Analyst - Finance & Accounts

Mission/Core Purpose Of The Job

KPMG India provides risk, financial & business advisory, tax & regulatory services, internal audit, and corporate governance services. The firm operates from its offices in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chandigarh, and Ahmedabad, and offers its clients a full range of services, including financial and business advisory, tax and regulatory, and risk advisory services.

The KPMG Integrated Center of Excellence (ICoE) is envisioned to support the KPMG India Tax and Advisory practices by executing a major portion of the transactional activities in engagements that are currently being done in the different service lines and locations. The talent pool in the ICoE will be a mix of experienced tax and advisory professionals who will supervise and undertake judgmental activities and commerce graduates who will implement services-based transactional activities.

The Analyst, ICoE will be primarily responsible for data processing work around corporate tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, M&A, BFSI, and regulatory and administrative operations. The other responsibilities will include the creation of reports, secondary research (tax-related matters, industry searches, research on KPMG clients), and data entry through inter-department/KPMG service line coordination and collaboration.

Job Specifications

Education / Business Degree

• Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) / Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) / Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) in Finance
• 0 -1 year of work experience in KPO, non-voice processes

Any other specifications

• Basic computer knowledge and knowhow of MS Office
• Proficient in MS advanced Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook would be preferred

Competencies

• Possess a good understanding of Accounting and Auditing concepts.
• Interpreting and complying with state, local and international statutes, regulations, and legislation;
• Preparing for, and assisting with, transaction tax audits.
• Providing guidance based on research of transaction tax laws and regulations.
• Assisting with the reconciliation of transaction tax general ledger accounts
• Critical thinking and complex problem solving
• Judgment and decision making
• Knowledge of all facets of Taxation
• Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions
• Have strong soft skills like interpersonal, team, and communication skills both verbal and written
• Client relationship management
• Good commercial awareness
• Team player with a customer-centric attitude
• Quality focus
• Service orientation

Behavioral Qualities

• Accountability for the work done
• Expected to be a team member in large assignments with the audit team
• Culturally aware and adaptable

Staff Leadership and Management

• Ability to work in a team
• Responsible for self-learning and development with guidance from Team Leads
• Keen to develop strong relationships with other working groups
• Ensure effective communication across the ICoE

Governance, Ad-hoc Meetings

• Participate and provide inputs in ad-hoc meetings
• Execute day-to-day operations

ICoE Operational

• Resolve operational issues
• Escalate issues and requests, as required

Reporting

• Report to Supervisor as required

Operational Delivery

• Direct/Indirect Tax

Tax Litigation & Provisioning

• Collection of documents from concerned authorities
• Conduct secondary research

Advisory

• Collection of case facts from the client
• Conduct secondary research

Compliance

• Data collection from client
• Conduction of secondary research
• Preparation & filing of tax returns
• Market Growth Support

Knowledge repository

• Coordinate/follow-up with client service teams to share the client deliverable
• Sanitize and upload the deliverable to the central repository
• Conduct secondary research on the latest developments in the tax industry

Proposal making

• Develop standard templates for proposals for different engagements