Articled Assistant

Job description:

1. Articled Trainee Statutory Audit
2. Articled Trainee Tax

Firm Description

Sharp & Stellar is a boutique consulting firm located in Bangalore, India. Our team consists of talented and experienced professionals with diverse specializations, including chartered accountants, lawyers, company secretaries, cost accountants, and MBAs. The Firm mainly serves the corporate clientele ranging from multi-national companies to diverse Indian Start-ups on their business and regulatory matters.

Role Description

This is a full-time opportunity in our affiliate firm registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India through our Bangalore office. We look for the article trainees for the audit as well as tax practice.

Audit practice

The Articled Trainee will be exposed to a challenging and rewarding environment where the candidate will gain hands-on experience on statutory audit of listed and unlisted clients. The role offers a unique opportunity to work on various aspects of Auditing and Assurance while utilizing the latest tools and utilities for efficient task execution and gaining exposure of services. The candidate will be exposed to Statutory Audit, Limited review of Listed companies, Financial due diligence, work on conversion into Ind AS, IPO listing process. This position is ideal for individuals who aspire to build a solid foundation in their career as a Chartered Accountant. Some of the key areas of this role are enlisted below-

Key areas – audit

• Participate in client meetings to understand their financial goals and challenges.
• Prepare documentation and reports to support the deliverables.
• Exposure to knowledge of accounting principles and regulatory standards.
• Conduct statutory audit, limited reviews, forensic audits and financial due diligence.
• Assist in audits and ensure adherence to Auditing standards.
• Prepare documentation and reports to support audit conclusions.
• Work on IPO bound clients.
• Translate financials in Ind AS.
• Utilize the latest tools and utilities for efficient task execution.
• Actively engage in training sessions to enhance technical proficiency.
• Be willing to travel to client location.
• Collaborate with senior team members.

Tax practice

The Articled Trainee will be exposed to a challenging and rewarding environment where the candidate will gain hands-on experience on tax practice. The role offers a unique opportunity to work on various aspects of Direct Tax and Indirect Tax while utilizing the latest tools and utilities for efficient task execution and gaining exposure of services. The candidate will be exposed to GST Audit, GST returns, TDS working and filing returns, tax advisories in IPO listing process, participate in tax due diligence, drafting response and liaising with the GST officials in various matter, GST refund and matters related to foreign trade policy. This position is ideal for individuals who aspire to build a solid foundation in their career as a Chartered Accountant in consulting domain and tax practices. Some of the key areas of this role are enlisted below-

Key areas - Tax

• Participate in client meetings to understand their financial goals and challenges.
• Excellent Knowledge of GST, Customs and Foreign Trade Policy and Income Tax.
• GST returns, TDS working and Income Tax returns
• Research on the facts and provisions and advice the clients.
• Prepare documentation and reports to support the deliverables.
• Drafting of the response to tax notices and liaising with the tax authorities.
• Perform tax due diligence of the client.
• Work on IPO clients.
• Utilize the latest tools and utilities for efficient task execution.
• Actively engage in training sessions to enhance technical proficiency.
• Be willing to travel to client location.
• Collaborate with senior team members.

Qualifications

• CA Inter / IPCC both groups cleared
• Strong analytical skills with great attention to detail
• Knowledge of Direct, Indirect Tax and Foreign Trade Policy
• Knowledge of Accounting principles and auditing standard
• Ability to work independently and part of a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Basic knowledge of Ms Office suite (Word, Excel and Presentation)

Working Hours, Stipend & Location

• Timings: Mon – Fri (5 days a week)
• Stipend: INR 12,000 (Y1) - INR 18,000 (Y2)
• Central Bangalore (10 minutes ride from MG Road Metro station)

If you are interested in this role and your skillsets and qualification matches with the posts, do apply and indicate your preference as “Audit” or “Tax”.

Apply through – Linkedin or email to-

1. Audit – sumitdubedi@agraca.in
2. Tax – sunil@sharpstellar.com