Assistant Manager - Indirect Taxation

Business Introduction
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Position Summary
You will support and lead indirect tax activities for GSK in India. You will work closely with regional tax, finance, legal, and business teams. We value candidates who are analytical, collaborative, and proactive. This role offers growth, meaningful impact, and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Job Purpose

Areas of taxes and legal entities

• Group level Indirect tax responsibility. Indirect taxes consist of Goods & Services Tax (GST) and legacy Value Added Tax, Central Sales Tax, Service Tax, Excise, and local area cesses, spread across 25 states.
• Monitoring of records for taxation and payments on all India basis for the group. Representation before authorities for Assessments, Audits, hearing etc. Interaction with external parties.

Business advisory

• Partnering with businesses and pro-actively support in their initiatives including advising on tax implications so as to ensure an optimized and tax efficient solution in timely manner.
• Provide regular updates to businesses on tax matters and on the potential impact of new/changes in laws and regulations on the compliance and businesses of GSK. Ensure that systems and processes are implemented / amended to meet the new tax requirements.

Compliance

• Review the compliances frequently to ensure that maximum claims are made to optimize tax cost to GSK. Reviewing the current process and focus on automation of processes to ensure the best in class practice.

Litigation management

• Manage litigations before before multiple Tax Authorities during Audits, Assessments and Litigations to defend the claims made in the Returns.

Tax planning

• Ideate and implement various tax planning measures for utilization of tax credits, claiming of refund of taxes, encashment of accumulated ITCs etc.

IT enhancements and Special projects

• Lead and instrumentally contribute in IT and other special projects to ensure best in class automation across the IDT function and implementation in timely manner.

People management

• To work closely with the team to ensure effective and timely actions in terms of submissions, hearings and other reporting compliances.
• To deal with internal and cross functional teams to drive the projects including automation projects.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Manage litigations in relation to GST and old matters of VAT, Service Tax, Excise, etc.
• Reviewing the processes and drive for automations to ensure best in class compliance processes.
• Tax planning, research, statutory reporting in relation to contingent liability, communication with external tax consultants.
• Evaluate activities, policies, practices, and transactions to ensure they comply with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Partnering with businesses to structure transactions with respect to Indirect tax issues and contribution in critical review of agreements etc.
• Advisory services to cross functional teams in relation to GST and also for old matters on Service Tax, VAT / CST, Excise and SEZ etc.
• Finalising the replies, appeals (including drafting) and representing before Appellate Authorities including Commissioner (Appeals) and Tribunal (Appeals).
• Liaisoning with Auditors, Consultants and counsels to ensure effective representation/appeals.

Minimum Education

Chartered Accountant

Minimum Experience/Training Required

CA with 3-4 years in the field of Indirect Taxes in handling Indirect taxes in large manufacturing company. SAP knowledge is must. Experience in advisory and Litigations work shall be given preference

Skills

Digital Fluency, Financial Acumen, Stakeholder Management, Tax Management, Tax Operations

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Inclusion at GSK:

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