Tax Accountant

Job description

**Job Summary:** Responsible for general accounting work required to maintain the department’s general ledger. Performs financial analysis of the department’s chart of accounts and financial statements by identifying and analyzing variances. **Key Responsibilities:** Analyzes, records and reports accounting transactions in a timely manner. Prepares general ledger entries and account reconciliations. Responds to inquiries received from management, internal and external auditors, Sarbanes-Oxley audit group and others regarding financial results, special reporting requests, etc. Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential. **Competencies:** Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.  Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.  Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.  Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.  Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.  Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.  Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.  Financial Analysis - Interprets financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement; evaluates financial results against targets to communicate conclusions to all stakeholders; ensures integrity of financial data by investigating variances and determining corrective actions to resolve identified issues.  Financial Internal Controls - Leverages internal control framework by assessing internal controls and developing remediation plans to mitigate financial reporting risks and respond to changing business needs.  Financial Regulations Acumen - Evaluates applicable regulations for the financial area of focus, such as tax, banking, pension, local accounting to ensure underlying transactions are recorded in compliance with applicable regulations; explains key requirements and purpose of regulations and implications to the business to inform and educate relevant stakeholders.  US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Evaluates US accounting standards to record transactions in compliance with requirements and company policies; assesses the accounting requirements and objectives to determine the implications on the business and communicate to stakeholders with varying financial knowledge.  **Education, Licenses, Certifications:** CA/Chartered Accountant **Experience:** 3-4 years of relevant experience required in Direct Taxation. **Direct Tax work** **Compliance & Computation** - Prepare and independently handle corporate income‑tax return filings - Compute advance tax instalments, self‑assessment tax, interest, and tax provisions - Prepare tax computation sheets, detailed workings, and reconciliations - Assist in preparation and review of deferred tax (DTL / DTA) calculations **Tax Audit & Reporting** - Coordinate and support tax audits under Section 44AB - Prepare audit schedules, disclosures, and explanations for tax auditors - Assist in preparation of Form 3CD acknowledgements and related annexures - Ensure consistency between: - Tax audit report - Return of income - Financial statements **Assessments, Appeals & Litigation Support** - Handle routine Income‑tax notices (intimations, scrutiny, reassessment, rectification) - Draft initial responses and collate documentation for: - Assessments - Appeals - Rectification applications - Track timelines and maintain assessment and litigation trackers - Coordinate with external tax consultants / counsels for hearings and submissions **Withholding Tax (TDS/TCS)** - Review and ensure compliance with TDS/TCS provisions - Support TDS return filing, reconciliations, and Form 26Q / 24Q reviews - Assist in resolving TDS mismatches and default notices - Support lower / nil deduction certificate processes, if applicable