Accenture India | Tax Specialist

Roles and responsibilities

• Statutory Accounting team manages statutory audits for Group entities in line with applicable GAAP requirements while supporting various stakeholders across the business.
• This position provides exposure to end-to-end statutory reporting, coordination with auditors, and cross-functional collaboration with tax, treasury, and corporate teams.
• Prepare and Review annual statutory accounts for assigned legal entities in compliance with local GAAP.
• Coordinate with external auditors to ensure timely completion and filing of statutory accounts.
• Develop audit schedules, reconciliations, and support documentation.
• Liaise with Business Units, Legal, Corporate, Treasury, HR, and Payroll teams to provide auditors with necessary information and approvals.
• Draft financial statements and disclosures in accordance with statutory requirements.
• Prepare and support annual legal entity returns, collaborating with tax and corporate advisors to meet filing deadlines.
• Work with the Tax team to finalize tax disclosures and calculations.
• Post statutory adjustments in Oracle to align local statutory accounts with the accounting system, including retained earnings reconciliations.
• Address queries raised by directors during financial statement reviews and obtain required approvals.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP.
• Proficiency in Oracle ERP (preferred).
• Exposure to Workiva software (good to have).

Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company working in strategy and consulting, technology, operations and digital transformation. It took its current name in 2001 after separating from Arthur Andersen, where it began as Andersen Consulting.

India is one of Accenture's largest talent bases. Finance professionals there mostly work in finance and accounting operations for global clients: record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, financial planning and analysis, and related advisory work.

• Industry: Professional services and IT
• Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
• In India: Delivery centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Gurugram and other cities