Manager - Tax Compliance

Manager -Tax Compliance
Unlock your potential with Dassault Systèmes, a global leader in Scientific Software Engineering as a Manager-Tax Compliance in Pune, Maharashtra.

Role Description & responsibilities-:

1) Managing Direct Tax Compliances & Audits-

• Income Tax Returns & Advance Tax Payments-: Ensuring Annual Income Tax Return Filing & Advance Tax compliance before due date for Indian as well Non-Indian Entities in collaboration within Dassault Teams & with consultants
• Tax Audit (Income Tax)-: Ensuring Tax Audit compliance closure & filing of Tax Audit Report with optimal tax positions before due date in collaboration within Dassault Teams & Auditors
• Transfer Pricing Audit (Income Tax)-: Ensuring Transfer Pricing Audit compliance closure & filing of TP Audit Reports with optimal tax positions for Indian & Non-Indian Entities before due date in collaboration within Dassault Teams & Auditors
• TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)-: Ensuring TDS Compliance viz. Calculation & Payment, TDS rate validations, Return Filings & TDS certificates before Statutory Due dates. Application for Lower Deduction Certificate, addressing correspondence within & outside DS (vendors & customers) on TDS topics.
• Tax Documentation for Non-Resident Payment-: Ensuring optimum withholding tax in case of Non-Residents & relevant documents are shared with respective stakeholders to ensure timely settlement of Intercompany Payments. Collecting WHT certificates from DS Group Entities withholding tax from DS Indian Entities.
• Statement of Financial Transactions-: Ensuring filing of SFT reporting before due date with collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants
• Tax Monitoring Tool -: Updating Dassault Group tax monitoring tool for direct tax compliances undertaken during year.

2) Managing Indirect Tax & STP Compliances -:

• Managing GST Compliances viz. filing GST Monthly/ Annual Returns/ E way bills/ Input Service Distributor returns before due date with optimal tax positions in collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants
• Ensuring filing of GST Refunds efficiently to maintain optimum impact on working capital in collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants
• Ensuring compliance & reporting of STP Units basis advisory from consultants.

3) Managing Tax Operations-:

• Collaboration for professional fees budget preparation/ PO tracking & bill settlements for tax consultants & correspondence with consultants on the same.
• Ensuring correct & timely tax accounting for compliances made, taxes paid refunds filed/received. Maintaining & updating General Ledger Reconciliations for Tax related Ledger Accounts.
• Updating Compliance Control Check Templates/ Matrix & getting reviewed with Tax Advisory Team.
• Making appropriate actions as advised by Tax Advisory Team for improving overall efficiency of tax function in India.
• Maintaining good collaboration within various stakeholders in Dassault (Indian + Foreign) viz. overall finance/ tax advisory/ business teams in achieving correct tax compliance in timely manner.
• Exploring & working on automation initiatives for automating manual / recurring tasks in compliance profile.

4) Assisting in Group & Local Statutory Financial Audits-:

• Ensuring efficient closure of Audits (Statutory & Internal Financial Control) with optimal tax positions before due date in collaboration within Dassault & consultants.
• Preparation of computation (current tax & deferred tax) for year-end tax provision in financials.
• Preparing datapoints in templates for sharing with Dassault HQ Tax Team (Effective Tax Rate Calculation) on quarterly basis.

5) Assistance to Tax Advisory Team in Audits/ Litigations-:

• Assistance to Dassault Tax Advisory Team for datapoints/documentation required during Audits/Assessments/Litigation under Direct/ Indirect Tax Law

Qualification-:

• Education: CA (Chartered Accountant)
• Experience: 8 to 12 years’ Experience in assisting for assessment/ appeals in Direct & Indirect Tax in MNC’s
• Knowledge & Experience in managing Corporate Direct & Indirect Tax Compliances of MNC’s/ reputed consultancy firms
• Good knowledge of Direct, Indirect Tax, STPI & Customs Law at operational level
• Good communication & interpersonal skills

What’s in it for you-:

• Be a part of vibrant tax team giving opportunity to learn & grow in taxation of reputed MNC in IT Sector
• Opportunity of collaboration with Indian & Foreign tax / Finance / Business teams
• Opportunity to coordinate with external stakeholders viz. Auditors