Finance Executive

Management Level

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**Business Division: Finance**

**Business Function / Department: India Finance**

**Job Title: Finance Executive**

**Reporting to (Job Title): Manager - Finance**

**Date: 26-08-2024**

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti, a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management. Within a decade, EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre, to support EQ's growth story worldwide.

Capitalising on India's strong reputation as a global talent hub for IT / ITES, EQ India has structured the organisation to be a part of this growth story. Today, EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK.

EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

**Role Summary**

Finance Executive will be responsible for all the relevant compliances including direct & indirect taxes, SEZ/Non-STPI, secretarial and payroll and its related as applicable.

**Core Duties/Responsibilities**

**Direct & Indirect Taxes**:

- TDS Computation, return filing and issue Form 16, handle TDS notices if any
- Ensure monthly compliance under SEZ regulations, GST, FEMA and Indirect Taxes
- Input Credit on GST reconciliation and coordination with supplier in case of mismatch
- Preparation of Audit requirements for Statutory audits & ensure statutory audits are completed on time
- Ensure cash generation by way of rebates and refunds under GST & SEIS Export claim

**Secretarial Compliance**:

- Ensure various compliances under Secretarial including holding of Board Meeting and ensure best Secretarial practices.
- Support Annual Secretarial audit
- Maintenance of Registers under Companies Act
- Yearly declarations from Directors and returns

**Auditing supports**:

- Preparation of Audit requirements for Statutory audits & ensure statutory audits are completed on time with nil reservations
- Review and overlook the Internal AP audit
- Fixed Asset audit
- Review Internal Controls on Financial reporting are complied and as per procedures set in place
- Ensure Tax Audit, GST Annual audit are complied on time

**Others**:

- Publishing compliance Dashboards on monthly basis
- Compliance under MSME & review of Ageing on supplier payments
- Coordinating with consultants for RCMC/STPI certificates renewal. (Annual)LUIT renewal (Annual) for Chennai and Bangalore.Maintain Legality Tool for all compliances are updated and filed on time and updated in the legality Tool (Goal compliance
- Cloud utility)
- MPR/APR & Softex inputs sharing with tax consultants for periodical filings.
- Inputs sharing with tax consultants for SEZ Endorsement and sharing DTA certificates to suppliers.Annual compliance under SEZ, STPI
- including filing of Annual Performance report
- Compliance with Group reporting requirement from time to time
- Compliance with IFRS reporting to Group

**Skills, Capabilities and Attributes**

Qualification / skills required:

- CA or CMA Intermediate

**Benefits**:
Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:
3 days of additional leaves on & above statutory requirement along with 2 days of voluntary leaves to pursue the CSR initiatives
- Business related certification expense reimbursement
- Comprehensive Medical Assurance coverage for dependents & Parents
- Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC