Tax Director

**Job Description Summary**

Determine and minimize the company's worldwide tax liability with the highest integrity while complying with worldwide tax laws. Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Manage all aspects of taxation for Renewable Energy businesses in India and Singapore (ie planning, commercial tax, reporting, & compliance). This includes leveraging & partnering with the GE Renewable Energy and GE Corporate tax teams & the primary tax service provider in meeting all tax responsibilities. Direct the overall tax strategy.
- Partner with Renewable Energy India and Singapore senior management, India and other CFOs and functional teams on critical business issues including commercial deals, acquisition/dispositions, and key operational issues
- Lead in the analysis and resolution of all complex tax issues. Lead direct and indirect tax planning and compliance for Renewable Energy.
- Develop and implement tax planning strategies to reduce tax expense, eliminate tax exposures, minimize audit deficiencies and maintain a competitive effective tax rate.
- Oversee tax operations in India with a team of ~20 people responsible for the timely delivery of all tax compliance services (direct and indirect) and all internal tax operations processes for the GE Renewable Energy business.
- Ensure flawless operational execution, controllership, and risk management for the tax function in India and Singapore. This includes working closely with the GE Renewable HQ Tax team, the GE Corporate Tax teams & External service providers
- Ensure timeliness, accuracy & adequacy of business' tax filing processes as well as driving best practice process on internal GAAP and Stat accounting and reporting for taxes.
- Develop and manage specific tax FP&A reporting metrics on CFOA and P&L impacts to enable other stakeholders to make informed decisions about existing business and tax operations. Identify, own and raise tax cash refund opportunities that arise to ensure business has maximised tax CFOA.
- Responsible for tax issues arising from Renewable Energy projects in neighboring Asian countries including Nepal, Bhutan, BangladeshDrive ad hoc/ special projects, including team transformation and management of tax audits together with external advisors
- Stay abreast on tax legislation, changes in tax regime, evaluate implications for the company, support in decision-making, communication and compliance
- Strategise & ensure effective representation of direct & indirect tax matters / litigation with various tax authorities
- Perform / co-ordinate on tax due diligence for potential M&A opportunities
- Manage and mentor the 20+ tax resources
- Mange relationship with external services providers with the focus on reducing spend for tax compliance services.
- Ensure proper tax planning & execution of all steps necessary for the proposed separation of GE’s Energy businesses in India
- Extend support to other Energy businesses as needed
- Additional tasks as needed

**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Accounting, Finance or Law
- 15+ years of experience in taxation or as a tax professional working on multi-national clients' tax-related matters or other GE's businesses
- Significant experience with tax law in India
- Fluency in English and Hindi (both verbal and written)

**Desired Characteristics**
- Post-graduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, or with significant academic focus on taxation from accredited university or college
- Certified Public Accountant certificate or equivalent professional license is preferred
- Ability to evaluate complex proposals and anticipate, identify, and resolve tax-related risks and opportunities
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- PC proficiency
- Experience working in a matrix environment
- Adaptable/flexible: open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or ability to work in ambiguous situations
- Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others