Senior US Tax Analyst

Overview

Senior Tax Analyst based in EnerMech's shared service centre in Mumbai, primarily supporting the Americas region with tax compliance, reporting and advisory matters.

What you'll do

• Manage and execute EnerMech's tax compliance, tax reporting and commercial tax advisory functions for the Americas region.
• Carry out other tax work in the Americas region and globally as directed by the Tax Director.
• Cover all taxes arising in the normal course of business, including corporate tax, corporate withholding tax, personal income tax, VAT and sales taxes, customs duties and other related taxes.
• Monitor changes in tax laws that may impact the group's tax positions.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with Americas transfer pricing, including internal financing, management fee and sub-contract arrangements.
• Monitor and ensure Americas compliance obligations are met for corporate tax and withholding tax, optimising cash tax costs while balancing the requirement to remit funds from the region to Group treasury.
• Supervise day-to-day management of correspondence for all taxes and responses with US state and federal authorities, including tax assessments and tax audits.
• Review tax clauses in tender documents and contract proposals and advise on mitigating the group's tax risk while optimising tax exposure and remaining commercially competitive.
• Identify all relevant incremental tax costs of doing business in a foreign location for Americas entities, including cross-border withholding tax, irrecoverable personal income tax, social security, import taxes and other sales taxes.
• Review and advise on specific cost models required by the commercial team.
• Assess tax accounting implications of proposed transactions.
• For work in new or complex foreign jurisdictions, engage with local tax advisors to ensure tax risks are understood and communicated to the business.
• Implement agreed tax planning solutions with local tax advisors, in consultation with the Tax Director.
• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce the effective tax rate across the Americas region.
• Manage and maintain the Americas region's tax accounts within NAV monthly, including identifying and correcting mispostings and posting updated tax positions on a forecast basis.
• Deliver year-end IFRS tax reporting packs within the agreed audit timetable for all Americas entities.
• Work with auditors and the broader finance team to resolve year-end tax queries on the respective entities.
• Provide additional assistance as required by the Tax Director for entities outside the region.
• Prepare Americas tax forecasting throughout the year.

What you'll need

• Accounting degree qualified.
• Hold a recognised professional tax and/or accountancy qualification.
• Sales and use tax experience, including Texas State.
• Knowledge of federal income tax and ability to respond to information requests from external advisors.
• Knowledge of Texas State tax and ability to respond to information requests from external advisors.
• Knowledge of US property taxes and the extent of other local tax filings.
• Knowledge of withholding taxes.
• Ability to work independently within NAV to gather information.

Details

• Based in the SSC in Mumbai, India.