Arista Networks - Manager - Tax

- Arista Networks pioneered software-driven, cognitive cloud networking for large-scale datacenter and campus environments.

- Arista's award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 400 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience.

- Arista has shipped more than 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system.

- Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50G consortium.

- Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

- Arista requires a Tax Manager who will be either remote or based out of Arista's offices in Pune or Bangalore and will report to the Senior Tax Manager based in Bangalore.

- Not only will you play an integral role within the International Tax Team, but you will also be responsible for - supporting the wider business, partnering with colleagues and business partners in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

- As a result, a high degree of flexibility will be required and provided.

Responsibilities:

Job Description:

- Prepare quarterly corporate income tax provisions for India and APAC (Asia Pacific) subsidiary companies and perform profitability analytics.

- Assist in the preparation/review and filing of corporate income tax returns for the Indian and APAC subsidiaries, ensuring timely payment of tax liabilities, and booking accounting journals for same.

- Assist in audit enquiries on such filings.

- Assist in Bilateral APA discussions with Indian APA Commissioner, and assist in preparation of APA renewal application.

- Assist in the APAC subsidiaries statutory financial statement preparation, and where relevant, the audit of such subsidiaries.

- Quarterly GST returns, balance sheet reconciliations, and associated journal entries, for Indian subsidiaries.

- In many cases this will involve working with local service providers.

- Assist with Business support for GST matters from Sales & AR team such as taxability of sales orders/invoices & credit memos.

- Provide data for, and subsequently review, Transfer Pricing Reports for the APAC subsidiaries.

- Work with customers to minimise withholding taxes and ensure appropriate documentation is provided to allow for recoverability or credit for amounts withheld as appropriate.

- Present to the wider accounting team on tax topics necessary for their role, or for wider understanding of how the Arista group tax structure works etc.

- Other associated compliance duties.

Qualifications;

- Chartered Accountant tax qualification.

- 5+ years of relevant tax experience.

- Industry experience (US multinational Technology companies) an advantage.

- Adaptable to changing requirements and with a focus on continuous process improvement for what is a dynamic environment.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and advanced excel skills.

- Experience of working with large data set, utilizing vlookup, index/match and Pivot Table to analyse data, identify exceptions etc. is an advantage.

- Proficiency with accounting software (experience of NetSuite would be an advantage but is not essential).

- Excellent attention to detail and experience contributing to internal controls and process enhancements.

- Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Must be able to perform well under pressure, juggle multiple priorities, while meeting tight deadlines.

- Ability to build excellent working relations within a dispersed environment.

- Due to the international nature of the role, a high degree of flexibility will be offered and required.

- It may include some part of the working week being in same time zone as California, USA.