Anil Kotgady

Artivo Surfaces | Tax Lead Accountant

• Integrated Avalara and Navigator to automate sales tax determination for customer orders, enhancing compliance with tax exemptions.
• Managed sales tax exemption certificates, tax credits, and tax-related transaction reviews to support indirect tax compliance and improve process accuracy.
• Developed VBA automation for sales tax exemption outreach to over 4,000 customers, streamlining processes and reducing manual effort.
• Collaborated with Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) teams to identify process gaps and implement automation across three different ERP systems.
• Worked with Navigator, K8, and Stone Profits ERP systems for tax processing, transaction validation, account reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Investigated discrepancies across transaction and financial data, coordinated with cross-functional stakeholders, and followed up on outstanding items to support timely resolution.
• Reconciled general ledger accounts with tax records and supporting schedules.

• Reconciled various 1099 forms (MISC, NEC, R, DIV, INT, B, Q) for accurate submission to IRS, ensuring compliance with tax reporting requirements.
• Experience in implementing, configuring, and maintaining the Sovos Compliance solutions, specifically in the areas of tax reporting, e-filing , and global tax compliance
• Successfully reduced manual tax filing errors by 40% through the automation of compliance workflows via Sovos.
• Generated 1099 forms through integration of Sovos Compliance with ERP systems, leveraging real-time transactional and vendor data for accuracy in tax reporting.
• Acquired skills in preparing, reviewing, and filing Form 1065 for partnerships.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports; collaborate on the Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP).
• Monitor and retrigger failed client jobs in Mocha (Mainframe) to ensure smooth data transfer across systems. Manage tax year-specific file loading and data accuracy in TMS(SOVOS).
• Utilized tax tools to perform reconciliations and ensure compliance with regulations. for reconciliation, cost basis transformation, access review, and from generation to ensure compliance.
• Tracked SLAs to ensure timely resolution of client requests and file loading; assigned daily tasks, managed workflow, and trained new employees.

• Confirm employee work hours, compute wages, issue paychecks, and verify attendance to ensure timely and accurate pay..
• Handle real-time payroll previews, clear client queries, and process special requests (gift cards, off-cycle payroll, bonuses, manual checks)
• Calculated salaries for various frequencies (weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly)
• Provide accurate data to carriers weekly via the HWSE Tool to ensure employee benefits coverage. Generate and send participant and dependent files with life event updates to carriers weekly
• Add court orders to employee dependents when eligible.