Associate Consultant, Business Consulting PI

About the Role

As a Consultant, you will help the team deliver and contribute to profitable growth by ensuring client engagements are executed efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

Client Responsibilities

• Conduct engagements professionally and in accordance with client expectations and contract terms.
• Prepare and file individual tax returns and e-TDS returns.
• Draft submissions before tax authorities and represent before them.
• Advise on outbound/inbound structuring related to employee movement.
• Possess working knowledge of immigration and provident fund for expatriates.

People Responsibilities

• Exhibit a positive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Work constructively with the team to evaluate and improve performance.
• Contribute and leverage knowledge from individuals, databases, and other sources.
• Provide timely, high-quality services and work products that exceed client expectations.

Operational Excellence / Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Participate in executing work within a group by assisting and delivering work effectively.
• Team with tax professionals to provide comprehensive tax solutions.
• Ensure assigned work is executed according to the work program, firm methodologies, guidance, and professional standards.
• Efficiently use electronic working papers, including software applications and knowledge sources for research.
• Acquire and demonstrate competence in technical knowledge and compliance processes by staying updated on trends, developments, and technical authorities, and applying them to moderately complex situations.
• Analyze and convert data into a tax product (advisory/compliance), ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Thoroughly check documents and make them available for tax inspections.
• Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude, maintaining confidentiality of client relationships and work products.
• Contribute to team success by understanding methodologies and tools, keeping team members informed of work status, actively seeking assignments, proactively offering tax services, challenging traditional procedures, and seeking new approaches.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Good Communication skills (Written & Oral)
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Strong Analytical/Numerical ability
• Enthusiastic and Self Starter
• Team Player
• Ability to grasp details
• Good time management skills

Qualifications

• A certified CA

Ideally you’ll also have

• Good interpersonal skills
• Highly flexible, adaptable, and creative
• Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)

What We Look For

• People with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple client departments while adhering to commercial and legal requirements.
• A practical approach to solving issues and complex problems.
• Ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions.