Tax Manager

Altius; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Altius is seeking a seasoned Direct Tax professional in India to lead tax computations, returns, and compliance across corporate tax, TDS, and withholding taxes. The role includes tax planning, refunds, and litigation support, coordinating with auditors and consultants.

The candidate should be a Chartered Accountant with 5-7 years of experience in direct taxation and strong collaboration with internal stakeholders. On-site role in Gurugram.

Qualifications

• Educational qualification: Chartered Accountant.
• Experience: 5-7 years in direct taxation.

Responsibilities

• Manage all direct taxation activities including computation of corporate tax, TDS, withholding tax, etc., payment of taxes on timely basis; and preparation of tax returns and tax refund applications.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable direct tax regulations.
• Share relevant and accurate tax consultation with internal stakeholders, on a need basis.
• Drive and manage / provide assistance with all litigation activities within the Direct Tax space.
• Review and approve direct tax returns and coordinate with taxation consultants for filing.
• Monitor tax audit processes, prepare data for auditors, and implement governance controls to improve compliance.

Skills

Direct taxation

Tax planning

Education

Chartered Accountant

Job description

• Manage all direct taxation related activities for the firm including computation of corporate tax, TDS, withholding tax, etc., payment of taxes on timely basis; and preparation of tax returns and tax refund applications
• Ensure compliance with all applicable direct tax regulations.
• Share relevant and accurate tax consultation with internal functional stakeholders, on a need basis.
• Drive and manage / provide assistance with all litigation activities within the Direct Tax space.

Key Job Responsibilities

Tax Compliance Implementation

• Ensure that all direct taxation related computation, payment and return filing is carried in out in compliance with taxation laws and regulations
• Ensure that the internal teams provide necessary data to the tax auditor on time. Further, monitor the tax audit process to ensure compliance as per defined timelines.
• Review observations of the tax auditor and implement necessary governance controls and checks to ensure stronger compliance levels.
• Stay updated regarding the changing regulatory environment and build readiness within the firm for complying with direct taxation changes (i.e. changes in tax rates, international taxation, development in litigation world)
• Ensure that the team collects data required for tax calculation from various business units and corporate level departments
• Review and approve computation of direct taxes such as corporate tax, TDS, withholding tax, etc. as per Indian and US tax laws
• Review detailed tax planning and projection of tax payable for the assessment year and keeping track of NoL's.
• Monitor the sufficiency of reserves maintained by the Treasury team for payment of taxes
• Keep abreast of changes in indirect tax regulations and ensure that necessary changes are made in firms tax computation process, ERP software, etc. to accommodate new tax laws
• Ensure compliance with relevant taxation laws relating to transfer pricing and cross border transactions Prepare the tax projections for the firm for the next 10 years

Tax Return Filing

• Critically review and approve direct tax returns
• Coordinate with the taxation consultants for filing of tax returns and payment of taxes if needed
• Check tax receipts to ensure timely and accurate payment of direct tax amounts to relevant tax authorities
• Review tax payment records periodically to ensure accuracy and completeness of tax related documentation
• Coordinate with tax authorities in case any clarifications are required regarding tax returns and tax payments
• Ensure timely and accurate tax reporting in the US through the Tax Operation Monitoring (TOM) portal

Tax Refund and Exemption Application

• Leverage knowledge of direct taxation laws to identify methods to reduce firms tax liability.
• Review and approve applications to tax authorities for direct tax refunds and direct tax exemptions as necessary
• Review ageing of direct tax balances and coordinate with taxation authorities to resolve old items
• Review end to end operations with respect to direct taxes and recommend changes in operations and accounting methods to reduce tax liability

Direct Tax Litigation

• Determine situations in which a legal recourse would be required for settlement of direct taxation matters. Seek necessary approvals from superior to initiate proceedings
• Track the status of all direct taxation related proceedings that the organization is engaged in
• Provide assistance in engagement with legal counsel to plan for litigation strategies for direct taxation cases

SAP Transition Management (for Legal Entity Merger / Special Projects)

• Review all tax records and data on SAP that needs to transitioned to in case on a merger of legal entities / any other special projects
• Ensure that the necessary functional requirements of data to be transitioned are handed over in a timely and accurate manner to the IT Integration team

Customer

Consultation to Internal Stakeholders

• Review inquiries received from internal business functional stakeholders and guide the Direct Tax Manager regarding the recommendation to be shared with the business.
• Ensure that the team provides accurate, upto date and timely response to internal stakeholders within predefined SLAs

Tax Authority Inquiry Management

• Review inquiries received from direct tax authorities relating to information requests, access to records, etc.
• Guide the Deputy Manager, Direct Tax regarding nature of response, data, etc. to be shared with the tax authorities
• Review the response prepared for accuracy and share with the authorities in a timely manner within predefined SLAs

Tax Non-Compliance Review

• Review all cases of direct tax non compliance, identifying reasons, responsible stakeholder, etc.
• Analyze financial impact of all tax related non compliances during the period
• Implement appropriate corrective actions and liase with the necessary functional stakeholders to ensure that such tax non compliances are not repeated in the future
• Review the funds committed and invested in tax litigation activities.
• Analyze and evaluate expected tax recovery / liability prevention and present recommendation to Head - Taxation regarding whether further funds should be committed to a litigation proceeding

Job Requirements

• Educational Qualification: Chartered Accountant
• Experience (in Years): Minimum 5 -7 years of experience in a direct taxation role, Post CA Qualification