Sr Tax Analyst, India Direct Tax Reporting and Compliance

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Tax Analyst II, Foreign Direct
Job Description
Amazon is seeking a Chartered Accountant for the direct tax reporting and compliance team in Bangalore, India supporting the India Tax Reporting and Compliance team.
The Amazon Tax Department is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment. The mission of the Foreign Tax Reporting and Compliance team is to comply with foreign local tax reporting requirements and manage the worldwide, tax-related filings of Amazon’s foreign entities.
This position will be primarily focused on preparing and reviewing India/APAC countries corporate tax reporting (direct tax returns, tax accounting & tax assessments) as well as the international aspects of the US GAAP worldwide income tax reporting.
A successful candidate will have excellent organizational and communication skills; a strong attention to detail; and the ability to employ technology tools to streamline large amounts of data for tax reporting. She can also prioritize multiple tasks with teammates around the globe in a deadline-driven, dynamic environment, and will be self-motivated to build cross functional process improvements.

Additional Responsibilities
• End-to-end management and coordination with internal stakeholders and advisors for preparation and completion of annual tax compliances in India such as tax audit, transfer pricing filings and tax returns.
• Streamline audit management – turnaround of data in response to tax notices.
• Identify and achieve process improvement scope in audit management.
• Identify and drive automation projects, process improvements which increase efficiency and scalability of data.
• Prepare and/or review monthly/ quarterly tax computations to support Amazon’s worldwide US GAAP provision for India/APAC based entities.
• Review of financial statements, reports and support closing of local country financial statements.
• Support & review local country transfer pricing compliances and ensure they are completed on time.
• Able to extract, analyze, and review data and make appropriate recommendations.
• Coordinate information requests with internal and external service providers to ensure accurate and timely closure of tax reporting deliverables.
Basic Qualifications
• CA or Masters from a recognized institute or equivalent preferred.
• 4+ years of Indian income tax experience, specifically in public accounting or large multinational corporate tax departments.
• Excellent computer skills, specifically with managing large data sets within MS Excel.
Preferred Qualifications
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Self-starter; must have strong desire to help improve processes for scalability, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Experience in a fast-moving multinational corporate tax department or Big4 consulting firms for 4+ years highly preferred.
• Working knowledge and experience with accounting for income taxes under IN GAAP/IND AS.
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Key job responsibilities
This position will be primarily focused on preparing and reviewing India/APAC countries corporate tax reporting (direct tax returns, tax accounting & managing tax assessments) as well as the international aspects of the US GAAP worldwide income tax reporting. Additional responsibilities include identifying and driving process improvement and automation projects.
A day in the life
A typical day in the life of a team member would include managing income tax notices and ensuing timely responses are filed. Partnering with India tax planning teams on various restructuring projects and agreeing on tax impacts and compliance requirements. Scope largely includes working with India accounting to support year-end statutory audit by providing tax deliverables in a timely manner.
About the team
As a team we focus on customer obsession, dive deep and ensure 100% compliance on time. We believe in inclusive growth and look forward to sharing knowledge on a regular basis. Sharing quality deliverables / output is very important to us.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bangalore, KA, IND
- 4+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree