Senior Manager - Direct Taxation

HITACHI VANTARA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI VANTARA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED invites a Senior Manager - Direct Taxation to join the Pune team. The role involves managing direct tax compliances, tax assessments, and transfer pricing support for domestic subsidiaries of Tata Motors, coordinating with statutory auditors.

You will provide technical advisory on direct tax, ensure accurate TDS determinations, and drive quarterly tax closings including provisions for current and deferred tax.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of Direct Taxation laws with hands-on experience in assessments and litigation.
• Strong interpersonal and written/spoken communication skills.
• Proven leadership capabilities and ability to guide cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support in managing direct tax compliances for three entities and domestic subsidiaries.
• Assist with tax audits and transfer pricing data collection, review and auditor interactions.
• Prepare and file Income Tax returns for domestic subsidiaries.
• Support automation tool implementation for tax processes.
• Provide advisory support on direct tax compliance to internal stakeholders (Finance, Payroll, P2P, R2R).
• Assist business teams on determining correct TDS rates and related advisories.
• Review tax computations and records; pursue rectifications/refunds to improve cash flow.
• Handle quarterly tax closing: current/Deferred Tax, ETR, and advance tax calculations.
• Assist with assessments/appeals: information requests, SAP reports, submissions to tax authorities.
• Analyze DTAA provisions to identify beneficial rates and treaty benefits.
• Support other functions with direct tax queries and DT implications in business transactions.
• Assist with other tax compliance tasks such as SFT forms, forms 61, etc.
• Prepare MIS reports for direct tax activities for management.

Skills

Direct Taxation

Assessments & Litigation

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

Role Title: Senior Manager - Direct Taxation
Reporting Manager: Deputy General Manager
Location: Pune

Purpose of the Role: Assisting in managing routine direct tax compliances, assessments, litigation & transfer pricing support

Job Responsibilities:

• Tax Compliance: - To support in managing various Direct Tax Compliances of three key entities of Domestic Subsidiaries of Tata Motors so as ensure timely compliance.
• Support in operational issues of Tax Audit, transfer pricing including collating relevant information, reviewing the information received from various teams and raising queries, assisting in preparation of Tax Audit Report schedules, coordinating with auditors and addressing any queries/information requests.
• Support in preparing & filing Income Tax returns of Domestic subsidiaries.
• Assist in implementation of automation tools.
• Advisory Assist in technical evaluation & providing advisory to internal stakeholders on direct tax compliance (including Corporate Finance, Payroll, P2P, R2R and other teams). Regularly assisting business teams in identifying correct TDS rate on transaction by providing technical advisories.
• Refunds & rectifications Review Tax computations & records for past years, identify cases for pending rectification / refunds and pursue for closure to generate cash inflow for Group/address pending outstanding balances in Tax GLs.
• Qtrly Tax Closing - Finalisation of Provision for Current Tax, Deferred Tax, Effective Tax rate (ETR) computation for domestic subsidiaries and Advance Tax Calculations and other quarter closing related activities.
• Assessments / Appeals Assist in analyzing information requests, collating relevant information including downloading reports from SAP, coordinating with relevant internal stakeholders and drafting submissions/responses(IT assessment, Tax audit ITR ).
• Evaluating the withholding tax applicability for all foreign remittances and Providing Tax clearances in respect of above-mentioned remittance of funds. Also preparing monthly TDS liability computation, draft challans, ensuring TDS payment before prescribed time limit and reviewing quarterly TDS returns.
• Driving issuance of Form 15CA / 15CB as applicable.
• Analysing provisions of Indias DTAA with various countries to identify correct tax rate and evaluate beneficial treaty provisions wherever applicable.
• Assisting other functions/business areas with their direct tax queries including evaluating DT implications in business transaction.
• Assisting in other tax compliances such as filing SFT forms, compliance reports, Form 61 etc.
• Preparing MIS of various activities being undertaken within direct tax function and submit to management in specified formats.

Stakeholder Profiles & Nature of Interactions:

Internal: Tata Motors Group

External: Statuary Auditors

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Good skills set on Direct Taxation Laws (incl. hands on experience of supporting on assessments & litigation)
• Strong interpersonal & Communication Skills
• Good leadership skills

Skills & Competencies:

Working knowledge of SAP