Associate Manager Taxation

  • Gurugram
  • Urban Company

About the Company

Urban Company is a tech-enabled home services marketplace. Customers use our platform to book services, such as beauty treatments, haircuts, massage therapy, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, appliance repair, painting , which are delivered in the comfort of their home and at a time of their choosing. We promise our customers a high quality, standardized and reliable service experience. To fulfill this promise, we work closely with our hand-picked service partners, enabling them with technology, training, products, tools, financing, insurance, and brand, helping them succeed and deliver on this promise.

What you’ll do:

  • Knowledge of laws applicable to ecommerce company
  • Undertaking compliances under the Goods and Service Tax (GST) laws
  • Coordinating with consultant for ensuring the tax (GST & Income tax) compliances for India territory are done on a timely manner,
  • For certain selected countries across the globe the individual would be independently handling the tax advisory, compliances with the support of local consultants.
  • Closely work with global consultants and update the business team regarding any changes and its implications on the business.
  • Review of the tax entries in the books and responsible for closing and reconciliation of the monthly tax ledgers in the books vis a vis Returns.
  • Ensure all tax related payments to government/tax authorities are done as per the timelines in respective countries.
  • Ensure all tax related controls and compliance are met as per the Urban Company framework.
  • Support in country tax audits GST, Income Tax, Transfer pricing by providing adequate documentation/data support/analysis of data.
  • Handling department notices, inquiry.
  • Ensure that all agreed KPIs in the tax process and met and effectively managed.
  • Provide insights for a best-in class process for the tax process. A tech-savvy individual who is ready to take ownership in process improvement and process efficiencies. Work for automation of tax processes.

What we need:

  • 2-5 years’ experience in Tax. Qualified Chartered Accountant only.
  • Should be thorough with Direct and Indirect taxation – India and International.
  • Knowledge of laws applicable to ecommerce company
  • Good interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) with all levels within the organization
  • Unquestioned personal integrity with strong ethics and values consistent with UC culture
  • Well-developed technical proficiency IT environment, Word, Excel and PowerPoint·
  • Ability to run mandates autonomously and with minimum supervision.
  • Ability to strategize and assess potential risk.
  • Ability to coordinate with different business teams, senior management, and external counsel on multiple mandates.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • We’re looking for extremely strong first-principles problem solvers, who have a maker / builder within them and want to bring to life consumer insights to revolutionize the service industry

Folks you will work with:

We understand that the people you work with and learn from is the single most important determinant of how much you enjoy working at a place. In fact, this defines the culture in many ways. Here is a list of UC folks you can expect to work with and collaborate with:

  • Abhay Mathur (Chief Finance Officer)
  • Ashish Bansal (SVP, Finance)
  • Rakshit Kapoor (Director, Controllership & Accounting)
  • Vishal Agarwal ( AVP Taxation)

What can you expect:

  • A great work environment with massive ownership and growth opportunities - we hire folks for a career opportunity, not just the role.
  • Energy and hustle of a startup with processes and depth of a big organization
  • Expect to work with people you can learn from and are invested in your growth
  • Opportunity to be part of the mission to transform customer and partner experience
  • Latest tools and technology to get things done provided by the company
  • Health insurance benefits for you and your family

At Urban Company we are committed to providing equal and fair opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We endeavor to maintain a work environment free from harassment based on age, color, physical ability, marital status, parental status, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.