EY - Tax Accountant

Company - Caterpillar

Job Type - Permanent

Position Title : Staff Accountant I - Legal Entity Job

Location : Bangalore, KA-India

Qualification :

- CA/CPA/CMA with 3-4 years post qualification experience; Big 4 experience preferred.

- Able to quickly learn and perform day to activities independently. Should quickly step up to handle more complex activities with minimal supervisor support. Process Driven

- Should follow process and invest sufficient time in documentation of the process with focus on attention to detail.

Description :

Monthly Book closure:

- Handle US GAAP Legal entity closings related to Direct tax accounts for all the legal entities handled from Bangalore.

- Responsible for fairly reflecting current and deferred tax provisions for Low to medium category legal entities. Monthly Reconciliations

- Preparation of income tax / deferred tax reconciliations with Low to Medium complexity related to balance sheet. Audit support

- Statutory audit support including preparation of Income Tax schedules, Local GAAP tax provisions and handle all direct tax related questions from audit team and coordinate with legal entity managers for various tax issues.

Reporting:

- Performs low to medium Return to provision activity to align books of accounts with tax returns filed and Effective tax rate reconciliations for SOX entities and report the same to corporate. Management information support

- Supports various corporate requests like deferred tax templates, yearly tax information requests for U.S GAAP , and support information requests for 10k/10Q related to direct tax accounts.

Tax filing:

- Coordinates with Deloitte and Global Tax teams to support tax return of various legal entities handled at Bangalore. Also coordinate with Global tax team in providing information for tax audits and tax assessments.

- Process improvement projects

- Participate and Lead in process improvement projects to improve existing process.

- Use principles of lean, six sigma and built in process in accounting and reporting processes.

- Takes active part in process automation and providing dash board reporting using data analytics and other tools