Senior Specialist - Indirect Tax Operations

A.P. Moller Maersk; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

A.P. Moller Maersk in Mumbai, India, seeks an experienced indirect tax professional to manage process execution, data management and compliance delivery for indirect taxes within the India region. The role emphasizes timely filings, data-led reporting, and collaboration with finance and advisory teams.

The candidate will handle returns, data analysis, and support audits across jurisdictions, contributing to continuous improvement and transformation efforts in the tax function.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant/ Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Taxation / MBA or similar with vast experience as below
• 4 to 8 years post-qualification experience in indirect tax compliance, data for international tax compliance and tax audits support
• Process management and improvement experience

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review Indirect tax returns and tax support workpapers accurately and timely
• Data collection, preparation, processing, analysis, exception checking reconciliations for indirect tax returns and payments
• Maintenance of evidence to support tax filing positions and audits
• Identify and support continual process improvement in tax function
• Support audit needs of various jurisdictions and ensure audit readiness
• Monitor and control indirect tax compliance workflow and timelines
• Investigate and plan action on indirect tax account aging balances
• Support finance transformation and related tax projects
• Collate data and prepare reports, reconciliations, and responses to information requests from management, tax authorities and auditors
• Ensure pro-active communication with external and internal stakeholders

Skills

Communication skills

Detail orientation

Team player

Deadline-driven

Analytical thinking

Education

Chartered Accountant

Bachelor's in Accounting/Taxation

MBA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Tax software

Job description

Job Summary

This position will be responsible for process execution, data management and compliance delivery for indirect taxes within the APMM entities (for India region). Also ensuring indirect tax compliance and its reporting is delivered accurately and timely and is fit for purpose in a data-led and digitised global environment.

Ensuring compliance / delivery of the indirect tax portfolio under assigned jurisdictions and entities. Team members are allocated a portfolio of jurisdictions and entities of size and complexity appropriate to level of experience.

Supporting the continuous improvement of processes, controls, and data quality, including effective use of technology, to manage risk and cost relating to Indirect taxes, also adapting to the increasing demands for real-time, data-led transactional reporting.

Supporting audit needs of various jurisdictions/ entities under given portfolio.

Successful candidates will work with multiple stakeholders like finance and advisory counterparts, service providers, government auditors and other professionals in carrying out their responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review Indirect tax returns and various tax support workpapers accurately and timely as required by taxing jurisdictions to ensure all tax filings deadlines are met.
• Data collection, preparation, processing, analysis, exception checking reconciliations in relation to indirect tax returns and tax payments.
• Maintenance of evidence to support tax filing positions and future audits.
• Identify, initiate, and support the continual process improvement to ensure the quality and efficiency of processes and systems within the tax function.
• Supporting audit needs of various jurisdictions and ensuring organization is audit ready
• Monitor and control indirect tax compliance process workflow and related timeline
• Investigate and plan action on Indirect tax account aging balances.
• Support and contribute to finance transformation and related tax projects
• Support in collating data and preparing reports, reconciliations, and responses to information requests from management, tax authorities and auditors.
• Ensuring effective, pro-active communication with external and internal stakeholders

Required qualification, experience skills

• Qualified Chartered Accountant/ Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Taxation / MBA or similar with vast experience as below
• 4 to 8 years of post-qualification experience in one or more of the following fields, in their order of relevance:
  • Preparation/ review of Indirect Tax compliance process.
  • Providing data/ information for international tax compliance and tax audit support.
  • Process management and improvement.
• The aforesaid experience should be in the following types of organizations, in the order of preference:
  • Shared services or Centre of excellence of large MNCs.
  • Large MNCs/ Indian companies.
  • A combination of big 4 advisory firms with one or more of the above.
  • Knowledge about Financial Accounting systems and processes
  • Experience with ERP systems (preferred SAP) is required and awareness of or experience with tax compliance reporting technologies and effective process control operation.
  • Willingness to learn new applications and explore smart ways of working.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills with different levels of stakeholder, both internal and external.
  • Detail orientated, proven commitment to high quality delivery and continuous improvement.
  • Flexible, able to work to deadlines and to prioritise effectively.
  • Team player and should be a team-oriented person