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[Immediate Start] Assistant Manager - Tax

Lighthouse Learning GroupIndia

4 hours ago

Job description

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

Preparation and finalisation of monthly return filings for various states.

Maintaining various reconciliations for Books of Accounts, GST Portal

To support in regular scrutiny of GL accounts to identifying Input tax credit loss and excess liability payment etc

To support in coordination with the external counsel and appearance before the statutory authorities

To keeping a track of latest amendments in Indirect Tax Laws and assessing impact of the same on the business

To Apprising entire organisation about GST amendments

Initiate the automation of various compliances and reports to the GST team

To maintain proper records, coordinate with various departments and ensure all the assessment and appeals are closed within the due timelines

To identify optimisation opportunities in Indirect Tax Outflow

Preparation of audit schedules for Indirect Tax matters

Maintenance of Books of Accounts for Indirect Tax audits and assessments

Experience and Qualification

Essential

Chartered Accountant with 4 to 6 years of Post qualification Experience

Desirable

Prior experience in the Retail / Banking / Insurance / Telecom Sector is desirable

Competencies

Functional

Tax Litigation Assessments and Appeals

Coordination with external tax counsels and authorities

Filing of Returns

Keeping track of latest developments / judicial pronouncements in Tax Laws

Tax planning and formulating tax efficient processes

Behavioural

Excellent Communication Skills

Good Networking Skills

Performance Orientation

Analytical

Team Player

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