Senior Associate- Direct Tax

Role

Summary

The role

• will involve working closely with regional tax teams, finance teams, external
• advisors, and business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. The ideal
• candidate will have strong knowledge and experience in corporate tax
• compliance, tax reporting, withholding tax, tax accounting support, and process
• controls. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail,
• stakeholder management capability, and the ability to work in a global,
• deadline-driven environment.

Key

Responsibilities

• ·Support preparation, review, and
• filing of corporate income tax returns across multiple jurisdictions.
• ·Assist in gathering, validating, and
• analyzing financial data required for tax computations and filings.
• ·Prepare tax schedules, workpapers,
• reconciliations, and supporting documentation for tax returns.
• ·Track tax compliance calendars and
• ensure timely completion of assigned deliverables.
• ·Coordinate with local country tax
• teams and external consultants for return preparation and review.
• ·Support withholding tax compliance,
• including documentation, reconciliations, certificates, and filings.
• ·Assist in responding to tax notices,
• assessments, audits, and information requests from tax authorities.
• ·Centrally track advance tax payments,
• assist in forecast of annual cash tax outflow.
• ·Track Effective Tax Rate across
• countries. Prepare and present tax adjustments and its effect on effective tax
• rates.
• ·Support quarterly and annual tax
• provision processes as per applicable accounting standards.
• ·Prepare tax provision schedules,
• deferred tax workings, effective tax rate analysis, and related
• reconciliations.
• ·Assist in reviewing tax balances in
• the general ledger and resolving tax accounting differences.
• ·Support preparation of tax
• disclosures and reporting packs for regional and global tax teams.
• ·Ensure accurate documentation and
• audit trails for all tax reporting activities.
• ·Coordinate with finance and
• controllership teams to validate tax-sensitive transactions.
• ·Support implementation of global tax initiative
• in areas of tax policies, processes, and governance requirements.
• ·Maintain standard operating
• procedures, process documentation, checklists, and compliance trackers.
• ·Identify opportunities for process
• improvement, automation, and standardization.
• ·Partner with global, regional, and
• local tax teams to ensure smooth delivery of compliance activities.

Requirements

·Chartered Accountant, CPA, ACCA, MBA

• Finance, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• ·Bachelor’s degree in Accounting,
• Finance, Commerce, Taxation, or related field.
• ·3 to 6 years of experience in
• international tax compliance, corporate tax, tax reporting, or global tax
• operations from Big 4 or a Foreign headquartered
• ·Experience in internal tax compliance
• from Big 4 firm, multinational company, shared services center, or global
• capability center preferred.

Required

Skills and Experience

• ·Strong understanding of corporate
• income tax compliance and tax accounting concepts.
• ·Good understanding of withholding
• tax, transfer pricing support, tax audits, and tax reconciliations.
• ·Advanced Microsoft Excel skills;
• exposure to Power BI, Oracle, Tableau, and AI tools.
• ·Strong analytical, problem-solving,
• and documentation skills.
• ·Global mindset and cross-cultural
• collaboration.