CA required I Indirect Tax I Customs - Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Your job responsibilities will include,-Leading client fronting indirect tax (GST/ Customs/ FTP/SVB) engagements (Compliance, Representation, Advisory and Litigation)-Scoping-Technical and quality reviews-On-time delivery-Client liaison-Expected to be involved in end-to-end reporting for his/ her client/ region sales, budgets, billing and their growthInvolved in preparation of monthly/ quarterly sheets for leadership from overall practice perspective.-Keeping track of and providing insights on various issues related to recent developments in Indirect taxes in India and globally-Can plan and execute various practice development initiatives (incl. standardizing operating practices, and protocols for recurring activities)Clients account expansion and business development: 20-25% weightageAligning with Partners/ sales team to generate leads and take it till order book level.Representing indirect tax team at practice level, wherever required, and identifying solutions to be provided to the common leads identified Managing and maintaining relationship with clientsAdvise and assist clients in forming indirect tax strategies to cover indirect tax exposure Strive to provide new and innovative indirect tax solutions to clientsIdentifying new opportunities for serving existing clients Targeting and obtaining work from potential clientsAchieving assigned number KPIs pertaining to:Lead generationSales closure combining IDT technical knowledge and commercial skillsClient mining and account expansionProduct campaigns in relation to IDT products including tax technology productsReporting and maintaining the MIS from practice and sales perspective and updating the leadership on the progress achieved.Leading people and development: 5-10% weightageBuilding and managing a team including recruitment, appraisals, developing training material, providing training to team members, and technically guiding the teams in completing their assigned deliverablesReview of efficient and effective planning, selection and team management of all resources throughout the year including temporary resource redeployment within team/ with other departments,Building of team morale and motivate people in the team and firm, and retention of existing employeesAddress issues at emotional / infrastructural level at work being faced by teams, take responsibility for team building and motivation of teamsIdentifying training needs of teams and assist in skill building where deficiencies identified,ESIRED CANDIDATE PROFILE:Chartered Accountant / Lawyer with 6+ years experience in indirect tax (Customs & GST) Specialist knowledge of Goods and Services Tax, erstwhile indirect tax lawsExperience of Customs legislation and Foreign Trade PolicyBasic work experience in Foreign Trade AgreementsExperience should be in compliance, representation, advisory and adequate litigation exposureExperience in advisory and compliance with respect to Special Economic Zones (SEZ)Experience in independently handling GST implementation projects for clients from planning phase to execution and deliveryExperience in liaising with government officials and building rapport with officialsExcellent written and spoken communication skills including legal / technical drafting