Tax Compliance Lead

ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING

Lighthouse Learning Group, formerly known as EuroKids International, is India's leading Early Childhood & K-12 Education group, backed by global investment firm KKR. Driven by its purpose to unlock human potential by igniting the love for learning through its institutions, which includes leading brands like EuroKids Preschool, Kangaroo Kids Preschool, EuroSchool, Billabong High International, Mother’s Pet Kindergarten, Centre Point School, Heritage International Xperiential School, Heritage Xperiential Learning School, Finland International School Maldives and Phoenix Greens School of Learning. Nurturing over 190,000 students every day , Lighthouse Learning emphasizes a 'Child First' philosophy, innovative pedagogy, and child safety. With 1,850 Preschools and 60 K-12 Schools , it empowers 1,650 women entrepreneurs and employs a direct and indirect workforce of over 22,000 people.

Purpose

The role holder will require to deliver a full range of tax services in compliance with laws and regulations within timeframe. Building relationships and interacting with clients to provide excellent planning, consulting and expertise. Providing innovative tax planning and reviewing complex income tax returns.

Role and responsibilities :

Direct Tax

• Ensure timely compliance of tax returns, registration with various tax and regulatory authority
• Ensure timely completion of assessment, appellate and other proceedings.
• Ensure proper representation in front of the department, assessment and benchmark the same
• Ensure plan for opportunities of achieving lower taxation and benchmarking with the other players in the same industry.
• Ensure proper drafting of intercompany agreement and review of the documents etc
• Complete and maintain transfer pricing documentation and study report for benchmarking the intra-group transaction
• Preparation of income-tax computation, filling e-file returns etc
• Preparing reconciliation between assessees records vis vis communication from tax authorities
• Analysis of various tax laws / DTAAs / recent updates and case laws
• Attending withholding tax proceedings

Indirect Tax

Experience and Qualification

Essential

Desirable

Competencies

Functional

Behavioural