Senior Manager Tax And Compliance

Cactus Communications; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CACTUS Communications Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai is seeking a senior tax leader with 8–10 years post-qualification experience to govern direct and indirect tax across India and overseas subsidiaries.

The role emphasizes international taxation, transfer pricing, and compliant tax reporting. You will lead a team, coordinate with external consultants, and ensure timely filings for GST, corporate tax, and cross-border transactions, while collaborating with finance and business stakeholders in a

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written English skills, including email drafting.
• Ability to lead tax operations and manage a team.

Responsibilities

• Review India's and overseas subsidiaries' tax provisions monthly.
• Manage direct tax compliances including corporate tax returns and inter-company invoicing.
• Oversee transfer pricing matters, TP documentation, and audits.
• Coordinate with tax consultants and internal teams for audits and assessments.
• Handle GST and other indirect tax compliance tasks.

Skills

English communication

Leadership / team management

International taxation

Transfer pricing

Indirect tax

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Job Description:

Overview

CACTUS is a remote-first organization and we embrace an accelerate from anywhere culture. You may choose to work from home in Mumbai; however, you will be required to frequently travel to the tax office or our Andheri East office for business requirements, meetings, or company/team events, or on short notice as needed.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly review of books of India as well as overseas subsidiaries from tax perspective including income tax provisions, deferred tax under Ind-AS, regular review of tax GL’s etc.
• Manage direct tax compliances such as, advance tax, corporate tax returns, reconciliations of returns with books for India as well as overseas subsidiaries in Asia, UK and USA.
• Independently handle all transfer pricing matters including monthly inter-company invoices in accordance with group’s transfer pricing policies, transfer pricing documentation and inter-company agreements, TP audit, assistance in filing TP return, Master file, transfer pricing assessment etc.
• Work closely with the tax Consultant and internal team to close tax audits, statutory audit, tax assessments and appeals for Cactus Group including overseas subsidiaries.
• Handle indirect tax compliances including GST return filing, refunds, GST audit, assessments etc.
• Lead critical tax projects, manage critical tax issues, handle FEMA and other related regulations wherever needed.

Qualifications And Prerequisites

• Qualified CA with at least 8 to 10 years’ post qualification experience.
• Excellent verbal and written English skills including excellent email writing skills, technical drafting skills.
• Ability to lead tax operations including managing a team.
• Sound technical knowledge and understanding of International taxation, Transfer pricing and Indirect tax.
• Prior experience in handling tax compliances of overseas entities (eg, Asia, USA, UK).
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish effective relationships at all levels within the organization.
• Working knowledge of accounting software (eg: Oracle, SAP etc.)

Equal Opportunity

Our hiring practices reflect our commitment to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed. We celebrate the uniqueness of our team members and prohibit discrimination of any kind, based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

Accelerating from Anywhere

• Taking ownership of your work with minimal supervision, showing strong ability to organize, prioritize and deliver results independently.
• Documenting work that brings everyone on the same page.
• Maturity to choose between synchronous and asynchronous collaboration.
• Effectively collaborating with colleagues across different time zones by setting dedicated hours for collaboration and keeping team members updated through your MS Teams status.

About CACTUS

At Cactus Communications, we break barriers between science and researchers. We are a science communication and technology company. We specialize in AI products and solutions that improve how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. At CACTUS, we champion an "accelerate from anywhere" culture that fuels our high-performance mindset. Flexibility isn't just a benefit—it’s the cornerstone of our productivity. By empowering our teams to work when and where they thrive best, we ensure innovation, drive, and excellence remain at the heart of everything we do.