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 efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Responsibilities:

• Conduct the engagement in a professional manner and in accordance with client expectations and contract terms.

• Preparation and filing of individual tax return, e-TDS return.

• Drafting of submissions before tax authorities.

• Representation before 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 assigned work is executed in accordance with the work program, firm's methodologies and guidance, and professional standards.

• Use electronic working papers, including various software applications and sources of knowledge, efficiently for research.

• Acquire and demonstrate competence in technical knowledge and compliance processes by keeping up-to-date on trends, developments, and technical authorities, and apply 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, and by maintaining the confidentiality and proprietary nature 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 when unassigned, proactively seeking opportunities to provide tax services, challenging traditional procedures, and attempting 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)

What We Look For

People with the ability to work in a collaborative way to provide services across multiple client departments while adhering to commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions.