Associate, TAX

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, 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 tax authorities.

• 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 personal and team 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 delivering work effectively and teaming with tax professionals to provide comprehensive tax solutions.

• Ensure assigned work is executed in accordance with the work program, firm methodologies, guidance, and professional standards.

• Use electronic working papers efficiently, including various 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, where applicable.

• Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude, and by maintaining the confidentiality of client relationships and related work products.

• Contribute to team success by understanding methodologies and tools, keeping team members informed of work status, seeking assignments, proactively offering tax services, challenging traditional procedures, and finding 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
• 0-1 year of relevant experience

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)