Giridhar Sathyanarayanan

About Giridhar Sathyanarayanan

Senior tax professional with over 9.5+ years of PQ experience (13.5+ years of tax domain experience) across manufacturing, services, and Clean Mobility (commercial EV) businesses. Currently leading the tax function as Assistant General Manager – Taxation at Tube Investments of India’s clean mobility venture, having operations in India and overseas, spanning tax strategy, business partnering, compliance governance, and tax technology.Strong expertise in GST, Income Tax, Customs, Trade policy, Incentives and Tax supply-chain structuring, with a focus on working capital & inverted duty optimisation, incentives management and tax operations risk management. Former Big 4 (EY) professional, with early-career exposure to India GST implementation and VAT implementations in the Middle East.

Experience

1. Assistant General Manager - Taxation

   Montra Electric

   Aug 2024 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Leading the tax function and strategy for India and overseas subsidiaries engaged in EV manufacturing and R&D, covering 3-wheelers, tractors, SCVs, and M&H CVs, in a high-growth environment.Business partner to group/ entity/ BU leadership, finance, and operations, providing tax considerations into pricing, supply-chain/ sourcing structuring, and new business initiatives.On strategic projects and business expansion, providing necessary tax advisory on cross-border arrangements, tax transaction structuring and incentives planning.Drive tax optimisation across the group and projects, including output tax inversion management, ITC planning relevant to EV, transaction structuring on tax, and working capital optimisation - covering inverted duty structures, GST refunds and incentive encashment from governmental authorities, while balancing cash flow and compliance.Own tax governance, compliance, and risk management, overseeing tax filings, audits, assessments, and regulatory engagements across all group entities and jurisdictions.

Education

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom

  2017 — 2019

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant

  2010 — 2016

Skills

• Due Diligence
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Internal Audit
• Compliance Audits
• Indirect Taxation
• Customs
• Central Excise
• Tax Advisory
• Service Tax
• Foreign Trade Policy
• Microsoft Excel
• Vat
• Goods and Services Tax (Gst)