VAT & Tax Compliance - Senior Manager

Job Description Summary  The Senior Manager – VAT & Tax Compliance will provide leadership and oversight of global VAT/GST, indirect tax, U.S. Sales & Use Tax, and corporate tax compliance activities supported from Bangalore. The role will be accountable for high-quality compliance delivery, effective governance and controls, and proactive management of tax risks and deadlines.  The successful candidate will lead and develop a team of tax professionals, build strong partnerships with Corporate Tax, Finance, Financial Controllers, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and other key stakeholders, and drive operational excellence through standardization, automation, technology enablement, and continuous improvement.  Key Responsibilities  VAT/GST & U.S. Sales and Use Tax  Provide leadership and oversight of global VAT/GST, indirect tax, and U.S. Sales & Use Tax compliance activities.  Ensure timely and accurate preparation, review, and submission of tax returns, statutory filings, and related payments.  Maintain effective governance over global compliance calendars, proactively managing risks, exceptions, and overdue actions.  Oversee VAT/GST and use tax calculations, reconciliations, payments, supporting documentation, and alignment to general ledger and transactional data.  Provide technical leadership on input VAT recovery, output VAT, reverse charge, intercompany and cross-border transactions, and U.S. use tax assessment and compliance, as applicable.  Partner with Corporate Tax, Finance, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and Financial Controllers to resolve complex indirect and transactional tax matters.  Maintain a strong control environment, including appropriate review, documentation, evidence retention, and escalation procedures.  Oversee tax authority queries, audits, and information requests and ensure sustainable remediation of identified issues.  Monitor relevant tax developments and lead implementation of changes affecting compliance processes.  Drive standardization, simplification, automation, data quality, and effective management reporting across indirect tax compliance.  Corporate Tax Compliance  Provide leadership and oversight of corporate tax compliance activities supported by the team.  Provide oversight and review of Tax Packs and related corporate tax compliance deliverables.  Review tax-sensitive accounts, corporate tax accruals, provisions, payments, journals, and reconciliations.  Ensure appropriate oversight of tax-related general ledger balances and supporting reconciliations.  Ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation supporting corporate tax filings and statutory reporting.  Maintain strong governance, controls, and documentation across corporate tax processes.  Leadership, Governance & Transformation  Lead and develop a high-performing tax compliance team, driving accountability, technical capability, quality, and effective resource management.