Assistant Manager - Tax Operations

Overview

Assistant Manager, Tax Operations role within Unilever's Future of Tax transformation, building a world-class Tax Data COE that delivers end-to-end, high-quality tax data for decision making and regulatory compliance.

What you'll do

• Compute VAT and withholding tax (WHT) and prepare returns for complex countries.
• Perform rule-based calculations for CIT tax provision, advance tax and quarterly group reporting.
• Manage tax data end to end, with focus on the hygiene of master data and transactional data.
• Analyse tax data and trends, and spot discrepancies.
• Ensure tax-related payments are made to government and tax authorities within the timelines of each country.
• Ensure tax-related controls and compliance are met under the Unilever control framework.
• Work closely with Unilever global tax teams and outsourced service providers on the latest changes and amendments in tax laws across the globe.
• Provide documentation and data support for audit queries, with analysis performed.
• Archive documents for all direct tax activities from data extraction through filings, in company folders per ITGC and audit requirements.
• Provide clarification on the tax data provided to relevant stakeholders.
• Support country tax audits with documentation, data support and analysis.
• Ensure all agreed KPIs in the tax process are met.
• Drive continuous improvement and recommend best-in-class processes for direct and indirect tax.
• Deploy tools and technology to drive process efficiencies.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of 2 tax data specialists.
• Manage stakeholders in the countries.

What you'll need

• CA with minimum 4 years of experience, or semi-qualified CA with 6+ years of experience.
• Work experience in accounting (R2R), finance and tax.
• Strong knowledge of accounting.
• Prior experience of direct tax, indirect tax, withholding tax or transfer pricing.
• End-user knowledge of SAP (FI module).
• Proficiency in MS Excel.
• Experience collecting and consolidating information from accounting or ERP systems.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Positive attitude and ability to proactively get things done.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with personnel at all levels inside and outside the company.
• Self-starter with a proven ability to take ownership of job responsibilities.
• Ability to lead and manage a small team.

Nice to have

• Experience in successful transition of activities to a global hub.
• Awareness of Power BI, Tableau and workflow management tools.

Details

• Location: Bangalore.
• Key interfaces include the Global Tax Team, Country Tax Team, Country Finance Team, outsourced service providers (Big 4), central R2R/P2P/O2C teams and the IT team.