Assistant Manager - Direct Tax

What makes this a great opportunity?

Suntory Global Spirits is a world class employer that develops talented, high-performing team members in a fast-paced, inclusive environment.  Suntory Global Spirits and its parent company, Suntory Holdings in Tokyo, Japan, have won numerous awards, including being named on Forbes’ list of “Best Midsize Employers” and on Fortune magazine’s list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.”  Most recently our Chicago Headquarters was named one of the “Coolest Offices in Chicago” by Crain’s Chicago Business, and a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune. 

Mission of Role

This role be responsible to ensure all direct tax (corporate income-tax and transfer pricing) related compliances, litigation, and advisories.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing direct tax compliances and litigations including transfer pricing for Suntory Global Spirits in India
• Ensuring periodic Income-tax computation (provisions), deferred tax, advance tax computations for assigned entities
• Ensuring maintenance of Transfer Pricing compliances and documentation for India and coordination for global Transfer Pricing documentation with the help of consultants
• Work closely with tax consultants for advisory, transaction support, dispute resolution and litigation management
• Collaborate and align with Finance Teams to ensure timely collation of data/ information for tax compliance/ tax litigations
• Responsible for tax accounting
• Prepare tax reports in a timely manner
• Handling tax queries, audits, assessments, working with internal and external stakeholders and cross functional teams
• Ensuring timely filing of responses and representation before the tax authorities
• Analyzing/ exploring potential tax efficiency areas
• Working on projects intended to incorporate and improve the existing governance framework, and demonstrate resilience and effectively manage ambiguity related to the projects
• Independently manage critical tax advisories and support in their execution ensuring support to business functions and mitigating tax risks
• Other duties, as assigned

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience in related field or equivalent experience
• Good knowledge of corporate income-tax and transfer pricing regulations
• Experience in tax advisory/ tax accounting/ tax compliances
• Ability to apply tax laws to relevant cases
• Working experience in managing litigations and compliances  
• Experience in Alcobev industry/ FMCG sector a plus
• Ability to manage a team and work harmoniously in a team environment.
• Strong documentation and organization skills, including workflows and current and future state of processes.