Job Purpose To manage end-to-end direct tax compliance, litigation, tax assessments, transfer pricing matters, tax planning, and advisory functions while ensuring adherence to statutory requirements and supporting the business in achieving tax-effective outcomes.

Key Responsibilities :

Corporate Tax Compliance:

- Manage and review Corporate Income Tax Return filings.
- Handle Tax Audits and ensure timely closure of audit requirements.
- Manage Transfer Pricing compliance, audits, documentation, and benchmarking studies.
- Prepare and review Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT).
- Handle Lower/Nil TDS Certificate applications.
- Review Advance Tax computations and ensure timely tax payments.
- Manage Current Tax and Deferred Tax provisioning in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
- Perform Effective Tax Rate (ETR) analysis and reconciliations.
- Provide withholding tax opinions and support business teams on TDS-related matters.
- Analyze tax treaty provisions and DTAA implications for domestic and cross-border transactions.

Tax Litigation & Assessments:

- Represent the organization before Income Tax authorities and regulatory bodies.
- Prepare, review, and submit responses to notices, assessments, reassessments, and tax proceedings.
- Manage appeals before CIT(A), DRP, ITAT, and other relevant forums.
- Draft submissions, rectification applications, and legal responses.
- Coordinate with external consultants, tax counsels, and advisors on litigation matters.
- Drive closure of tax disputes and litigation issues in a timely manner.

Tax Planning & Advisory

- Advise business stakeholders on tax-efficient structures and transactions.
- Support strategic tax planning and optimization initiatives.




- Evaluate tax implications of new business models, contracts, and projects.
- Provide advisory support on domestic and international taxation matters.

Financial Reporting & Tax Accounting

- Ensure compliance with Ind AS requirements relating to taxation.
- Assess ICDS implications and related tax impacts.
- Support statutory audit, internal audit, and tax audit requirements.
- Prepare management reports, tax MIS, and presentations for leadership.

Stakeholder Management

- Partner with Finance, Legal, Treasury, Business Teams, and external advisors.
- Provide timely tax advisory and support to business decisions.
- Drive tax governance and compliance framework improvements.

Preferred Experience

- Exposure to Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A;).
- Tax Due Diligence assignments.
- International Taxation and Cross-Border Transactions.
- Tax Structuring and Business Reorganization.
- Tax Technology Transformation and process automation initiatives.
- SAP environment exposure.
- Experience in large corporates, infrastructure, data center, EPC, manufacturing, energy, real estate, consulting firms, or Big 4 organizations.

Required Skills Mandatory

- Direct Taxation
- Corporate Taxation
- Income Tax Return Filing
- Tax Audit
- Transfer Pricing
- Tax Litigation
- Appeals & Assessments
- Reassessments
- SFT Compliance
- Advance Tax
- Deferred Tax
- Tax Planning & Structuring
- DTAA Analysis
- Withholding Tax
- TDS Compliance
- Ind AS Taxation
- ICDS

Preferred

- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A;)
- Tax Due Diligence
- International Taxation
- SAP
- Tax Automation
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership

Experience: 4 - 10 Years Qualification: CA (Preferred) / CA Inter / CMA / MBA (Finance) / LLM / LLB

📌 Associate Direct Taxation (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Adani Group
📍 Ahmedabad