Job Description:

1. VAT/CST/GST Compliance Management:

Handle VAT/CST/GST notices, audits, and assessments for PAN India (22 registered states).
Maintain a tracker for all notices, SCNs, and orders received from departments.
Coordinate with the Tax/legal team, PAN India consultants, PAN India finance function, and VAT/CST/GST departments to reply to notices from various state departments.
Understand audit requirements, prepare checklists of documents, collate necessary information, and submit to departments in liaison with the Tax/legal team, consultants, and finance function.

2. Monthly/Quarterly/Annual Compliance:

Assist in the preparation of VAT/CST/GSTR1/GSTR 3B/ISD returns.
Identify transactions requiring ITC reversal (e.g., non-GST, common services) and prepare working documents to determine amounts.
Resolve exceptions by assisting compliance partners during the scrutiny of purchase and sale transactions.
Extract data and prepare reports from ERP systems.
Ensuring timely filing of all returns.

3. Annual Return Preparation:

Assist in the preparation and filing of annual returns with compliance partners.
Prepare state-wise Trial Balance and trading account reconciliations with sales and purchase reports.
Resolve HSN mismatches and categorize transactions as per state-wise requirements.
Ensure completion of VAT/TAX audits before filing annual returns.

4. Statutory Forms Management:

Ensure timely issuance of all C & F forms in liaison with PAN India local consultants and local finance teams.
Maintain a comprehensive tracker of pending C forms to be collected from customers.
Coordinate regularly with sales and finance teams to ensure timely collection of pending forms from customers.

5. Book Maintenance and Audit:

Job Posting End Date:

2025-08-26

Target Hire Date:

2025-09-08

Target End Date:

Manager - Finance

Pernod Ricard