CA/CPA, 7-8 yrs exp; Manager-Indirect Taxation

Job ID : 1981

About Company

Being one of the world's largest digital infrastructure providers, our client combines breakthrough innovation with transformative business values. As a young and future-ready company, they have grown rapidly, with over 1,75,000 sites currently under management. The newly built towers are strategically located for pan-India 4G coverage and are geared up to roll 5G sites.

With us, expertise, passion and new-age technologies are central to achieving scale and robust infrastructure which will enable the telecom industry to take its next leap. Our newly-built towers, with their strategic locations, are largely connected by fibre backhaul, which provides a unique platform to capitalise on the rollout of 5G and future technologies.

Job Description

Purpose of the role-

The role is responsible for ensuring day to day compliances for indirect taxes across regional, circle and head office, which includes, but is not limited to activities such as management of tax certificates, processing tax payments and ensuring that the business is fully compliant with tax laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

Indirect Tax Compliances-

- Manages all indirect tax compliances for the organization, including monthly and annual GST returns, filing, reporting and ensures GST input credits are availed in a timely manner.
 - Closely works with the outsourced service provider for all tax compliances, filings, and returns - obtain details of transactions from business partner and provide timely inputs and ensure resolution of all queries raised by the service provider
- Responsible for timely and correct accounting and reporting of indirect taxes in the financial statements (including filings, returns, tax GL, ECL reconciliations etc.)
- Maintains the tax master data, tax accounting for input and output, to be able to claim GST in a timely manner. 

Filing response on Tax Notices, Inquiries, Assessments,  Demands, Litigation etc.-

'- Prepare draft replies in response to any notice or intimation, orders and compile factual details and documents, rectification application and appeals, support assessments and appeal hearings.
- Liaises with consultants, authorities and  business partners to facilitate operations and ensure smooth tax management.
-  Maintains all records, claims, accounting and filing with tax authorities.
- Supports litigation management and timely dispute resolution through up to date completion of assessment and appeals.
- Ensure timely completion of GST audits without any adverse observations.

Maintenance of ERP system-

- Support implementation of new ERP and other systems meeting indirect tax requirements, automated reporting and collaboratively work with IT for change request basis any amendments in tax laws and ensures seamless updation of master data to reflect such changes

Maintaining robust Internal Financial Controls-

- Develop and maintain indirect tax process documentation with necessary internal controls meeting the Internal Financial Control (IFC) and Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) requirements.

Audits-

- Support statutory and internal audits and ensure timely closure and resolution of audit issues and implement agreed recommendations

Indirect Tax MIS-

-  Compile and manage MIS for indirect tax and update the same to ascertain latest tax status and for tax risk management.

Additional Technical Specifications/ Requirements (if any)-

- Experience of leading GST compliances for multiple states (36) for a large corporate
-  Experience of working on ERP/ SAP system 
- Strong analytical skills and detail oriented

Key Interactions:

 Cross-Functional Team - Collaborate with business teams to deliver cross-functional projects, indirect tax projects and drive the finance agenda

Information Technology - Dept.For system upgrades, change requests, user documentation, smooth management of ERP/ SAP systems.

Risk & Compliance - Dept.For tax risk management & litigation management.

Parent Firm (Brookfield) Tax Department - managing tax at risk, tax compliances, tax litigations and provide support on technical tax issues.

Sales, Marketing & Communication Dept.- Provide inputs on indirect taxes for new MSA and any subsequent changes in the tax laws impacting customer contracts. Supports the Sales team in resolving any customer queries on indirect taxes.