Director, Federal Tax

Location: Gurugram, India

Date Posted: Oct 4, 2025

Description

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team:

In 2023, A&M established a high-quality global capability center in India. The capability center has dedicated centers of expertise which work with A&M leadership across multiple business units and geographies to enable efficient service delivery to A&M clients.

The GCC is designed to efficiently and innovatively scale client delivery teams to meet ongoing demands. It helps A&M's global business units expand their talent pool in India, allowing them to hire specialized professionals, maintain competitive pricing, accelerate delivery speeds with a hybrid onshore-offshore team, and leverage automation with top tier digital and analytics talent. The GCC blends industry and consulting professionals across multiple domains to drive change and add value. As we embark on this unique journey, the firm is actively seeking to build a strong, capable team for the center. The GCC is growing rapidly and is already a 500+ member team.

How You will Contribute:

• Assist with the tax compliance process by reviewing partners' estimates, extensions and annual compliance filings for pass through entities;
• Independently conduct research and review analysis of a wide variety of tax issues;
• Participate in tax-planning and consulting projects;
• Attend client calls to understand critical areas of importance and apply tax technical knowledge to specific client situations;
• Create deliverables that are concise, complete and address the elements deemed critical by the client;
• Mentor team when they are supporting the same projects by delegating appropriate tasks and ensuring they complete tasks efficiently;
• Develop others by sharing proven techniques, best practices and procedures;
• Support client relationships and demonstrate a working knowledge of client businesses, with opportunity to assume additional responsibility quickly;
• Identify opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients by using working knowledge of client businesses; and
• Build internal relationships with other members of the Tax team

Qualifications:

• Chartered accountant (or in the process of pursuing)
• 13+ years of tax compliance and consulting experience in public accounting or professional services (Big 4 experience preferred)
• Partnership experience, including tax provisions, is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to establish credibility and influence clients
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office products (with an emphasis on Excel) and research software
• Experience with GoSystem Tax RS and OneSource preferred
• Ability to simultaneously work on several projects and effectively manage deadlines
• High motivation to learn and grow
• Detail-oriented and possess strong organizational skills to excel in a deadline-driven environment

Your journey at A&M:

• We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person's unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.
• We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals

A&M's entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

It is Alvarez & Marsal's practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. .

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.