Analyst, Indirect Tax
We are looking for professionals with relevant GST work experience as the primary requirement, along with sound understanding of GST law and other indirect tax matters. The position is well suited to candidates seeking to build a long-term career in indirect taxation and offers broad-based professional exposure and development opportunities.
Work you'll do
As an Analyst, Indirect Tax on the USI Firm Tax team, you will be responsible for…
- Prepare and file Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns, process refund claims, reconcile tax records, and maintain indirect tax compliance documentation.
- Monitor indirect tax and regulatory compliance requirements across India, including tax payments, routine compliance matters, appeals, and related proceedings.
- Coordinate tax-payment activities and financial documentation with Firm Tax, Finance, Accounts Payable, and other internal stakeholders.
- Support GST audits, annual statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, and GST certification requirements; identify and escalate potential issues to the Manager or Cluster Lead.
- Assist with Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and customs compliance, including filings, documentation, licence requirements, data collation, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external authorities.
- Liaise with revenue authorities and tax advisors on tax audit notices and appeal documentation, and recommend process and system improvements that strengthen compliance reporting.
The team
This position is a part of the USI Firm Tax team. This Firm Tax team is responsible for ensuring entity level compliances for all the US India companies and consists of professionals handling India compliance activities (India Income tax matters, GST and Customs matters, India withholding tax compliances, advance tax computations, India transfer pricing related compliances, budgeting and accounting for tax accruals, India service tax matters, and all other related tax compliances). This team works in close coordination with the finance, accounting and business teams to ensure regulatory compliances.
Location: Hyderabad
Shift Timings: 11 AM to 8 PM
Qualifications
Required:
- Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS), Cost and Management Accountant (CMA), Master of Commerce (M.Com.), or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) qualification, with 1–2 years of experience working on Goods and Services Tax (GST) matters.
- Experience preparing and filing GST returns, processing refund claims, reconciling tax records, or maintaining indirect tax compliance documentation.
- Experience applying GST law and Indian indirect tax requirements in tax compliance activities.
- Experience supporting GST audits, annual statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, GST certification matters, or tax-audit response documentation.
- Experience performing tax and accounting activities in a corporate or consulting environment.
- Experience using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word for tax compliance activities.
- Experience using SAP or another enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Preferred:
- Experience supporting Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) or customs compliance filings, documentation, licence requirements, or data collation.
- Experience liaising with revenue authorities, tax advisors, finance teams, or accounts payable teams on indirect tax activities.