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Indirect Tax Professional | Skilled in EMEA-APAC-LATAM GST & VAT Compliance | MBA in International Business

About

An experienced indirect tax specialist with four years of expertise in VAT compliance, primarily focused on Electronically Supplied Services (ESS). Skilled in preparing and reviewing VAT/GST returns across multiple regions (APAC, EMEA, LATAM), managing VAT registrations, tax payments, and reconciliations, as well as handling tax authority queries. Proven ability to ensure regulatory compliance while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Location

Gurugram

Work experience

Senior Tax Analyst at Coursera, Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

Tax Associate at Airbnb, Dec 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Prepared ESS VAT returns for the APAC, LATAM, and EMEA regions, ensuring compliance with local tax rules. • Examined VAT/GST returns for the APAC, LATAM, and EMEA areas, making sure Local Service Providers (LSPs) submitted them on time and accurately. • Assisted with VAT registrations in APAC and EMEA, ensuring proper setup and compliance. • Successfully filed VAT returns for APAC, LATAM, and EMEA regions, satisfying deadlines and regulatory criteria. • Reconciliation of tax payments and refunds after every period. Was responsible for communicating with the various tax authorities. • For the end-to-end tracking of payments, used to coordinate with various teams. • Prepared work papers for queries from tax authorities, ensuring timely and accurate resolution of any compliance audit. • Handled tax-related queries from LSPs, corporate teams, and auditors; and facilitated VAT-related payments by raising requests through Workday, Oracle, and JIRA. • Streamlined the workpaper preparation process, resulting in an annual time savings of approximately 400 hours.

Tax Senior at Deloitte, Jul 2023 - Nov 2023 · 5 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Prepared ESS VAT returns for APAC, LATAM, and EMEA regions, ensuring compliance with local tax regulations. • Reviewed VAT/GST returns for APAC, LATAM, and EMEA regions, ensuring accuracy and timely submission by Local Service Providers (LSPs). • Assisted in VAT registrations across multiple jurisdictions in the APAC and EMEA regions, ensuring proper setup and compliance. • Managed filing of VAT returns for APAC, LATAM, and EMEA regions, meeting all deadlines and regulatory requirements. • Assisted in updating the marketplace rules database to ensure accurate tax compliance for ESS, created client-facing nation updates and tax alerts on changing VAT legislation, and contributed to the ESS newsletter to advise stakeholders on tax updates. • Coordinated with member firms to monitor compliance status and proactively communicated with clients to address any issues or delays. • Contributed to streamlining system setup processes following the merger of two companies. • Coordinated with member firms to monitor the status of compliance processes and stay updated on developments in rules and regulations, ensuring timely and accurate client communication.

Tax Consultant at Deloitte, Jun 2020 - Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Summer Intern at State Bank of India, May 2018 - Jun 2018 · 2 mos, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, I worked in the SME department . My job was to look after Supply Chain finance. My work was to fine tune the product so as to overcome the various shortcomings and improve the product simultaneously.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Business, Institute of Public Enterprise

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting and Related Services, H. L. College of Commerce