Assistant Manager Tax (Finance)

What The Role Involves

• Act as the primary point of contact with tax consultants for direct tax, indirect tax, and withholding tax matters across all entities.
• Own the compliance calendar end-to-end, ensuring timely preparation, review, and filing of tax returns and payments across jurisdictions.
• Lead audit readiness and manage responses to tax audits, inquiries, and regulatory communications with confidence and precision.
• Support tax planning initiatives and provide cross-border advisory for new transactions, entity structures, and commercial arrangements.
• Monitor evolving global tax regulations and translate them into actionable compliance updates for the organisation.
• Drive accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes including reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Ensure strong internal controls, compliance with applicable standards, and proactive risk mitigation across the tax function.
• Coordinate statutory and group audits in partnership with external auditors.
• Collaborate with finance, legal, and operations teams and provide decision-ready financial insights to leadership.

What You Will Bring To The Team

Must Have

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 4 to 5 years of post-qualification experience.
• Hands-on experience in direct tax and indirect tax, with a preference for candidates who have exposure to both rather than one in isolation.
• Background in a Big 4 or mid-tier consulting firm, ideally from a Deals or Financial Due Diligence team, or from a SaaS or product technology company with a dedicated tax function.
• Working knowledge of GST, cross-border taxation, and global tax frameworks.
• Exposure to FP&A, strategic finance, or revenue recognition standards such as ASC 606 or IFRS 15.
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, or SAP, or comparable automation tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to support business decisions through clear financial reasoning.
• Comfortable working in a fully remote setup with the discipline and communication habits to thrive independently.

Preferred

• Experience with Transfer Pricing or international tax structures.
• Cross-functional exposure working with product, sales, or operations teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple compliance timelines and entity-level obligations simultaneously.

How We Care For Our Sprinters

• Work wherever you are: We are 100% remote, so you get to choose if you want to work from home, a cafe, the hills, or the beach.
• Co-working, on the house: If co-working is your jam, we offer a generous annual allowance.
• We care about your learning: We are invested in seeing you grow and commit USD 1,000 annually to help you level up your skills.
• We count your spark, not your leaves: Unlimited leave so you can reset when you need to.
• Your Safety Net, Woven In: Health insurance with coverage up to INR 10 lakh for you and your family, accident protection of an additional INR 10 lakh, and life insurance worth 3x your annual salary.
• Workspace setup of your dreams: We chip in INR 35,000 to help you build a setup that works for you.