We are looking for candidates from Statutory Audit (Ind) / Financial Reporting and compliance background.
Role & responsibilities
You will work in our Gurgaon office as part of our Corporate Tax Team, which is a segment of McKinsey's firm-wide Corporate Tax Team. The team is engaged in several projects requiring accounting and tax expertise on a regular basis. This role focuses on assisting the non-US statutory accounting and compliance processes, as well as providing support in tax audits and planning initiatives.
The team oversees the preparation of the firms corporate tax returns in all the countries where it operates, along with the preparation of statutory financial statements for those operations. Additionally, the team manages the corporate tax position, including transfer pricing arrangements, and coordinates responses to corporate tax audits. This is an internal, non-client facing role within the non-US statutory accounting and tax function of the firms corporate tax team, which comprises 60-65 team members.
You will act as a finance point of contact for various stakeholders - partners and senior partners, finance managers and directors - and collaborate with other colleagues from the local office and other offices across the globe, as may be required. This collaboration will often help you identify opportunities for alignment and therefore make you the driver of change on a global scale. You will manage the firm's client engagement economics from client onboarding to managing project to collections and extending support to our global offices from India.
In this role, your primary responsibilities will include the preparation of statutory accounts, tax computations and returns,
tax estimates or provisions including deferred tax calculations for 5-8 Group entities. You will support the process for compilation of book to tax difference for these 5-6 Group entities with a view to computing current and deferred tax. Additionally, you will be responsible for understanding and incorporating the transfer pricing related adjustments, corresponding with office accountants for information required in the statutory/tax accounting process, and providing advice on tax compliance matters.
You will also correspond and provide information to the auditors and advisors for completing the field audit or tax return preparation. Furthermore, you will prepare GL Accounts reconciliation for statutory reporting and audit process, including detailed review of Corporate Tax and VAT accounts, and prepare and process tax journals. You will provide information for the purposes of audit/assessment, document processes followed, and work performed and handle other tax accounting related tasks assigned on a time-to-time basis.
Preferred candidate profile A qualified Chartered Accountant with minimum 5 - 8 years of experience (post qualification) Previous work experience in Big Four or other top accounting firm or working in industry with a substantial previous work-experience with Big 4
Demonstrated ability to drive projects to successful completion
Robust initiative and a desire to excel in all tasks
Robust accounting skills with a solid foundation in basic tax knowledge
Proven capability to review and oversee the work of team members
Established track record of providing exceptional client service
Proficiency in handling large volumes of data efficiently
Excellent relationship-building and networking skills
Competence in managing multiple projects simultaneously
Aptitude for solving complex accounting problems Good verbal and written English communication skills