Senior Manager - Taxation

About Danone Group:

Mission: Bringing Health through Food to as Many people as Possible

Danone is a global leader in food and beverages, focusing on Essential Dairy and Plant-based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition. Our mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible by creating nutritious products, raising awareness about healthy eating and drinking habits, and conducting our business sustainably.

Danone's dual focus on commercial performance and societal responsibility, combined with an ongoing commitment to innovation and the strengthening of its health-oriented brands, has resulted in strong performance worldwide.

More information can be found at www.danone.com.

About Danone India:

India is among the countries in the APAC zone wherein Danone has its presence. Danone operates in India as Nutricia International Pvt. Ltd, focusing on nutrition with a range of products catering to pregnant mothers, infants, young children as well as adults. These products are manufactured in India and sold nationally under recognized brands such as Aptamil, Dexolac, Nusobee, and Protinex. The company's head office is in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with a manufacturing facility situated in Lalru, Punjab.

More information can be found at https://www.danone.in/

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Role and Responsibilities:

Tax Compliance and Tax Reporting

Lead, execute and monitor external tax compliance and tax reporting for the CBU in India, including but not limited to recurring and ad hoc tax filing and operational tasks, foreign payment tax application, tax preferential treatment application, etc.

Execute and monitor internal tax reporting, forecast and analysis, as well as tax provision for the CBU in India

Tax Planning and Projects

Provide tax advisory to the CBU in India

Lead the tax planning projects and manage tax risks properly in India

Execute global and regional tax projects implementation in India, when needed

Play a key role in proposing and executing actions to simplify the local operation

Transfer Pricing (TP) Reporting and Planning

Manage routine TP documentation and TP projects for the CBU in India

Execute the TP review with the Corporate based on the global schedule for the CBU

Tax Audit/Litigation

Maintain relationship with tax authorities / related government bodies

Lead and manage the local tax audit and tax litigation activities in India

Internal Control / Learning

Prepare and refresh tax position papers, SOPs for the geo tax processes

Execute the updated Danone internal control procedures and ensure the tax governance and control in place

Support DBS Learning & Sharing in tax session

Team Management

Manage India tax team and provide coaching and people development to team members

Build up good quality of back-up mechanism for India tax team

Profile Required

Qualified CA (Chartered Accountant)

Bachelor or above degree, preferably with finance, accounting, commercial and tax majors

10+ years of experience in corporate tax area

In-house taxation experience is a must. Big 4 experience will be preferred.

SAP knowledge is preferred