Managing Director

Job Description

Managing Director / Global Business Advisory Firm / New Delhi / Basic 5.98Cr per Annum + Benefits ( inclusive of all benefits - 16.187Cr per Annum ) Job descriptionAbout LSES ClientOur LSES client is a global business advisory firm, dedicated to helping organisations navigate and manage a diverse range of complex issues and business challenges. Our expertise covers the spectrum of Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Economic Consulting, Forensic & Litigation Consulting, Strategic Communications and Technology.Our client is a fast growing and vibrant place to work. Steered by our values of Integrity, Creativity, Achievement, Empathy and Respect, its meritocratic culture invites both collaboration and healthy debate. We are large enough to be trusted by our clients to solve their biggest issues and yet small enough to know our colleagues on a personal level enabling better team working and a supportive culture to develop your career goals and ambitions.About Our LSES Clients Tax AdvisoryOur client provide corporate tax advisory services to all major corporations across a broad suite of tax services and technical specialisms. They are an independent expert led tax practice with definitive expertise across many areas of tax and a commercial approach to advising our clients. Our clients senior management team members are leaders in their field, qualified in accounting, tax, law and surveying and also includes valuations and technology experts and economists.About The RoleAn exciting opportunity has become available for a Managing Director in our LSES Clients Tax Advisory practice, based in Newdelhi with a specific focus on restructuring/M&A corporate tax experience.The purpose of the role is to provide support to the senior team across a variety of corporate tax advisory projects including restructuring, reorganisation and M&A transactions. Typical projects include transaction structuring (both domestic and cross-border), group reorganisation, contingency planning (development of the Plan B), distressed debt advisory, and ultimate group rationalisation on wind-down. The role also involves corporate tax management and compliance including advising and providing ongoing compliance to Insolvency Practitioners in formal insolvency situations. Assisting with the guidance and development of the junior team is an essential part of the role and this person/role will act as one of the key members of client delivery teams.Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical

• Actively keep up to date on specialist technical matters, contributing to thought leadership material as required
• Deal with detailed technical queries raised, coordinating the preparation of practical, robustly supported advice and structuring papers in a fast moving and dynamic environment
• Structuring transactions for maximum tax efficiency, including business acquisitions and disposals, pre-sale restructuring, debt-for-equity swaps and pre-pack administrations
• Preserving tax attributes
• Identifying cash opportunities, e.g., identifying and expediting tax refunds
• Advising distressed debt investors seeking to consolidate, restructure and derive value from the underlying assets in those portfolios.

Client Delivery

• Liaise directly with clients and develop client relationships
• Understand project objectives, and client requirements and deadlines
• Plan project timetable and be responsible for progress and ultimate delivery; working with the senior team to manage and deliver the project
• Effectively manage the day to day client engagement to meet client expectations, budget and profit requirements
• Delegate tasks and lead the junior team in their day to day work
• Appropriately manage risk, ensuring all files and administrative tasks are up to date
• Attend, and in some cases lead, client meetings
• Support the team in their respective roles, as required.

Practice Development

• Actively participate in business development, as required
• Seek new project opportunities, utilising existing and new contacts
• Act as a positive role model to help recruit, develop and mentor the team.
• Assist in the teams internal training programme

Experience

• Hands on experience of transaction and restructuring/reorganisation taxes within a UK context is strongly preferred (including tax in formal insolvencies)
• Experience in Asia Pacific corporate tax management & compliance, as well as advisory, is essential
• Previous experience working within a large tax consultancy firm strongly preferred
• Relevant taxation experience with large corporates (domestic and multi-national), private equity owned businesses or creditors/banks
• Experience operating at manager level within a similar environment is essential
• Proven experience in delivering projects and liaising directly with senior clients is also essential

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