Senior Tax Consultant
EY - Qatar
Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months
Preparation and review of monthly, quarterly and annual indirect tax returns such as GST/HST Returns, Sales and Use Tax returns for North America Jurisdiction
Preparation and review of monthly, quarterly and annual indirect tax returns such as VAT Returns, European sales and purchase listings and other indirect tax returns for EMEA and Middle East jurisdictions.
Worked on the Major project for Implementation of Indirect tax engine across global tax jurisdiction and implementation of Oracle Cloud.
Preparation and Review of other periodic tax returns such as New York Commercial Rent tax, Ontario Retail sales tax (ORST), Excise tax etc.
Leveraging Alteryx and other automation tools to streamline workpapers across locations and jurisdictions
Provide monthly variance commentary in financial statement related to periodic tax payments/refund to the respective location Finance Controller
Preparing a monthly dashboard for global tax directors with the audit trail of tax balances using data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau
Preparing balance sheet reconciliations for accurate amounts in tax accounts using Blackline reconciliation application
Preparing purchases and sales reconciliations and journal entries based on GL account on a monthly and annual basis to ensure the accurate reporting
Assisting in internal and external tax audits and provide clear documentation to support Tax returns and workings
Analyzing AP and AR reports; which includes invoices analysis and contact vendor/customer in order to report them accurately in tax accounts. Collaborating closely with the teams for any changes required
Calculation and posting tax accruals in books of accounts for next period/year through different tax forecasting methods
Collaborating closely with cash and treasury team for monthly, quarterly and annual tax payments
ACHIEVEMENTS
Winner of PAW (Principles at Work) award in 2019. The PAW awards hold a very significant place in the hierarchy of recognition at Invesco as they stand out to be of the highest order in the awards category. PAW winners are privileged to have their name etched in bronze at Invesco’s Wall of Fame
Winner of two consecutive quarterly awards apart from the PAW recognition at Invesco
Preparation and review of monthly and quarterly Tax returns and ensuring timely and accurately reconciliations in order to ensure correct VAT reporting.
Streamlining client data on indirect tax software/applications such as ONESOURCE, VAT Cube and SMART
Performed complex financial analysis on huge data set and conducted detailed analyses to explain inconsistencies in business trends
Successfully standardized various processes from clients/countries in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness in processes
Coordination with different Deloitte member firms to assist our clients with the legal obligation of acting fiscal representative if required as per European Union Law
Preparing tax reconciliation statement for external clients to assist them with their monthly/periodical tax payments/refunds
Assisting with the onboarding of new clients and entities by implementing/testing internal tools and processes
Plan the production of deliverables in line with SLAs through daily activity logs with the doer and reviewer timelines
I also got a chance to work on billing external clients and other ad-hoc reports which involved in depth analysis
Educating new associates by providing process specific training, product info and application usage etc.
Deloitte provides financial services to different companies in different industries and sectors across the world. Being a part of client information, my role was delivering actionable financial information and analysis.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
•Generate high end reports and analysis to national industry leadership and Regional client information managers across the firm
•Performing quality assurance on big reporting packages for national leaders
•As a part of client revenue planning project my job was to review the workbook and the planning amounts, and the client information updated in the server were accurate
•Capturing and tracking 3 years planning plan for audit clients planning process. According to the national audit pricing guidelines for program accounts, each Partner/Principal/Director is required to develop a three-year financial plan for each audit engagement
•Analyzed the data and added commentaries for market revenue reports
•As a part of fiscal year changes, testing and reviewing all the applications and updating the issues effectively, if found