Senior Associate, ITTS - APAC Region

Description

About A&M Global Capability Center Private Limited
In 2023, A&M established a high-quality global capability center in India. The capability center has dedicated centers of expertise which work with A&M leadership across multiple business units and geographies to enable efficient service delivery to A&M clients. The GCC is designed to efficiently and innovatively scale client delivery teams to meet ongoing demands. It helps A&M's global business units expand their talent pool in India, allowing them to hire specialized professionals, maintain competitive pricing, accelerate delivery speeds with a hybrid onshore-offshore team, and leverage automation with top-tier digital and analytics talent. The GCC blends industry and consulting professionals across multiple domains to drive change and add value.

Unlike traditional GCC models focused on back-office support, we partner with case teams for end-to-end case delivery and thought leadership. Nearly 90% of our consultants hold advanced degrees, and our leadership team boasts over 1000 years of combined experience. We serve all major markets, including the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and work across various industries such as Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, Software & Technology, Automotive & Industrials, Hospitality & Leisure, Energy & Natural Resources, and Financial Services. As we embark on this unique journey, the firm is actively seeking to build a strong, capable team for the center. The GCC is growing rapidly and is already a 350+ member team.

About International Tax and Transaction Services (ITTS)
A&M's International Tax and Transaction Services (ITTS) team is composed of seasoned tax professionals experienced in providing practical tax advice to corporate and private equity buyers and sellers throughout the transaction life cycle. By utilizing an integrated approach with A&M professionals with deep operating and financial-related experience, the team uses a focused and tailored approach to rapidly identify and understand potential deal breakers, value drivers, and other areas of specific interest to our clients. Our professionals have significant experience on both the buy and sell side of transactions across all industries including healthcare, financial institutions, energy, environmental services, technology, and education.

Location: Gurgaon

Key Responsibilities:
As a member of the ITTS team, you will:

1. Participate and assist in client communications and managing client relationships by communicating and responding to client expectations, issues identified, and recommended next steps by gathering data relevant to the engagement, tailoring project deliverables accordingly, and managing internal and external stakeholders.
2. Assist with APAC corporate tax compliance, including but not limited to, liaising with clients and other A&M offices for information required, preparation/review of estimated chargeable income, preparation/review of tax computations, preparation and submission of tax returns, withholding tax filings as well as certificate of residence applications.
3. Assist clients with the tax incentive scheme applications, related tax reporting obligations, and tax reclaim filings, as applicable.
4. Assist clients in resolutions of tax issues/controversies with the relevant tax authority.
5. Collaborate efficiently within a team by sharing duties, offering assistance, keeping communication channels open, and informing senior team members about the progress of tasks.
6. Participate and assist in preparing for client meetings, business development initiatives, proposals, pitches, internal training, etc.
7. Support other tax services lines, where applicable.
8. Take ownership of assigned workstreams ensuring supervisors can timely review and provide constructive feedback on deliverables, and otherwise proactively respond to changes in workflow.
9. Build on technical competence by keeping up to date on APAC tax technical developments and practices of tax authorities in the region, market trends, and contributing to the knowledge sharing efforts amongst the team.
10. Seek performance and project reviews and build upon the feedback received. If applicable, conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff.

What You Bring

1. CA (with bachelor's degree in accounting preferred), Master’s in Taxation, LLM, or MBA (Finance specialization).
2. At least 3-4 years of relevant experience in corporate tax compliance and/or tax advisory, mergers & acquisitions tax practice at a Big 4 firm, Big Law firm, or similar firm.
3. Strong technical knowledge of corporate income tax laws in the Asia Pacific region. Familiarity and practice experience in a Big Four accounting firm and/or other key ASEAN countries’ taxation (including centers of excellence and outsourcing centers) will be an advantage.
4. Strong writing, analytical, research, Excel, and organizational skills.
5. Strong communication, presentation, project management, and business development skills.
6. Strong sense of personal motivation as well as the ability to work with a team.
7. Ability to work in a dynamic, multicultural, and time-sensitive environment.