Job Responsibilities

• Record and process VAT journal entries, adjustments, and corrections ensuring SOX compliance including EAE requirements. Handle multi-currency, multi-GAAP environments accounting for tax adjustments.

• Perform monthly VAT reconciliations between the general ledger and VAT returns ensuring SOX compliance including EAE requirements

• Review VAT/GST/Sales Tax returns in multiple countries, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.

• Ensure compliance with local indirect tax laws, including monitoring thresholds and registration requirements.

• Support statutory audits and tax authority audits by providing required documentation and explanations.

• Validate VAT/GST rates applied on sales and purchases in ERP systems.

• Initiate Tax related payments timely and accurately.

• Analyze transaction-level data for inconsistencies or anomalies in VAT treatment.

• Reconcile VAT accounts to ensure balances are accurate and explain any variances.

• Work with AP/AR to ensure correct VAT coding and handling.

• Maintain and validate indirect tax master data for vendors/customers/materials.

• Act as a liaison with internal teams (Asset accounting, Revenue, IT, Internal Audit etc.) to gather documentation, aligning their process as per tax requirements

• Support business expansion by performing UAT, on indirect tax implications of new markets, products, or business models.

• Assist in automation of VAT processes, fixing process gaps and support process re-imagination

• Improve and document processes and controls to reduce errors and improve efficiency.

• Communicate with external/internal auditors, tax authorities, GPO/RPO and regulatory bodies when required.

• Understand the diverse VAT/GST regimes (e.g., EU VAT, UK VAT, Indian GST, US Sales Tax, etc.).

• Track regulatory changes in tax laws and interpret their impact.

• Manage language, cultural, and time-zone differences when working with local teams or authorities.

Key Skills required

• 8+ years of experience with good understanding of Indirect tax/sales tax/VAT compliance and tax accounting operations

• Deep knowledge of international VAT/GST/Sales Tax frameworks

• Strong Excel, ERP system skills and Blackline Reconciliation tool

• Understanding of SOX regulations, Electronic Audit Evidence (EAE)

• Familiarity with e-invoicing, tax engines, and reporting tools

• Analytical and reconciliation skills

• Communication and stakeholder management