CORE COMPETENCIES•Handling all administrative activities like maintenance of office equipment, transport, housekeeping & maintenance of office and record keeping of office stationery including various formats •Managing wide gamut of tasks involved in indirect taxation viz., Commercial Tax, Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax, EXIM etc. •Administering excise & service tax audits, workings, explanations or reply to audit points, managing indirect taxation issues, monitoring compliances, filing of Excise, service, and Sales Tax returns, tax payments, etc.; preparation of details for various ongoing assessments, proceedings/ litigation with indirect tax authorities; providing accurate and timely information relating to tax matters to the estimation departments•Handle the financial matters along with the annual budget while ensuring the optimum utilization of available funds to accomplish goals•Negotiating with & finalising service agreements with reliable contractors for execution of servicing works as per budgeted parameters•Planning physical layout of warehouse for storage of products; providing innovative warehousing to increase inventory visibility and velocity at the same time helping company reducing total cost and cycle time; As DGM:•Shouldered responsibility as In-charge of Service Tax Department; oversaw e-payment of service tax within stipulated time on monthly basis; analysed the entire income and advice payment of service tax wherever applicable•Successfully handled scrutinizing process of all:•Bills for availability of CENVAT on inputs, input services and capital goods•Foreign payments for applicability of service Tax under reverse charge method•Efficiently ensured optimum availability of CENVAT credit•Implemented Standard Operating Procedure for all activities relating to service tax to minimize lapses•Attended & resolved audit and queries from Service Tax Department; obtained service tax registration for sister associate companies