client focused and commercial awareness.
• Strong industry network and business acquisition, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent Mentoring, leadership, decision-making and inter-personal skills.
• Effective communication and ability to articulate and cascade the vision and values.
• Highly principled with strong ethics.