Associate Accountant

Position Overview:

Our team is looking for an Associate Accountant to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and entrepreneurial. Should be capable of handling responsibilities related to direct and indirect tax compliance activities of Indian companies.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing working papers for filing WHT returns and GST returns.
•  Technical knowledge of tax filings and ensuring the filings ( monthly, quarterly, and yearly) are done before deadlines.
•  Be the point of contact for all tax matters and liaise with Tax vendors and the Internal Tax team.
•  Bookkeeping as per the Indian accounting standards
•  Tracking/escalating the issues or concerns regarding entries posted by the Global Business Service Center (GBSC) and ensuring smooth month-end close activities.
•  Tracking of sub payer GST matters like ensuring the invoices are reflecting in 2A (GST portal), follow up with the sub payer for correct invoices thereby enhancing the tax credit utilization.
•  Assistance in the preparation of required files for statutory audit purposes.
•  Perform ad-hoc activities as required, such as setting up trackers, depreciation computation, etc.

Skills:

• Strong understanding of Withholding Tax (WHT), GST, and other tax regulations, ensuring timely and accurate filings (monthly, quarterly, yearly).
• Ability to maintain books as per Ind AS, track transactions, and reconcile accounts effectively.
• Skills in tracking, verifying, and escalating discrepancies, primarily related to GST input credits (GSTR-2A) and month-end close activities.
• Proficiency in preparing and maintaining working papers, statutory audit files, and tax reports to support audits and compliance.
• Ability to liaise with tax vendors, internal teams, and regulatory authorities, ensuring smooth tax operations and resolving discrepancies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting or Finance or CA intern or CA Article ship
• Prior relevant experience in the field of GST and WHT filings.
•  Good knowledge of accounting concepts, especially regarding tax entries and entries required by statutes.
•  Computer proficiency with advanced knowledge of MS Office applications. Intermediate knowledge of SAP or Oracle is also preferred.
•  Be a strong, confident, and exacting writer and speaker, able to communicate your vision and roadmap effectively to various stakeholders.
•  Be skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly
•  Always look for potential solutions to solve problems

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