Consultant, TAX

About the Role

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

Key Responsibilities

• Client Responsibilities:
• Conduct the engagement in a professional manner and in accordance with client expectations and the terms and conditions of the contract.
• Preparation and filing of individual tax return, e-TDS return.
• Drafting of submissions before tax authorities and representation before the tax authorities.
• Advising on outbound/inbound structuring in connection with movement of employees.
• Working knowledge of immigration and provident fund in connection with expatriates.
• People Responsibilities:
• Exhibit positive attitude and demonstrate 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 and 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 in delivering work effectively and teaming with tax professionals to provide comprehensive tax solutions.
• Ensure that areas of work assigned are executed in accordance with the work program, the firm's methodologies and guidance, and professional standards.
• Use electronic working papers efficiently, including various software applications and sources of knowledge, to conduct research.
• Acquire and demonstrate competence in technical knowledge and compliance processes by keeping up-to-date on trends, developments, and technical authorities and applying them to moderately complex situations.
• Analyze and convert data into a tax product (advisory/compliance) and ensure accuracy and timeliness of the product.
• Where applicable, thoroughly check documents and make them available for tax inspections.
• Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products.
• Contribute to the overall success of the team by developing a thorough understanding of methodologies and tools to enhance service delivery; keeping team members informed of work status; actively seeking assignments when unassigned; proactively seeking opportunities to provide tax services; challenging traditional procedures; and attempting to find 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
• Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative
• Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)