Lead Taxation

Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital; Chennai; Sur place; INR 1 800 000 - 3 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital is seeking a Lead Taxation role in Chennai to steer direct, indirect, and international tax activities across India entities.

The position requires CA qualification with extensive tax experience, managing assessments, GST, and cross-border taxation, while coordinating with auditors and business teams.

Qualifications

• CA qualified with 5–10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in direct and indirect taxation.
• Experience handling taxation for a multi-entity organisation.
• Exposure to international taxation and overseas subsidiaries preferred.
• Good understanding of transfer pricing and cross-border transactions.

Responsabilités

• Oversee direct tax compliance across India entities, including corporate tax computations and returns.
• Manage TDS, tax credits, and reconciliations between books and tax portals.
• Handle tax assessments, notices, appeals, and litigation processes.
• Govern GST compliance, returns, and input credit management.
• Coordinate with tax advisors and auditors; ensure timely tax provisioning and reporting.
• Provide inputs on tax implications of restructurings, M&A, and new business models.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Formation

CA (Chartered Accountant)

Description du poste

Role Title: Lead Taxation

Location: Chennai

Reporting to: Financial Controller

Industry: Healthcare / Eye Care Services

About the Organization: https://www.dragarwal.com/

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Direct Tax India

• Overall responsibility for direct tax compliance across India entities.
• Corporate income tax computations, advance tax, returns and tax provisions.
• Management of tax assessments, notices, appeals and litigation.
• Review and reconciliation of TDS receivables/payables and tax credits.
• Ensure reconciliation between books, tax records and income-tax portals.
• Identify and resolve historical tax issues, pending refunds and assessments.
• Provide inputs on tax implications of business transactions, restructuring and M&A.

Indirect Tax India

• Overall oversight of GST compliance across India entities.
• GST return review, reconciliations and tax payments.
• Monitoring of GST input tax credit, reversals and mismatches.
• Management of GST notices, assessments, audits and litigation.
• Review of GST implications on new business models, contracts and transactions.
• Ensure timely reconciliation between GST records, books and statutory returns.

International Taxation

• Oversight of direct and indirect tax compliance across overseas entities.
• Coordinate with local finance teams and tax advisors across jurisdictions.
• Review corporate tax, VAT/GST and other applicable local taxes.
• Monitor tax assessments, notices and disputes across overseas locations.
• Ensure appropriate tax provisioning and reporting for overseas entities.
• Monitor withholding tax, transfer pricing and cross-border transactions.
• Ensure compliance with local tax regulations and Group tax policies.

Tax Governance & Controls

• Establish a Group-wide tax compliance calendar and monitoring mechanism.
• Develop standardised tax processes and controls across India and overseas entities.
• Review tax-related Balance Sheet schedules and ensure timely reconciliation.
• Identify tax risks and ensure timely remediation.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and audit trails for significant tax positions.
• Coordinate with statutory auditors, internal auditors and external tax advisors.

Tax Planning & Business Support

• Provide tax inputs for acquisitions, restructuring, expansion and other strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for tax optimisation while ensuring compliance.
• Support Finance and Business teams on tax-related commercial decisions.

Candidate Profile

• CA qualified with preferably 510 years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in both direct and indirect taxation.
• Experience in handling taxation for a multi-entity organisation.
• Exposure to international taxation and overseas subsidiaries is strongly preferred.
• Good understanding of transfer pricing and cross-border transactions.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to independently manage tax advisors.