Manager - Tax Compliance

Manager -Tax Compliance
Unlock your potential with Dassault Systèmes, a global leader in Scientific Software Engineering as a Manager-Tax Compliance in Pune, Maharashtra.

Role Description & responsibilities-:

   1) Managing Direct Tax Compliances & Audits-

·         Income Tax Returns & Advance Tax Payments-: Ensuring Annual Income Tax Return Filing & Advance Tax compliance before due date for Indian as well Non-Indian Entities in collaboration within Dassault Teams & with consultants

·         Tax Audit (Income Tax)-: Ensuring Tax Audit compliance closure & filing of Tax Audit Report with optimal tax positions before due date in collaboration within Dassault Teams & Auditors

·         Transfer Pricing Audit (Income Tax)-: Ensuring Transfer Pricing Audit compliance closure & filing of TP Audit Reports with optimal tax positions for Indian & Non-Indian Entities before due date in collaboration within Dassault Teams & Auditors

·         TDS (Tax Deducted at Source)-: Ensuring TDS Compliance viz. Calculation & Payment, TDS rate validations, Return Filings & TDS certificates before Statutory Due dates. Application for Lower Deduction Certificate, addressing correspondence within & outside DS (vendors & customers) on TDS topics. 

·         Tax Documentation for Non-Resident Payment-: Ensuring optimum withholding tax in case of Non-Residents & relevant documents are shared with respective stakeholders to ensure timely settlement of Intercompany Payments. Collecting WHT certificates from DS Group Entities withholding tax from DS Indian Entities.

·         Statement of Financial Transactions-: Ensuring filing of SFT reporting before due date with collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants

·         Tax Monitoring Tool -: Updating Dassault Group tax monitoring tool for direct tax compliances undertaken during year.

  2) Managing Indirect Tax & STP Compliances -:

·         Managing GST Compliances viz. filing GST Monthly/ Annual Returns/ E way bills/ Input Service Distributor returns before due date with optimal tax positions in collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants

·         Ensuring filing of GST Refunds efficiently to maintain optimum impact on working capital in collaboration within Dassault Team & with consultants

·         Ensuring compliance & reporting of STP Units basis advisory from consultants.

  3) Managing Tax Operations-:

·         Collaboration for professional fees budget preparation/ PO tracking & bill settlements for tax consultants & correspondence with consultants on the same.

·         Ensuring correct & timely tax accounting for compliances made, taxes paid refunds filed/received. Maintaining & updating General Ledger Reconciliations for Tax related Ledger Accounts.

·         Updating Compliance Control Check Templates/ Matrix & getting reviewed with Tax Advisory Team.

·         Making appropriate actions as advised by Tax Advisory Team for improving overall efficiency of tax function in India.

·         Maintaining good collaboration within various stakeholders in Dassault (Indian + Foreign) viz. overall finance/ tax advisory/ business teams in achieving correct tax compliance in timely manner.

·         Exploring & working on automation initiatives for automating manual / recurring tasks in compliance profile.

4) Assisting in Group & Local Statutory Financial Audits-:

·         Ensuring efficient closure of Audits (Statutory & Internal Financial Control) with optimal tax positions before due date in collaboration within Dassault & consultants.

·         Preparation of computation (current tax & deferred tax) for year-end tax provision in financials.

·         Preparing datapoints in templates for sharing with Dassault HQ Tax Team (Effective Tax Rate Calculation) on quarterly basis.

5) Assistance to Tax Advisory Team in Audits/ Litigations-:

·         Assistance to Dassault Tax Advisory Team for datapoints/documentation required during Audits/Assessments/Litigation under Direct/ Indirect Tax Law