Tax Compliance & Planning, Associate

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You will be working within Agilent’s Global Indirect Tax compliance team in India as an Indirect Tax Analyst / Business Process Analyst.

• You will,
  
  • Be responsible for Europe region’s indirect tax returns of medium/large sized enterprises with in-depth understanding of complex/multinational transaction flows.
  • Should be able to ensure seamless delivery on present compliance processes, raise the flag proactively and to ensure things do not fall through the cracks
  • Be well versed with updated tax regulatory requirements of the countries assigned to you
  • Can assess the impact of tax regulatory changes on the present process and recommend necessary modifications to incorporate the same
  • Acting as a coach and mentor for the preparers and provide necessary guidance on adherence to process procedures/controls
  • Review of complex tax reconciliations and provide issue resolution on complex tax accounting queries
  • Can work with cross functional teams under the guidance of process manager on issues/queries involving other finance/non-finance functions
  • Can support audits/assignments (SOX/ Internal /Tax Audits) with minimal handholding and supervision.
  • You may be assigned (as a secondary responsibility) to work & provide support on Tax/enterprise projects and/or Tax audit, as required by your manager.

• External Qualification/Related work experience
  
  • You are a semi-qualified accountant (CA-Inter/CWA-Inter), MBA (finance), Fresh qualified accountants (CA, CWA)
  • You should necessarily have the following relevant experience on indirect tax areas covering compliance, audits & consulting preferably in manufacturing, retail or trading industry (experience in International VAT is preferred)
    
    • for semi-qualified accountants (CA-Inter, CWA-Inter) & MBA (finance): 5-7 years of relevant experience
    • for qualified accountants (CAs / CWAs): 2-4 years of relevant experience
  • You should have a strong understanding of Financial Accounting concepts, standards & principles i.e. thorough understanding of collection, recording, consolidation, reconciliation, analysis, reporting and presentation of accounting and financial information used by management for financial/tax planning and control. As well as a sound understanding of internal financial controls and fundamentals of Sarbanes Oxley Act.
  • You are good at communication, influencing, and presentation skills. And have ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, with internal customers and stakeholder groups from across countries.
  • You should have preferably worked on SAP and should necessarily be well conversant with all the applications within MS Office.

• External Qualification/Related work experience
  
  • You are a semi-qualified accountant (CA-Inter/CWA-Inter), MBA (finance), Fresh qualified accountants (CA, CWA)
  • You should necessarily have the following relevant experience on indirect tax areas covering compliance, audits & consulting preferably in manufacturing, retail or trading industry (experience in International VAT is preferred)
    
    • for semi-qualified accountants (CA-Inter, CWA-Inter) & MBA (finance): 5-7 years of relevant experience
    • for qualified accountants (CAs / CWAs): 2-4 years of relevant experience
  • You should have a strong understanding of Financial Accounting concepts, standards & principles i.e. thorough understanding of collection, recording, consolidation, reconciliation, analysis, reporting and presentation of accounting and financial information used by management for financial/tax planning and control. As well as a sound understanding of internal financial controls and fundamentals of Sarbanes Oxley Act.
  • You are good at communication, influencing, and presentation skills. And have ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, with internal customers and stakeholder groups from across countries.
  • You should have preferably worked on SAP and should necessarily be well conversant with all the applications within MS Office.