EY India | Assistant Manager - TAX - National - TAX - GCR - ACR - Chennai

Key responsibilities

• Your key responsibilitiesTechnical Excellence Role Overview: We are looking for an experienced finance professional to join EY’s Accounting Compliance and Reporting team as an Assistant Manager.
• The role will involve managing end-to-end accounting and financial reporting activities, supporting statutory and regulatory compliance, coordinating month-end and year-end closure, and delivering high-quality outcomes for multiple stakeholders.
• Skills and attributesTo qualify for the role you must haveQualification CA /CMA Experience "CA with 4-5 years experience" What we look forPeople with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements.
• You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions.
• Manage accounting activities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets and General Ledger.
• Oversee month-end and year-end closing, including journal entries, reconciliations and financial schedules.
• Prepare or review financial statements under Indian GAAP or Ind AS, including notes to accounts.
• Support statutory audits, internal audits and other external audit requirements.
• Manage TDS-related activities, including preparation and review of data required for TDS returns.
• Support GST compliance through preparation and review of purchase registers, sales registers, RCM data and related reconciliations.
• Review team deliverables and ensure timely, accurate and high-quality completion of assigned activities.
• Coordinate with clients, auditors and internal stakeholders to resolve accounting and compliance matters.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, simplify and automate finance processes.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of accounting concepts, principles and applicable accounting standards.
• Hands-on experience in financial statement preparation and period-end closure.
• Strong working knowledge of AP, AR, Fixed Assets and General Ledger processes.
• Practical knowledge of TDS, GST and related compliance requirements.
• Experience working with leading ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics or similar systems.
• Working experience in preparation of MIS, including management dashboards, variance analysis, and financial performance reporting.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to leverage AI and other digital tools to improve productivity and process efficiency.
• Prior experience managing a team of at least three to four members.

EY (Ernst & Young)

EY is one of the Big Four professional services networks, providing assurance, tax, consulting and strategy-and-transactions services. The network in its present form came from the 1989 merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young.

In India, EY member firms and EY Global Delivery Services employ large finance teams. Typical openings for chartered accountants and finance professionals are in financial accounting advisory (FAAS), audit, tax, risk and transaction services.

• Industry: Assurance, tax, consulting and transactions (Big Four)
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: EY member firms and EY Global Delivery Services centres in several Indian cities