Assistant Manager Indirect Taxation

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 300 factories. Its 33,500 employees generated annual sales of CHF 10.49 billion in 2022.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Should have worked on and have sound understanding of preparation of workings and returns (monthly and annual) for GST, Job worker returns & payments.
• GST reconciliation with ledger and GST returns, considering appropriate impact in ledgers.
• GST registration including addition, deletion, edition of business place or for any other reason.
• To support for E-way bill related issues.
• Advise to business division on various business models, impact on various notifications/Circulars on business division.
• Working capital management (effective utilization of tax credits), exports benefits & refund process
• Monitor & review SLA & service quality of ASP/GSP
• Ensure Compliances of All Audits under respective Laws related to the Indirect Taxation
• Detailed scrutiny/examination of notices/letters/appeals, including show-cause cum demand notices issued by tax authorities related GST laws, Customs laws and the erstwhile laws concerned with Central Excise, VAT, CST, and Entry tax on Pan-India basis.
• Liaison/collaborating with Legal Counsels / Tax experts engaged by the company for any tax related issues.
• Drafting/finalising replies to aforesaid notices/letters, submissions to be made in course of adjudication and other proceedings and attending Personal Hearing scheduled in the matters.
• Keeping track of the litigation cases pending adjudication or appeal at various authorities and ensuring updated records maintained for tracking litigation disputes either through Litigation Portal or offline worksheets by concerned officer/ team.
• Validating / preparing disclosures made for Contingent Liability in financial statement or for any other purpose, sought in course of any proceedings or for MIS.
• Supervising the administrative activities rendered in course of above assignments such as tracking of Bonds/Bank Guarantees, arranging PoA/Letter of Authorization, attending to Bills raised by Counsels and consultants for various databases or similar services required in tax matters.

• Chartered Accountant (Preferable, passed all levels in first attempt)
• Minimum 5-6 years’ experience in handling Indirect taxation compliance and litigations
• Well versed & experience of working on SAP (GST reports/Sales Register/ Reconciliation etc), MS Office.
• Should possess advanced spreadsheet skills.