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 engagements professionally, in accordance with client expectations and contract terms.
• Prepare and file individual tax returns, e-TDS returns.
• Draft submissions before tax authorities.
• Represent before tax authorities.
• Advise on outbound/inbound structuring for employee movement.
• Possess working knowledge of immigration and provident fund in connection with 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 group work execution by delivering work effectively.
• Team 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 and various software applications efficiently for research.
• Acquire and demonstrate competence in technical knowledge and compliance processes by staying updated on trends 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 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.
• Highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
• Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client).