Contact Address:-
Doha, Qatar.
Mobile: +974-****-****
Visa Status: RP Transferable
Country: Qatar
Email ID:-
****.***********@*****.***
Education Qualification:-
MBA (Finance)
B.com (Commerce)
+2 PUC
10th
Top Skills:-
Tax Filing.
Review & Returns.
Team Support.
Team Management.
I T Skills:-
MS-Office
Microsoft Power BI
Alteryx
Citrix
OGM work flow
Thompson Reuters
(OITC)
Tally ERP 9
Languages Known:-
English
Hindi
Kanada
Umme Kulsum N
Manager, Indirect Tax- VAT
VAT Controller
Summary:-
Dynamic and creative Indirect Taxation Professional with 6+ Years of successful experience in Ernst & Young LLP (EY), Bangalore.
Experienced at Indirect Tax compliance in value added tax (VAT)
Worked on Excise tax, sales tax, work opportunity tax credits (WOTC).
Managed the work with client has awarded an opportunity to process VAT from lowest to high.
Ability to address and execute the project plan under the key compliances together with the troubleshooting the client queries relating to VAT.
Result oriented, Effective communicator to understand and deliver client requirement under the prescribed timelines. Core competencies:-
Advisory service on VAT queries from client and tax authorities.
EMEA e-filing portals and software usage.
Analyze and review SAP data format.
Managerial and evaluating skills in terms of resource.
Tax research databases including CCH.
Instadesk tool for Czech Republic intrastat tool.
ANYK tool for Hungary return.
Modello IVP tool for Italy VAT Communication.
Work Experiences:-
Duties & Responsibilities:-
Value Added Tax (VAT) :-
Quality & Delivery:-
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Ernst & Young (EY)
From June 2015 to March 2022.
Manager - Indirect Tax (VAT),
Engagement Coordinator,
Bangalore, India.
1. Value Added Tax (VAT) Compliances:-
1.1 Engagement coordinator performing end to end VAT compliance activity for 20+ European countries & Middle East. 1.2 VAT Controller level review on VAT, intrastat, EC/ local sales and purchase listing, spesometro returns.
1.3 Perform E-filling for more than 10+ countries with in GDS. 1.4 Acted as a single point of contract for VAT controllers, EY local office on coordination and compliance completion.
1.5 Handling a group of 12 team members in reviewing and coordinating returns, mentoring and monitoring their work in terms with reworks identified and future guiding them to deliver quality work to our users or clients.
1.6 Finalizing the billing amount to client on a monthly bases, post evaluating the compliance activity performed by the team. 2. Quality & Delivery:-
2.1 As a VAT controller ensured that all the deliverables going out of GDS have passed quality checks and are delivered on time to client. 2.2 Marinating KPI Tracker for the team where in client escalations and reworks were recorded for future reference and individual performance was measured.
2.3 Conducting monthly feedback calls with the users in order to measure per month compliance work performed by the team.
2.4 One point of conduct in reviewing the invoices delivered by country specific local offices and sending it further to accounts payable team for billing.
Learning & Development:-
3. Learning & Development :-
3.1 As a part of process improvement, took an initiative of preparing the VAT return using Microsoft PBI tool and was successful in pitching this toll to client and save lot more time comparatively. 3.2 On request from client for a particular engagement prepared process documentation for each country and conducted training session in how to prepare the VAT returns from data gathering step till fillings for the EY Team in Poland.
3.3 Conducted new hire training sessions in order to transit the old engagements.
3.4 Proposed country champion for Austria & Latvia country. 3.5 Monitoring and allocating work queues & handling process related query resolution.
3.6 Ensuring quality, Productivity Capacity based turnaround time (TAT) through time studies & capacity planning.
3.7 Attended a number of training session in order to lift soft skills which has improved the working style within the team.
Sub Service Experiences:-
4. Sub Service Experiences :-
4.1 Excise Tax :-
- Filing Tax returns for corporate clients and analyzing and calculating the tax due on the basis of US Tax laws.
- Analyzing and identifying refund opportunities based on IRS regulation and US Tax laws.
- Worked on POA for Various clients.
4.2 Sales & Use Tax :-
- Helped in managing the project from the scratch.
- Receiving invoices from the client, analyzing those invoices based on the taxes scheduling and determining the taxability for those products and services.
- Supported clients in identifying exemptions through which they can obtain refunds.
4.3 Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) :-
- Analyzing the data received from states and identifying the target groups and processing those as per IRS regulations.
- Determination of credit points available to the client which will help in tax exemptions and also determining the denials process which will also yield in tax exemptions to the client. Awards & Achievements:-
5. Awards & Achievements :-
- Consecutively spot award for Quality of work, Team player, & utilization.
- Exceptional client service award for excellent performance.
- Organized Events, Food Mela, CSR Mentoring activity, Cultural team.
- Event Coordinator.
- Virtual stock transaction.
Training & Internship:-
6. Internship Training :-
Company: HAL (Foundry & Forge Division, Bangalore). Duration: 2 Months
Designation: Financial Trainee
Description: Financial Performance Analysis, Under Finance manager Tool Used: Ratio Analysis
Hobbies:-
Social Activity
Gardening
Travelling
Personal Details:-
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married
Passport Availability: Yes
Passport Expiry: 22-12-2031
Visa Status: RP Transferable (Work Visa)
Current Residency: Qatar
Self-Declaration:-
I hereby declare that above mentioned details are true to my knowledge. Signature
Umme Kulsum. N
Place: Doha, Qatar
Date: August, 2022