About the role
Senior Tax Specialist Department: Global Financial Reporting, Accounting and Tax Employment Type: Full Time Location: India Description The Global Tax Team is in search of an experienced Senior Tax Specialist ! In this role, you will bridge the gap between indirect tax compliance and financial systems, ensuring our global transactional data is accurate and our tax technology stack operates seamlessly.
Responsibilities System & Tax Engine Management: Work with indirect tax determination engines (e.g., Vertex, Avalara, ONESOURCE) and their integration with our core ERP system. Data Automation & Analytics: Implement automation tools to extract, transform, and validate massive volumes of transactional data to support global VAT, GST compliance. Compliance Oversight: Oversee the accurate and timely completion of global indirect tax returns, reviewing automated outputs and supporting schedules for accuracy before filing. E-Invoicing & Real-Time Reporting: Monitor global trends in Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC), SAF-T, and e-invoicing mandates, leading the technological implementation required to meet these new reporting standards. Process Improvement: Recommend, design, and implement automated workflows to eliminate manual data entry, enhance data integrity, and streamline the end-to-end indirect tax compliance process. ERP Tax Configuration: Provide dedicated tax technology support when setting up tax compliance in new jurisdictions, configuring tax codes, mapping product taxability, and testing ERP updates. Audit & Defense Support: Support indirect tax audits by generating standard audit files, building transactional data extracts, and tracing system logic for external tax authorities. Risk & Anomaly Detection: Identify tax determination errors, data gaps, or system ineffectiveness based on financial records, and implement root-cause system fixes. Calendar & Liability Management: Manage global indirect tax compliance calendars, reconcile indirect tax accounts, and coordinate timely tax payments. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with IT, local financial controllers, and external vendors to develop and standardise the Group's indirect tax data methodologies.