Abhijit Vijaykumar
Mumbai
Summary
Chartered accountant with over 5 years of expertise in taxation and Audit, currently specializing in GST litigation, advisory, and compliance. EY India professional with a proven track record in advising large corporations on tax audits, assessments, and investigations. Proficient in managing departmental proceedings, preparing technical submissions, and conducting GST health checks. Strong background in GST law, tax technology, process improvement, and stakeholder management.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant - Indirect Tax
Ernst & Young LLP (EY India), Mumbai
Mumbai
07.2024 - Current
- Supported large domestic and multinational clients with GST litigation,compliance, audit, and advisory matters, enhancing their regulatory adherence.
- Prepared and reviewed GST annual returns, and GST health check reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance for client operations.
- Advised clients on Input Tax Credit eligibility, blocked credits, valuation, place of supply, reverse charge mechanism and refund provisions
- Drafted responses to GST notices, audit observations, summons and departmental communications.
- Supported clients during GST audits, investigations and assessment proceedings.
- Researched and analysed GST provisions, notifications, circulars and advance rulings on complex tax matters.
- Performed transaction-level reviews and taxability assessments for high-value business transactions.
- Conducted detailed reviews of GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and GSTR-2B reconciliations and identified tax risks and optimization opportunities.
Manager - IFC & Risk
Reliance Retail Limited
Mumbai
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Evaluated internal financial controls for JioMart operations to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
- Identified process gaps and deficiencies, providing management with actionable insights for improvement.
- Tested indirect tax compliance controls during annual internal control review to mitigate risk and enhance compliance.
- Assisted in enhancing risk management and monitoring processes for compliance.
Articled Assistant
SV Shanbhag and Company
Mumbai
08.2020 - 08.2023
Taxation
- Advised clients on GST registration, place of supply, input tax credit, reverse charge mechanism, e-way bill compliance and GST return matters.
- Prepared GST reconciliations for 20+ clients, ensuring compliance with turnover, ITC and output tax regulations.
- Managed preparation and filing of 200+ income tax returns for diverse entities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with tax regulations.
- Conducted statutory and tax audits for companies in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, event management and trading sectors, identifying areas for compliance and improvement.
- Supervised article assistants to ensure efficient workflow and task completion.
Education
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
11-2023
Bachelor's in Commerce -
SIES College of Arts, Science And Commerce
Mumbai07-2019
Skills
- Tax compliance
- GST Refunds
- Tax credit reviews
- Tax Reconciliations
- Indirect tax research
- Regulatory analysis
- Risk assessment
- Audit readiness
- Financial evaluation
- Process optimization
- Microsoft Excel
- Co-pilot
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Team leadership
- Regulatory Compliance
Accomplishments
- Secured first prize in Students Talent search Branch level elocution competition 2022 in which morethan 20 students participated and delivered a speech on topic " Health and Wellbeing empowering
oneself".
Secured Certificate for Presenting topic on Indirect taxation and Regulatory compliance in Reliance Retail
Represented school at National children science congress for two consecutive years (2011 and
2012) and presented projects on Energy conservation and renewable sources of energy.
Timeline
Consultant - Indirect Tax
Ernst & Young LLP (EY India), Mumbai
07.2024 - Current
Manager - IFC & Risk
Reliance Retail Limited
03.2024 - 06.2024
Articled Assistant
SV Shanbhag and Company
08.2020 - 08.2023
Chartered Accountant -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor's in Commerce -
SIES College of Arts, Science And Commerce