Tax

Indirect Tax |Director

What impact will you make?

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Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

The Team

Innovation, transformation and leadership occur in many ways. At Deloitte, our ability to help solve clients’ most complex issues is distinct. We deliver strategy and implementation, from a business and technology view, to help you lead in the markets where you compete. Learn more about our Tax Practice.

Work you’ll do

As a Director in our Tax team you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations. You will:

Role is in relation to exploring touchpoints between Indirect taxes (more particularly GST law) and technology working as a part of and in collaboration with the IDT team in the firm. This would entail wide exposure and visibility to wide ranging ERP platforms/ tax engines and fair degree of familiarization with indirect tax laws and in respect of tax automation.

 More specifically, –

• Ability to understand the IDT compliance landscape and ideate how technology can be used , internally (by IDT professionals in the firm) and also externally ( by industry clients) to make the compliance process more effective – simpler, speedier and qualitatively superior

• Appreciate the evolution of GST and Customs law in India, and be able to vision how technology can be used for simplifying indirect tax touchpoints as a part of business process in trade and industry –for trading, manufacturing and service businesses 

• Conceptualize possible IT products for indirect tax practitioner – for example, ITC matching, ITC leakage, Expense-ITC bifurcation, inputs/input services/ capital goods ITC bifurcation, Refunds management, Foreign Trade Policy schemes management ( Serve from India Incentive Scheme / Merchandise Exports Incentive Scheme), litigation tracker etc.

• Ideate supply chain solutions to optimize GST /Customs duty cost by standardizing procurement and distribution  cycle of various business models 

• Collaborate with senior indirect tax professionals to envisage their IT needs - their concerns in managing IDT compliance and work together to configure products/ offerings which may enhance their efficiency and provide solutions to client problems

• Build and mentor a team of IDT professionals

• Train hard core tax technical professionals in the firm in basics of technology which they need for being more effective in their practice area considering the enhanced role of technology in the GST and Customs arena

• Work on specific big ticket assignments/ engagements of IDT more efficiently deliver  the same with the aid of technology solutions 

• Capable of having a vision of how technology and IT including new frontiers, like RPA, Blockchain, AI and other technological inflexion points can influence and transform the practice of indirect taxes to make it simpler and efficient

• Ability to focus on Market and business development with eye on client requirements
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• Can be non-client facing
• Should have deep technical knowledge on IDT, good in research, technical interpretation
• Good in communication and public speaking to lead the COE training as well for the team
• The candidate can also identify the junior team to work on the technical or research on IDT legal provisions.

Qualifications

• CA/LLB or wide exposure to use of technology in accounting & tax in Industry / Revenue Service 
• Desirable educational qualification:  Engineering degree 
• Strong Technical Knowledge
• Leadership Qualities
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Persistent and persuasive

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte India, we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters. 

In addition to living our purpose, Director across our organization:

• Provides subject matter expertise in current tax legislation, proposed/pending legislation, their implications, and understands interaction across the Global Tax and Legal function, specifically with their area of expertise
• Acts as advanced Subject Matter Expert (SME) of the key capabilities required to deliver a high quality service experience to the client.
• Makes decisions with confidence based on analysis of available information to drive business success
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of service line or market specific technology solutions

How you’ll grow

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center.

Benefits

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