Description
3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity.
Job Description:
Indirect Tax - Associate Specialist
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
The Indirect Tax Compliance Associate Specialist supports the organisation's indirect tax compliance activities across multiple jurisdictions. This role operates within a co-sourced compliance model, liaising closely with third-party service providers to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant filing of indirect tax returns (e.g. VAT, GST).
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As an Indirect Tax Compliance Associate Specialist, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Supporting the coordination, review, submission and payment of indirect tax returns, ensuring adherence to local regulations and deadlines.
- Investigating and resolving return and reconciliation discrepancies, collaborating with internal teams and external providers to resolve issues.
- Assisting with responses to tax authority queries, audits, and information requests, building and maintaining audit readiness files.
- Executing processes to ensure completeness and accuracy of transactional data (AP, AR, intercompany, inventory movements) feeding into tax reporting, including identifying process improvements.
- Leading processes in relation to invoice validation, export evidence, tracking adjustments required and driving continuous improvement to minimise cashflow/cost to the business.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field; relevant tax qualification is advantageous.
- Minimum of 2 - 4 years previous experience in global indirect tax compliance (VAT/GST), ideally within a manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain-driven environment.
- Practical experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP), including tax codes, reporting, and data extraction.
- Understanding of transactional data flows relevant to indirect tax reporting.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and desire to collaborate across the function and organisation.
- Proven ability to use analytics and influencing skills to drive results.
- Exhibited sense of urgency to drive effective change and manage performance.
Work Location: Hebbal, Bangalore (Karnataka), Hybrid Mode
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.