Sr Tax Specialist Job In Shell In India, Bengaluru / Bangalore

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionThe role is designed for supporting and leading the delivery of activities carried out by the US Manage Direct Tax team This is individual contributor role requiring responsibilities as a reviewer & preparation of tax returns (complex tax returns) of certain material legal entities It also provides a very good exposure towards stakeholder management as well as Direct tax compliance and Group reportingThe candidate should be open to move/deployed flexibly between, State, Audit, Federal - Upstream and Federal - Downstream roles.

Additional Job DescriptionAdditional Job Description Business/process responsibilities and metrics :Deliver on time and accurate tax reports, returns and payments for migrated activity and tax provision for all businesses invarious tax jurisdictions [State, Federal]and adherence to the managerial metrics of the processUnderstand and operate various tax provisioning/compliance toolsUnderstand Group Accounting and Reporting changes and enable incorporation of such changes and in the process as may be relevantCo-ordinate/support for tax audits as well as support for resolving all audit queriesProvide steer and oversight for updation and maintenance of Key tax assumptions and Work Instructions & Training framework to reduce time to delivery to optimal levels (typically 3 months)Lead and manage and transition additional/new scope migrations of MDT activities Team engagement planning and supporting:Support continuous professional development and good practices in MDT with positive attitude towards building digital skillsetsProactively supporting Sr Tax Leads in engagement with Business and Country tax teams to enable business knowledge sharing with the MDT team and help embed into processes as relevantKeeps abreast of Business developments and Business performance driversSupport in ensuring clear roles and responsibilities and compliance with segregation of duties/authorities across teamContributing in planning of staffing vis--vis work assignments/projects/cross team projects etc in an optimal manner and evaluate resourcing requirements on an ongoing basis.

CI responsibilities:Continuous focus on improvement opportunities (ESSA) in process & content, identify & actions opportunities to reduce complexity, promote best practices on digital acceleration, provide focus on financial issues & achieve operational excellencePursue identification & implementation of CI project pipeline and aid in achieving the process targets Stakeholder management:Ensure correct and timely escalations of process exceptions or tolerance/variances and their resolutionProactively engage and maintain strong stakeholder and business connectivityBest practices provide focus on financial issues & achieve operational excellenceDimensions:-Business/process responsibilities and metrics:-CI responsibilities:-Team management, engagement planning and resourcing :- Stakeholder management:Skills and Requirements:Prior US State Tax /Federal-Downstream Tax/Federal-Upstream Tax/Federal - Corporate, Trading, International Tax/US MDT - IRS Audit will be helpful.

Recognized professional qualification and a member of a recognized accounting body with 5 years' broad professional experience Work experience of migrated tax / finance activity in multinational companies or professional firms would be preferable Alternatively, Bachelors / Masters in Finance degree with 8 years' broad professional experience out of which minimum 6 years of experience in migrated tax / finance activity in multinational companies or professional firms.

Working knowledge of various ERP systems used in US MDT viz SODA, STAR, Corp Tax, Long View, FedState, etc will be preferred with excellent MS Office skillsGood understanding of Control Frameworks, controls in a tax environment and tax accounting under GAAP and/or IFRS.

Effective influencing skills and communicator of complex tax compliance issues both written and oral

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