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

Required
Qualifications

·       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.