India Tax, Legal & Statutory Lead - Global SAP S/4HANA Rollout Exp: 12+Yrs LOcation: pune

Role purpose

This role owns India's tax, legal and statutory requirements within a global SAP S/4HANA rollout for the renewable energy business, and is accountable for ensuring those requirements are correctly and completely embedded in the global S/4HANA template via the India localisation layer.

The Lead is the bridge between two worlds: deep Indian regulatory knowledge on one side, and SAP solution design on the other. They interpret Indian statutory obligations, translate them into concrete S/4HANA design and configuration requirements, drive fit-to-standard and fit-gap decisions, and provide compliance sign-off so that India goes live fully compliant without compromising the integrity of the global template.

The Lead be able to sit in fit-to-standard workshops, write and review functional specifications, challenge and validate configuration, define test scenarios, and stand behind the design at each programme gate.

Key responsibilities

1. Own India's tax, legal & statutory requirements

- Act as the single point of accountability for India tax, legal and statutory requirements across the S/4HANA scope for the renewable value chain (development, EPC, generation, O&M;, sale of power).
- Maintain a complete, prioritised requirements catalogue, each item classified as statutory vs. local preference, with the regulatory basis documented.
- Keep requirements current as Indian tax and regulatory rules change during the programme, and manage the impact of those changes on design.

2. Embed requirements into the global S/4HANA template

- Represent India in fit-to-standard and fit-gap workshops; determine where global standard functionality is sufficient, where India localisation applies, and where a genuine gap requires a WRICEF/RICEFW object.
- Translate requirements into clear functional specifications for the SAP FI/CO, tax, and localisation consultants; review configuration and developments against India's statutory intent.
- Drive template-vs-local decisions to documented closure, defending the global template where an India "requirement" is preference rather than law, and holding the line
- Ensure India design integrates cleanly with global master data, chart of accounts, document types, number ranges, and reporting.

3. Tax configuration & compliance in S/4HANA

- GST: tax procedure and condition-based determination,



tax codes, place-of-supply logic across multi-state operations, input tax credit treatment, reverse charge, and HSN/SAC and business-partner tax classification in master data.
- e-Invoicing & e-Way Bill: IRN generation and e-way bill compliance via GSP/ASP integration, including document flow and error handling.
- Withholding tax (TDS/TCS): extended withholding tax configuration, rates, thresholds, certificates and returns.
- Statutory & tax reporting: SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) / Advanced Compliance Reporting for GST returns and other statutory filings, and the associated Fiori apps.
- Customs & imports: treatment of imported modules, cells and inverters - duties, bill of entry, and procurement/MIRO document flow.
- Direct tax & transfer pricing: ledger and reporting support for corporate tax, accelerated depreciation on renewable assets, and intercompany flows with the global group.

4. Legal & statutory embedding

- Ensure Companies Act 2013 and ROC/MCA obligations, and the applicable regulatory context (Electricity Act, CERC/SERC, MNRE, open access, FEMA/FDI), are reflected wherever they touch the S/4HANA design.
- Support statutory financial reporting (Ind AS) through the appropriate ledger/local-GAAP configuration, statutory chart of accounts alignment, and period-close and reporting solution.
- Define the ongoing statutory compliance calendar and the controls needed within the system post go-live.

5. Testing, cutover & hypercare

- Define and own India localisation, tax, and statutory test scenarios across SIT/UAT, including e-invoicing, e-way bill, GST returns, withholding, and statutory reporting.
- Support data migration for tax-relevant master and transactional data (tax classifications, open items, HSN/SAC).
- Support cutover planning for tax/statutory registrations, opening balances and compliance continuity, and provide hypercare coverage for India statutory issues at and after go-live.

6. Governance & stakeholder management





- Provide compliance sign-off at programme gates and maintain a clear audit trail of design decisions and their regulatory basis.
- Manage external advisors (Big 4 / law firms / GSP-ASP partners) and the system integrator's India localisation resources.
- Liaise with Indian tax and regulatory authorities as required, and communicate India-specific risks and dependencies clearly to a global, largely non-India programme audience - escalating promptly where a requirement threatens scope, cost or timeline.

Qualifications & experience

- Qualified qualification: CA, CS, CMA and/or LLB (or equivalent), with a strong tax and statutory foundation.
- Typically 10 15 years' experience in India tax, legal and statutory matters, including in-house or advising large multinationals.
- Hands-on involvement in at least one full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA (or ECC) implementation or rollout, in a role bridging India statutory/tax requirements and SAP design.
- Practical familiarity with SAP India localisation, GST, extended withholding tax, and DRC/ACR
- Renewable energy, power or infrastructure sector experience strongly preferred.

Skills & competencies

- Deep, current command of Indian GST, direct tax, withholding tax, customs and statutory reporting frameworks.
- Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA finance and India localisation concepts (tax determination, DRC/ACR, e-invoicing/e-way bill integration, extended withholding tax, statutory ledgers).
- Familiarity with SAP Activate methodology - fit-to-standard, fit-gap, WRICEF/RICEFW, functional specifications, SIT/UAT, cutover, hypercare.
- Ability to distinguish statutory requirements from local preference and defend that line in a global-template governance setting.
- Strong cross-cultural stakeholder management and clear, structured communication that makes India complexity legible to a global audience.
- Comfort with ambiguity, competing priorities and programme deadlines.

Desirable

- Direct experience with SAP S/4HANA India localisation, DRC, and GSP/ASP integration for e-invoicing and e-way bill.
- Exposure to SAP Group Reporting / local ledgers for Ind AS and statutory reporting.
- Experience of multi-country global template rollouts and localisation governance.
- Understanding of customs, SEZ, and cross-border transfer pricing in an SAP context.
- Established relationships with Indian regulators, GSP/ASP providers and leading advisors.

📌 India Tax, Legal & Statutory Lead — Global SAP S/4HANA Rollout (Pune)
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