Tax Consultant II
Deloitte Tax Services India Private Limited (“USI Tax”) commenced in June 2004. Since then, nearly all the Deloitte Tax LLP (“Deloitte Tax”) U.S. service lines have obtained support services through the USI Tax teams. USI Tax offers you opportunities to learn and support Deloitte Tax and other member firms (such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom) taxation practice, a popular career option.
Our tax practice is leading its clients through the tax transformation taking place in the marketplace, offering a broad range of fully integrated tax services by combining technology and tax technical resources to comply with reporting requirements, uncover insights and deploy smarter approaches for navigating an increasingly complex global environment.
The Team
Deloitte India (Offices of the Luxembourg Country in Europe [LU]) US Tax Compliance Group based in Hyderabad specializes in three core areas: US corporation and partnership federal, state, and local tax return preparation, electronic filing of the returns, and research and writing tax technical memorandums on a range of topics related to US corporate and partnership taxation in an international context. Upon taking up a position with the LU team, you will have the opportunity to focus on at least two of these core specialties.
The Luxembourg Country member firm tax professionals who work in the US business tax practice are based in Luxembourg. This is a new team being set up in USI with 3 permanent professionals ranging in grades from Partner to new tax consultant. These professionals are trained as US Certified Public Accountants, IRS Enrolled Agents, bar-admitted lawyers, and/or master’s degree graduates. They serve a client base consisting of a range of financial services industry clients, including hedge funds, private equity funds, fund-of-funds, and insurance companies.
Key Responsibilities
✓ Perform detail-review of tax workpapers, allocations, and US federal, state, and local corporation, partnership, and trust tax returns and computations using standard procedures, across a range of financial services clients.
✓ Working with an integrated partner/manager/assistant manager team on sizeable US tax compliance engagements for multinational clients, including maintaining responsibility for preparation of materials and research for complex tax compliance and consulting projects related to tax planning opportunities, including those prepared by junior team members.
✓ Requesting and obtaining tax information from clients and third parties.
✓ Communicating with clients to explain positions taken on tax returns, filing requirements, payment instructions, etc.
✓ Training, mentoring, and supervising new and experienced-level staff.
Shift Timings:
11AM to 8PM / 2PM to 11PM
Required Qualifications
✓ Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or another business-related field
✓ 5+ years of experience in US corporate and partnership tax compliance, including knowledge of, and experience using, US income tax software and standard US tax research tools
✓ Enrolled Agent (EA) certification (or in the process of pursuing)
✓ Strong accounting knowledge and interest in US tax, including extensive US corporation and partnership experience related to hedge funds or private equity
✓ Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, including strong written and verbal communication
✓ Experience with managing projects, including scheduling, budgeting, client correspondence, billing, team development, and mentoring
✓ High level of attention to detail, organizational skills, and analytical problem-solving abilities
✓ Can work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
✓ Knowledge of Microsoft Office products — in particular, Excel, Word, and SharePoint
Work Location
Hyderabad