Hitachi Energy India | Direct Tax Team Lead

Responsibilities

• We are seeking an experienced professional to lead the India Direct Tax Operations team within the Tax Shared Services (CSS/GCC) organization.
• The role is responsible for managing tax operations, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of compliance support activities, partnering with multiple stakeholders, and driving process excellence through automation and digital transformation initiatives.
• The ideal candidate should possess strong operational knowledge of direct tax processes, proven leadership capabilities, stakeholder management skills, and experience working in Shared Services, Global Capability Center (GCC), or corporate finance environments.
• Lead and manage the India Direct Tax Operations team, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timely delivery of operational activities.
• Partner with Tax CoE, Finance, Payroll, Accounting, business teams, and external advisors to ensure timely and accurate information sharing.
• Review reconciliations, schedules, trackers, and supporting documentation to maintain compliance readiness.
• Monitor process performance, identify operational risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead process standardization, automation, and operational excellence initiatives across tax processes.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Coordinate collection, validation, reconciliation, and reporting of data required for Corporate Income Tax compliance support, Advance Tax support TDS compliance processes, Tax audit support Transfer Pricing documentation support ,Statutory audit requirements

Requirements

• Experience in Direct Tax Operations, Tax Compliance Support, Shared Services, GCC, GBS, SSC, or Finance Operations environments.
• Should have experience using S/4HANA.
• Prior experience in a CSS/GCC/Shared Services operating model is highly preferred.
• Should have people Management/Team handling experience.
• Exposure to supporting listed entities will be an added advantage.
• 8 to 12 years of relevant experience for candidates with MBA (Finance) or other equivalent professional qualifications.

Hitachi Energy India Limited

Headquartered in Bengaluru and listed on the NSE and BSE, Hitachi Energy India Limited is the Indian arm of Hitachi Energy, the Zurich-based power technology company in the Hitachi group. The business began in 1949 as Hindustan Electric and later carried the names Hindustan Brown Boveri, ABB Power Grids and Hitachi ABB Power Grids before taking its present name. Its first factory opened in Vadodara in 1962, and three manufacturing locations in Gujarat make most of its range, which includes power and traction transformers, HVDC links and power automation for metro rail. India also hosts shared services and a global technology and innovation centre.

Many of Hitachi Energy's finance roles in India belong to its Controlling Practice and Operations (CP&O) teams in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. The work covers FP&A, cost accounting, plant, project, R&D and HVDC tender controlling, SAP S/4HANA finance business partnering, record-to-report and revenue accounting, direct tax, internal audit and internal control, and payroll for India and other regions. Postings often ask for a CA or CMA, qualified or semi-qualified, or an MBA in Finance; several accept CA Inter or M.Com, and audit and control roles name CPA, CIA or CISA.

• Industry: Power and grid technology: transformers, HVDC systems, power automation and related services
• Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland (Hitachi Energy Ltd, part of the Hitachi group of Japan); Hitachi Energy India Limited is headquartered in Bengaluru
• In India: Hitachi Energy India Limited, listed on the NSE (POWERINDIA) and BSE (543187), with its head office in Bengaluru, manufacturing in Gujarat (including Vadodara), and finance teams in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune