Tax Manager

Overview

This role involves leading and managing the organization’s direct tax compliance, tax advisory, and tax governance activities across the AMEA region. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with corporate income tax, withholding tax, and other direct tax obligations across multiple jurisdictions, while providing strategic tax advice to business stakeholders and supporting corporate initiatives.

The position also drives tax process improvements, strengthens internal controls, manages relationships with external advisors and tax authorities, and works with a regional team responsible for tax operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage corporate income tax, withholding tax, and other direct tax compliance obligations across jurisdictions.
• Manage quarterly and annual tax provision processes, including tax accounting and financial statement disclosures under IFRS and local GAAP.
• Serve as the primary tax advisor to business and finance stakeholders on cross-border transactions, business initiatives, and commercial arrangements.
• Provide technical guidance on corporate tax, withholding tax, and international tax impacting operations across jurisdictions.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation and regulatory developments across the region and assess impacts on the business.
• Lead and coordinate responses to tax audits, tax authority enquiries, assessments, and disputes across the region.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks while ensuring appropriate documentation and support for key tax positions.
• Manage relationships with external tax advisors, auditors, and tax authorities to ensure high-quality and cost-effective support.
• Lead, coach, and develop regional tax team members, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Treasury, HR, and business leaders to support strategic projects, restructurings, and operational initiatives.
• Drive process improvement, standardization, and automation of tax compliance and reporting activities across AMEA.
• Support tax planning, cash repatriation strategies, and other initiatives to optimize the organization’s overall tax position while maintaining compliance.

Requirements

• Professional accounting and/or tax qualifications.
• Significant tax experience gained with a leading accountancy firm and/or an in-house multinational tax team.
• Related tax and accounting experience (10 to 15 years), with exposure to countries in the AMEA region.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, commercially oriented business environment.
• Strong organization and methodical approach; ability to plan and deliver against deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), using the most appropriate medium for the situation.
• Analytical mindset with strong research and problem-solving skills.
• Experience across multiple-country CIT regimes and international tax aspects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to countries in the AMEA region is preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

India