Accounting Associate(Indirect Tax)

**Career Area**:
Finance

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**Your Impact Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc**

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

**Job Summary**

We are seeking a skilled **Accounting Associate (Indirect Tax)**to join our **GLBL BusSvcs Tax-Global Finance Services Division.**

The incumbent would be complying with Goods and Service tax/VAT, experience in national and local (federal and state) tax laws and various indirect taxes (i.e. VAT, customs duties, Excise Duties, Service Tax, Sales Tax, Works Contract Tax,, etc.) and regulations in India/outside India and minimize the legal tax liability of the enterprise by preparing, reviewing and analysing tax returns, challenging and negotiating reductions to assessments of tax auditors, determining timely estimated taxes, and identifying and participating in tax reduction projects.

**The preference for this role is to be based out of Bangalore, Whitefield Office**

**What you will do**
- **Self starter -**Able to quickly learn and perform day to activities independently. Should quickly step up to handle more complex activities with mínimal supervisor support.
- **Process Driven**:

- Should follow process and invest sufficient time in documentation of the process with focus on attention to detail. To prepare monthly VAT submission for UK facilities with high volume of transactions and analysis required
- **Monthly Book closure -**Handle US GAAP Legal entity closings related to Indirect tax accounts for all the legal entities handled from Bangalore.
Monthly Reconciliations - Preparation of VAT reconciliations with Low to Medium complexity related to balance sheet.
- **Audit support -**Statutory audit support including preparation of Tax schedules, Local GAAP tax requirements and handle all indirect tax related questions from audit team and coordinate with legal entity managers for various tax issues.
- **Reporting -**Provides MIS support for management reporting
- **Management information support -**Supports various corporate requests like yearly tax information requests for tax audit, GST annual audit, and support information requests for 10k/10Q related to indirect tax accounts.
- **Tax filing -**Coordinates with consultants and Global Tax teams to support tax return of various legal entities handled at Bangalore. Also coordinate with Global tax team in providing information for tax audits and tax assesments.
- Process improvement projects -Participate and Lead in process improvement projects to improve existing process.
- Use principles of lean, six sigma and built in process in accounting and reporting processes.
- Takes active part in process automation and providing dash board reporting using data analytics, robotics and Tableau **tools.**

**What you will have.**
- CA fresher or semi qualified with 2-4 years of VAT/GST experience (Indirect Tax); Big 4 experience preferred.

**Skills desired**:
**Accuracy and Attention to Detail**:Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Working Knowledge:

- Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors, omissions, and oversights.
- Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.
- Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.
- Learns from mistakes and applies lessons learned.
- Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.

**Analytical Thinking**:Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge:

- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
- Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and a