Manager - Taxation, India

Job Description

IFF is a global leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and sensorial experiences.

We are now seeking a highly motivated and results driven individual to join our team as Manager – Taxation, India based out of our Hyderabad India office.

Your Focus
As Manager – Taxation, India, you will be responsible to supervise and achieve seamless service delivery of India compliance operations of tax teams operating from Shared Services Center India - Hyderabad across Indirect and Direct Tax Regimes, as well as provide India tax advisory support to the business.

You will manage a team of 8-10 members.

How you will contribute

• Manager to India based shared service center Tax team, providing mentorship and guidance to the team: 
  • Supervise seamless compliance operations delivery to ensure IFF’s related tax compliance obligations are met.
  • Accountable to define, execute and monitor a wide variety of process KPIs.
  • Review internal controls framework design/execution.
  • Review to ensure fully compliant controlled environment to successfully get through internal/external/departmental audits/assessments.
• Responsible for IFF related tax filing obligations in India – review tax compliance submissions across corporate income tax returns, GST filings and any other local tax required filings.
• Review team’s preparation of periodic tax provision for entities in India.
• Recommend improvements to tax related systems and internal control.
• Support the progression of local tax audits and tax matters.
• Provide tax advisory to the business on India tax regulations and impact of any change in legislation.
• Execute local transfer pricing operations and implement changes to pricing, liaising with stakeholders on TP adjustments.
• Provide BAPA support including coordinating with overseas tax colleagues for business relevant information.
• Responsible for Special Economic Zone (SEZ) related matters and explore opportunities with business stakeholders around tax incentive/cash grants.
• Identify tax risk and ensure compliance with IFF tax governance and risk management frameworks.
• Be a strong role model of organization’s core values and able to drive the core value culture among team.

Job Requirements

What you will need to be successful

• Finance or Accounting degree.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant or CPA.
• Minimum 10 years of total experience with at least 4 years in a people and process management role.
• Sound Accounting and Tax Knowledge.
• Strong Analytical skills and ability to work along with cross country / functional teams.
• Prior Big 4/India Direct tax compliance experience would be an added advantage and will be given preference.
• Experience dealing with tax audits/dispute resolution.
• Drive continuous and long-term improvements in quality and productivity of the team’s delivery.
• Flexible mindset to foster coordination across cross boarder resources and partnering with multiple tax managers globally.
• Be a strategic thinker, honest, openminded, transparent and be able to deal with high level of ambiguity. 

IFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential.  We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more