Management Level
G
Business Division: FSS
Business Function / Department: Statutory Reporting
Job Title: Tax Analyst – US
Reporting to (Job Title): Senior Manager - Finance Control
Date: 07 Aug 2024
Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.
EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide.
Capitalising on India’s strong reputation as a global talent hub for IT / ITES, EQ India has structured the organisation to be a part of this growth story. Today, EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK.
EQ’s vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.
Core Duties/Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Create miscellaneous payment requests to supplier and/or Federal and state tax authorities.
- Tracking tax payments and refunds, matching to Federal and state tax liabilities.
- Tracking supplier invoice payments.
- Maintain notice log and coordinate all tax-related mail to the rightful recipients.
- Ensure all required on-site tax documents are maintained in folders at 48W.
- Preparation of resale certificates.
- Assist with monthly sales tax compliance.
- Perform administrative tasks related to voluntary disclosure agreements.
- Assist with all sales and use tax audits, including pulling contract data and invoice support as well as needed.
- Preparation of annual W9s.
- Reconcile all tax-related general ledger accounts on a prescribed periodic basis.
- Updating sales and use tax registrations with state and local authorities.
- Handling requests from Auditors and extracting reports from Workday ERP.
- Assist with income tax sales apportionment, e.g., identify destination sales data from non-Workday ERP systems.
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of a tax calendar and Tax-SOP.
- Reconcile monthly OneSource/Avalara reports to the sales tax accrual to ensure reporting accuracy.
- Work with Asset Management teams to ensure accuracy of Fixed Asset records for tax reporting purposes.
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience skills and behaviours:
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
- University Qualified and CA/CMA Intermediate or CA/CMA Qualified.
- Financial accountancy experience including US GAAP within multi-national organisation will be an advantage.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
- Overall, 3 to 5 years of experience in US Indirect Tax Area.
- Big 4 audit firm experience a plus.
- Experience with OneSource Indirect Tax Returns and/or Avalara.
- Experience in handling tax audits.
- Work experience in US Sales & Use Tax.
- Knowledge of working in Workday ERP will be an added advantage.
- Must be able to work in US shift as per business requirement.
- Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in financial analysis, including the ability to interpret financial statements, identify trends, and conduct variance analysis.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and other financial software applications.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with large volumes of data accurately.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and provide insights.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
Benefits:
Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:
- 3 days of additional leaves on & above statutory requirement along with 2 days of voluntary leaves to pursue the CSR initiatives
- Business related certification expense reimbursement
- Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents
- Cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift
- Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.
What We Do
Our people and platforms engage customers with investments, connect businesses with markets, and enable organisations to grow.
Our vision is to be a leading global share registrar and transfer agent, offering complementary services in pensions and remediation, to help our customers succeed.
