Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company building critical infrastructure for space operations and space traffic management. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring of Resident Space Objects (RSOs), Digantara provides comprehensive space domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to access actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics).

We are seeking a proactive Tax Manager to join our team. In this role, you will lead the tax and regulatory functions, ensuring compliance with Indirect taxes, customs duties, and international trade regulations while collaborating with multiple departments to optimise costs and mitigate risks. You will play a pivotal role in managing audits, advising on tax strategies, and driving process improvements to ensure seamless financial operations and compliance across the organisation

Why Us?

• Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup + you get to work on space technology.

• Hustle in a well-funded startup that allows you to take charge of your responsibilities and create your own moonshot.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in day-to-day functioning of the GST and Customs duty regulatory function 

• Advice, support and review of statutory matters related to GST and Customs duty including preparation, reconciliation & filing of the returns. 

• Identify and evaluate opportunities for customs duty savings, including Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Duty Drawback programs, and other duty reduction strategies.

• Working on GST Annual Returns. Filing of GST Returns GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-6 and annual return. 

• Manages GST and Customs duty compliance and filings along with reconciliations 

• Verify the import goods customs documents and prepare the final document for customs clearance.

• The manager will work closely with other departments, including logistics, supply chain, legal, and finance, to optimize duty costs, mitigate risk, and ensure timely and accurate reporting

• Provide tax advice on ad-hoc business issues or projects as needed.

• Advise on the GST implications of corporate structure, including business operations, investments, and joint ventures.

• Support on review and negotiation of contracts from an overall tax, commercial, finance and regulatory perspective

• Update and implement the latest changes in laws as applicable on timely basis

• Support requirements of business and operations team in day-to-day functioning and new business initiatives

• Coordinate with external auditors for statutory audits, tax audit, internal audits, transfer pricing certifications etc.

• Assisting in financial /regulatory diligence/ audit by third parties

• Identify and drive automation and process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and quick reference summary dashboards etc.

Required Qualifications:

• Chartered Accountant with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience

• The person is expected to take hands-on initiatives and lead and execute activities in his/her areas with minimum supervision/monitoring or assistance.

• Should be a problem solver, take the initiative, and proactively reach out to stakeholders to solve deadlocks/issues.

• Should have in-depth knowledge of indirect taxes and Foreign Trade Policies

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Integrity, with an ability to handle confidential information

• Ability to multitask and manage expectations of relevant stakeholders from time to time

• Should have a positive attitude, be a good team player, be willing to learn, and be flexible to adapt to varied roles within the finance function

General Requirements:

• Ability to work in a mission-focused, operational environment

• Ability to think critically and make independent decisions

• Interpersonal skills to enable working in a diverse and dynamic team

• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule

• Writing and delivering technical documents and briefings

• Verbal and written communication skills, as well as organisational skills

• Travel occasionally as necessary