EXL

Lead Assistant Manager

EXL  •  State of Kerala, IN (Onsite)  •  12 hours ago
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Job Description


The RTR Tax professional is responsible for managing tax-related accounting, compliance, and reporting within the Record-to-Report (R2R) function. The role ensures accurate tax calculations, timely filings, and adherence to regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
A. Tax Accounting & GL Activities
  • Record and post tax-related journal entries (current tax, deferred tax, provisions, accruals)
  • Perform tax account reconciliations (VAT/GST, withholding tax, corporate tax)
  • Ensure alignment of tax balances between GL and sub-ledgers (AR/AP)
  • Support month-end and year-end close with tax provisions and adjustments
B. Tax Compliance & Filings
  • Prepare and review indirect tax returns (GST, VAT, Sales & Use Tax)
  • Support corporate income tax filings and statutory submissions
  • Ensure compliance with local tax laws and regulatory deadlines
  • Coordinate with external consultants for multi-country filings
C. Reporting & Analysis
  • Prepare tax schedules and disclosures for financial statements
  • Support quarterly and annual reporting (provisions, effective tax rate analysis)
  • Provide data for tax audits and statutory audits
  • Analyze tax variances and highlight risks/issues

C. General Ledger Roles

  • Perform monthly, quarterly and annual accounting process, includes Month End Journal Entries and Reporting Requirements
  • Ensure all general ledgers are reconciled and reported within guidelines for month end
  • Perform intercompany, Cash discount accrual and payroll related activities
  • Obtain clean audit opinion without reported unadjusted differences for areas controllable by Supplier; and no identified errors by the external and internal auditors within listing scope of each stand-alone audit
  • Ensure all the activities are completed within due dates specified by client
  • Initiate and facilitate continuous process improvements
  • Identify, initiate and coordinate best practice strategies, standardization and process
  • improvements for the team
  • Make sure all the documentations are completed
  • Introducing process metrics and reporting on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
  • Work closely with client SME and other stakeholders for managing day-to-day operations and highlighting matters that demand immediate attention
  • Extract and analyze data, and summarize findings, including making recommendations based on findings
  • Management of financial period close activities within agreed timelines and management reporting.
  • Review of Balance sheet and Intercompany reconciliations.
  • Ensuring completeness and accuracy of intercompany transactions, resolving errors/exceptions.
  • Review of stock accounting and working with terminals/entities on smooth movement of stock.
  • Management of bank securitization process and extensively work with Treasury on fund management
  • Review and maintenance of Fixed Assets.
  • Follow-up with lines of business and stakeholders for closure of accounting open items.
  • Preparation of quarterly VAT returns – in SAP

Competencies Required:

  • Knowledge of GL Accounting and the process and systems
  • Clear understanding and delivering clear requests for information; demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks; and communicating potential conflicts to the R2R Tower lead
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Understanding of end-to-end processes and appreciation of critical parameters
  • Problem identification and analytical ability.
  • Strong knowledge of MS Office
  • Ability to work with cross-cultural
  • Self-initiative, drive and zeal for continuous improvement.
  • Ability to discharge the responsibilities in a conflicting environment

Strong Customer Focus

  • Qualifications MBA Finance/ Qualified or semi qualified Chartered Accountant
  • At least 4 years of operational experience as part of the General Accounting and Controllership function
  • Strong accounting knowledge which includes, preparation of JE and reconciliations
  • Intercompany accounting knowledge
  • Must be computer literate; Excel, Word
  • Knowledge of SAP, BlackLine and Hyperion systems is desired
  • Good written and Oral communication skills
  • Ability to document the process
EXL

About EXL

Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character.

Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments.

At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations.

Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale.

Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact.

We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition.

At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward.

For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Year Founded
Unknown
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