Tax Associate

Tax Associate

Skill required: Statutory Reporting & Tax Compliance - Indirect Tax Processing
Designation: Tax Associate
Qualifications:BCom/CA Inter
Years of Experience:1 to 3 years
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What would you do? • The USA Sales & Use tax accountant manages multi-state tax compliances and handles business notices and exemption certificates. This role requires 1 to 2 yrs of US state and local tax experience, a degree in accounting or finance or commerce with strong analytical skills, problem solving ability & strong communication skills. • Prepare and file multi states sales and use tax returns accurately. • Validate, track and manage sales tax notices and exemption certificates. • Reconcile tax accounts and process large sets of transactional data. • Research state specific taxability rules & tax rates. • Support senior staff during state tax audits and data gathering. • Collaborate with team members to deliver quality work and insights. • The process of generating source data and performing required analysis to support indirect periodic (monthly, quarterly, annual) tax filings, based on the clients interpretation of statutory and tax requirements. • Examples include VAT, local sales and use taxes, property and income (business) taxes.
What are we looking for? • A Bachelor or master s degree in accounting, Tax, CA inter preferred. • 1 to 2 years of hands-on experience in US indirect or state and local tax compliances. • Working knowledge of ERP systems and tax automation software (preferably Vertex) and electronic tax filing systems. • Strong command of Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reconciliation. • Clear verbal and written communication skills
Roles and Responsibilities: • In this role you are required to solve routine problems, largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines. • Your expected interactions are within your own team and direct supervisor. • You will be provided detailed to moderate level of instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instruction on new assignments. • The decisions that you make would impact your own work. • You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a predetermined, focused scope of work. • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts