Tax Compliance (Team Leader)

Venturapranas Accounting; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Venturapranas Accounting is seeking a Team Leader to manage end-to-end tax compliance for assigned clients, ensuring timely delivery, accuracy, regulatory adherence, and high client satisfaction while guiding a team through peak filing periods.

You will own client engagements, serve as the primary contact, review workpapers, and drive process improvements to maintain clean audit trails and strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading tax compliance engagements and teams.
• Strong client relationship management and communication skills.
• Ability to mentor staff and drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End ownership of assigned client engagements from onboarding to post-filing support.
• Serve as primary point of contact for clients and manage communications and document requests.
• Deeply understand each client's tax profile and compliance requirements.
• Ensure timely preparation, review, and filing of tax returns within deadlines.
• Identify tax forms, disclosures, elections, and potential exposures for clients.
• Conduct regular client meetings to provide updates and discuss advisory opportunities.
• Resolve routine client concerns and escalate complex issues as needed.
• Manage resource allocation and workload planning during peak filing periods.
• Review tax returns, computations, and working papers for accuracy and compliance.
• Maintain engagement trackers and report progress to management.
• Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and quality.

Job description

The Team Leader is responsible for managing complete end-to-end tax compliance for assigned clients. This role ensures timely delivery, technical accuracy, regulatory compliance, high client satisfaction, and optimal team performance. Because the team independently handles the entire compliance process and interacts directly with clients, the Team Leader is expected to take full ownership of client engagements, acting as an active leader rather than functioning solely as a technical reviewer or task supervisor.

Role & responsibilities

1. Client Engagement & Management

• End-to-End Ownership: Take complete ownership of assigned client engagements from initial onboarding through to final tax filing and post-filing support.
• Primary Relationship Management: Act as the primary point of contact for clients; manage all client communication, document requests, follow-ups, and day-to-day queries.
• Tax Profile Strategy: Deeply understand each client's unique tax profile, financial transactions, and specific compliance requirements.
• Filing & Compliance: Ensure timely preparation, rigorous review, and successful filing of tax returns well within statutory deadlines.
• Risk & Exposure Identification: Accurately identify applicable tax forms, disclosures, elections, and potential tax exposures for clients.
• Client Advisory & Growth: Conduct regular client meetings to provide engagement updates and communicate tax liabilities. Identify additional service offerings or advisory opportunities within the scope of engagement, seeking management approval as needed.
• Issue Resolution: Resolve routine client concerns independently and proactively escape complex technical matters or high-risk issues to the Manager.

2. Internal Team Leadership & Operations

• Resource & Workflow Planning: Allocate engagements and tasks strategically based on team members' capabilities, workload, and deadlinesespecially during peak filing periods.
• Quality Assurance: Review tax returns, complex computations, and supporting workpapers to guarantee absolute accuracy, completeness, and adherence to firm checklists.
• Performance Management: Monitor team productivity and work quality. Conduct mandatory monthly performance appraisals, provide constructive feedback, map out areas for improvement, and track individual progress.
• People Development: Act as a technical mentor, resolve internal queries, identify training needs, and upskill team members to enable them to handle engagements independently.
• Culture & Conflict Resolution: Manage and resolve any interpersonal conflicts within the team to foster a professional, collaborative, and positive working environment.
• Tracking & Reporting: Maintain live engagement trackers and provide clear, regular progress reports regarding operational challenges, technical risks, or potential delays to management.
• Process Improvement: Identify operational bottlenecks and implement strategies to improve team efficiency, documentation standards, and overall quality of deliverables.

3. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Inter-Team Coordination: Coordinate seamlessly with other departments to ensure timely completion of shared deliverables, clear communication, and swift resolution of project dependencies.

Preferred candidate profile

• Client Deliverables: 100% statutory compliance, technical accuracy, and on-time delivery of tax returns and filing acknowledgments.
• Client Satisfaction: High client retention and positive feedback driven by proactive communication.
• Team Productivity: Optimal resource utilisation, successful execution of monthly appraisals, and measurable skill development of team members.
• Operational Excellence: Maintaining pristine client records, organized workpapers, and clean audit trails