Senior Manager - Finance & Procurement Services

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Job Description - -------------- **Hello Visionary!** We provide extensive high-quality and cost-efficient Finance \& Procurement services from purchasing to the processing of outgoing payments, Cash allocation, Fixed Assets accounting, Accounts reconciliation and Closing \& Reporting. We work with a strongly integrated system and a highly automated processing environment and digital workforce. Our customers receive innovative, easy-to-use services. We deliver maximum value to the business by driving process optimization and digitalization using our ambitious approach, and we support our customers current and future business requirements with the help of our high level of process and automation competency. **Position Overview** The Senior Manager will lead the delivery and transformation of indirect tax services for Siemens and its group entities, with primary responsibility for Indian GST compliance, advisory, tax controversy and tax accounting, together with VAT compliance across the Middle East region. The role will provide strategic and operational leadership to the GCC Indirect Tax team, establish robust and standardized processes, ensure accurate and timely compliance, and maintain an effective tax governance and control framework. The incumbent will partner closely with business, tax, finance, accounting, legal, supply chain and technology stakeholders to proactively identify and manage indirect tax risks and deliver practical, compliant and technology-enabled solutions. The role will also drive process standardization, automation and continuous improvement across India GST and MEA VAT operations, while developing a high-performing team and positioning the GCC as a trusted center of expertise for indirect tax compliance, governance and transformation. **You'll Make a Difference By** **Indirect Tax Compliance -- India GST** * Lead and manage the team responsible for end-to-end GST compliance for Siemens and other entities across multiple registrations and jurisdictions. * Ensure accurate and timely preparation, review and filing of applicable GST returns and statements, including GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-9, GSTR-9C, ITC-04, and other prescribed forms. * Oversee the review and validation of data from SAP and other relevant source systems to identify exceptions, reporting gaps and potential tax exposures. * Establish robust review mechanisms to ensure the completeness, accuracy and consistency of GST filings across entities and states. * Partner with finance, accounting and business teams on tax requirements affecting transaction processing and financial reporting. **Input Tax Credit and Reconciliations** * Oversee monthly reconciliation of GSTR-2B with books of account, purchase registers and vendor records to support appropriate availment of input tax credit. * Review the computation of eligible, ineligible, blocked and common input tax credit, including applicable reversals and re-availment. * Monitor vendor-related exceptions and coordinate with procurement, accounts payable and business stakeholders to resolve input tax credit mismatches. * Ensure that reconciliation workings, tax positions and supporting documentation are complete, appropriately reviewed and maintained for internal audit, statutory audit and tax-authority proceedings. * Drive improvements in input tax credit controls and minimise credit leakage through automation, data analytics and stronger upstream processes. **GST Annual Returns and Year-End Reporting** * Lead the preparation and review of GST annual returns and applicable reconciliation statements, including GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C. * Ensure complete and accurate reporting of transactions undertaken by the relevant entities during the financial year. * Oversee year-end reconciliations between GST returns, financial statements, books of account, e-invoice data, e-way bill data and other relevant information sources. * Evaluate identified differences and ensure that appropriate corrective actions, disclosures and supporting documentation are completed. * Coordinate with statutory auditors, finance teams, business functions and external advisers to facilitate accurate and timely year-end reporting. **GST Refunds** * Oversee the preparation, review and filing of GST refund claims, including claims arising from exports, zero-rated supplies, inverted duty structures, excess tax payments and other eligible circumstances. * Establish processes to ensure the completeness and accuracy of refund computations and supporting documentation. * Monitor refund applications, deficiency memos, departmental queries and pending claims, and drive their timely resolution. * Coordinate with relevant authorities, business teams and external advisers in relation to refund verification and sanction proceedings. * Identify recurring issues affecting refund eligibility or processing and recommend appropriate process or system improvements. **GST Audits, Assessments and Tax Controversy** * Manage legacy indirect tax matters and GST assessments, departmental audits, enquiries, investigations, notices and appellate proceedings across various states. * Review and, where required, prepare technically sound and factually accurate responses to pre-notice communications, audit observations, show-cause notices and other departmental proceedings, including matters involving DRC-01A, DRC-03 and related statutory forms. * Lead the collation and validation of facts, reconciliations and supporting documentation required for tax-authority proceedings. * Review and finalise written submissions, objections, replies and appeals, ensuring that the positions adopted are legally supportable, consistent and appropriately documented. * Coordinate factual and legal arguments with internal legal and tax teams and external advisers. * Represent, or support the representation of, Siemens and its group entities before tax authorities and relevant appellate forums, as appropriate. * M