Taxation Executive

Job Description: Taxation Executive
Location: Chandigarh
Company Overview: Theater is a dynamic and rapidly growing fashion start-up based in India. Our mission is to create India's best design-led, mass-premium western fashion company. At present, Theater specializes in footwear, stockings, bags and fragrances for women.
Position Overview: The Taxation Executive will be responsible for managing the company's direct and indirect tax compliance. This role involves handling GST, TDS and income tax filings, reconciliations, assessments and audits, while ensuring timely and accurate compliance across all states and sales channels.
Key Responsibilities:
GST Compliance:
Own end-to-end GST compliance across all registrations, including GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-6 GSTR-9/9C and IMS actions.
Ensuring correct GST treatment (rate, HSN, place of supply, valuation) on every transaction stream while Identifying and correcting exposures before filing.
Own e-invoicing and e-way bill compliance, including exception monitoring, cancellations and amendments within statutory windows.
2. Reconciliations and ITC Protection
Own ITC integrity. Reconciling books with GSTR-2B and IMS every month, driving vendor resolution of mismatches, and blocking or reversing ineligible credit.
Build vendor compliance tracking so that non-filers are flagged to procurement and payments before credit is lost.
Reconcile marketplace TCS (s.52 CGST) and TDS credits against sales, settlement reports, GSTR-8 and Form 26AS/AIS. Ensure full credit is claimed and discrepancies are closed with each marketplace.
3. TDS and Income Tax
Own the TDS function: correct section and rate determination, deposits, quarterly returns and certificates.
Own preparation of the ITR, the tax audit report and the supporting computations in co-ordination with statutory and tax auditors.
4. Assessments, Notices and Litigation
Own every GST and income tax notice from receipt to closure, including portal monitoring, deadline tracking, response strategy, drafting and coordination with consultants.
Maintain defence-ready documentation for every material tax position so that assessments, audits and appeals can be supported without reconstruction.
Maintain a litigation and contingent-liability register for financial statement disclosures.
5. Audit Readiness and Records
Be the single point of accountability for tax schedules, workings and query resolution for statutory, tax and departmental audits, delivered on agreed timelines.
Own the compliance calendar across GST, TDS, income tax and related laws, with escalation built in.
Maintain organised, retrievable tax records for the full limitation period.
6. Regulatory Intelligence and Process Improvement
Track Finance Acts, GST Council recommendations, notifications, circulars, CBIC and CBDT instructions and relevant judgments. Assess the impact on the Company and implement required changes in ERP, masters and processes within the effective date.
Identify tax efficiency opportunities within the law, including ITC optimisation, refunds, working capital impact and structuring inputs, and present them with quantified impact.
Design and own controls over tax processes to reduce manual intervention and error risk.
Run periodic self-diligence reviews across GSTINs and channels to detect and remediate exposures before the department does.
Qualifications:
Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
Up to 2 years of relevant experience in direct and indirect taxation; newly qualified CAs with strong GST exposure during articleship are welcome to apply.
Experience with a D2C, e-commerce or retail organization or a CA firm handling such clients is preferred.
Strong working knowledge of GST, TDS and income tax laws and filing procedures.
Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
Application Process: Interested candidates may send their CVs to shabnam@theater.xyz with the following subject line:
“Taxation Executive CV <Candidate Name>”
Theater is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Work arrangement
No