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BRL-FIN-02 · Finance, Investment & Treasury
Manager – Tax, GST & Transfer Pricing
Corporate Pune / Hybrid · Hybrid 5–8 years · Mid
Own direct tax, GST and transfer pricing compliance for BARREL and its project SPVs. With EPC contracts, inter-company services and multiple state registrations, getting tax right is a direct contributor to project returns.
Scope of work
- Run monthly and annual GST compliance across all state registrations, including GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C.
- Advise on GST structuring of EPC contracts, including works contract treatment and the split between supply and services portions.
- Manage input tax credit reconciliation with GSTR-2B and resolve vendor mismatches before they block credit.
- Prepare advance tax, TDS and TCS computations and returns for the parent company and every SPV.
- Own the transfer pricing documentation for inter-company services, shared costs, guarantees and loans between BARREL entities.
- Prepare Form 3CEB, master file and local file filings and coordinate with the tax auditor.
- Handle GST and income-tax notices, assessments and appeals, briefing external counsel where needed.
- Review customs duty, BCD and safeguard duty impact on imported modules, cells, inverters and battery packs.
- Maintain a tax risk register and present quarterly to the CFO and the audit committee.
- Keep tax positions aligned with the accounting treatment under Ind AS 12 for deferred taxes.
Technical description
- CGST, SGST and IGST Acts and Rules, including place of supply, composite supply and works contract provisions.
- Income-tax Act provisions relevant to infrastructure: section 115BAA, section 80-IA history, MAT credit and depreciation rules.
- Transfer pricing under sections 92 to 92F, with benchmarking methods such as TNMM and CUP, and safe harbour rules.
- Domestic transfer pricing for specified domestic transactions between group entities.
- Customs Tariff, ALMM requirements for solar modules and the effect of duties on project cost.
- GST e-invoicing, e-way bill rules and the GST treatment of renewable energy devices and their parts.
- Ind AS 12 deferred tax and the tax disclosures in financial statements.
Commercial description
- Tax leakage on EPC and equipment contracts flows straight into project IRR; your structuring advice protects it.
- Work with procurement and legal so every major contract has the right tax clauses before signing.
- Manage the budget for external tax advisors and keep litigation costs proportionate to the exposure.
- Measured on timely filings, ITC blocked or lost, notices closed and zero interest or penalties.
- Brief lenders and investors on tax due diligence questions during capital raising.
Skills required
- Hands-on GST compliance on the GSTN portal and an ERP such as SAP or Oracle.
- Drafting replies to show-cause notices with clear legal reasoning.
- Building transfer pricing benchmarking studies from databases such as Prowess or Capitaline.
- Reconciling books, returns and vendor data at volume.
- Reading contracts to spot tax consequences in payment and scope clauses.
- Explaining tax impact in plain language to engineers and project managers.
- Managing multiple statutory deadlines across entities without slippage.
- Coordinating with auditors, consultants and the tax department professionally.
Talent we look for
- Precise and deadline-driven, with a habit of checking before filing.
- Thinks about tax at the deal design stage, not after the invoice is raised.
- Holds a firm position when the law supports it and concedes quickly when it does not.
- Keeps clean documentation that an assessing officer cannot fault.
Qualifications
- Chartered Accountant.
- Five or more years in indirect and direct tax, ideally with an infrastructure, power or EPC company or a Big Four tax practice.
- Certification in GST or international taxation from ICAI is an advantage.
- Experience with transfer pricing documentation and assessments.
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