Kamal Chopra

About Kamal Chopra

Senior Leadership Tax Strategist (Direct & Indirect Tax), a Compliance, Litigation & Planning expert with over 26 years of experience in working for some of the world’s leading corporations & businesses such as Oracle Corporation, Intel, Hughes, Motherson Sumi & Nokia Siemens in business critical taxation rolesAs a thought leader in Taxation & Finance has successfully enabled strategic business collaborations, business expansions, Cost optimizations & implementation of a robust tax compliance structures (e.g, GST implementation) for large corporationsExperienced in end to end advisory & litigation services for large corporations, front ending investigations launched by tax authorities, developing appropriate counter investigation/ litigation strategies in various leadership rolesROLE @ ORACLE - Sr. Director, India Tax - Since Apr 2014; Leads a large Tax team with oversight on Direct Tax, Transfer Pricing, Withholding tax, Indirect Tax (Customs, GST, SEZ, STPI) Litigations, Planning, Compliance & M&A involving due diligence & integration EXPAT ROLE: INTEL, MALAYSIA: Worked in an Expatriate Role @ Intel Corporation, Penang Malaysia 2012 – 2014; Essayed the role of Regional Tax Controller based in Malaysia that involved managing the tax planning, compliance & litigation strategies for South East Asia countries; Key player in setting up “Shared Service Centre” for regional tax complianceINTEL, INDIA: As the INDIA TAX HEAD, Represented Finance to manage large acquisitions covering pre and post-acquisition activities; Key player in shaping India Business Strategy in view of highly uncertain and unpredictable tax environment; Member of Site Selection Project Team; Led “Unite Tax Leaders” group for advocacy and sharing best practicesArticles, Journal Publications: Authored & published 100+ articles in various publications such as TAXMAN, TIOL, & Chartered Accountant JournalsEmail: k••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Vice President - Tax

   Flipkart

   Jan 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  CA, Accounts, finance, Tax, Law

  1993 — 1997

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  CS, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law

  1994 — 1997

• Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom

  1990 — 1993

Skills

• Accounting
• Due Diligence
• Internal Audit
• Finance
• Variance Analysis
• Valuation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mis
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Financial Planning
• International Tax
• Mergers
• Goods and Services Tax (Gst)
• Tax
• Financial Modeling
• Customs & Export Controls
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Analysis
• Transfer Pricing
• Indirect Taxation
• Internal Controls
• Strategy
• Merger & Acquisition Communication
• Customs Regulations
• Auditing
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Tax
• Managerial Finance
• Management Information Systems (Mis)