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.
• These may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.
• 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
• Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment

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

Hitachi Energy India is an employer hiring in India (sector: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial).

CA Samaaj lists Hitachi Energy India's current India openings for finance, accounts, audit and tax professionals, taken from its official careers site (hitachi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com) and checked regularly to remove closed jobs. Recent roles are based in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune.

• Industry: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial