Nagapriya Manjunath

• Supported VAT compliance and reporting across multiple jurisdictions in the European region.
• Prepared and reviewed European VAT returns, including Intrastat, EC Sales lists, and other relevant reports related to the VAT process.
• Submitted VAT returns accurately and on time to avoid penalties.
• Coordinated timely tax payments using BI tools to monitor compliance.
• Performed invoice analysis to identify discrepancies in VAT calculations.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to rectify system errors and prevent future issues.
• Engaged with P2P, OTC, and third-party service providers to resolve long-aged open items effectively within established SLA and KPI.
• Trained AP and AR teams to improve identification and correction of errors.
• Monitored tax rates in systems to prevent incorrect billing for customers and vendors.
• Responsible for timely preparation and review of VAT control account balance sheet reconciliations (monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, semi-annually) by junior associates and analysts, adhering to SOX standards. This includes following up on all aged or unreconciled items."
• Responsible for supporting Internal & external audits support including data analysis.
• Responsible for all compliant related queries from tax authorities & statutory audit.
• Responsible for monthly trend analysis reporting on VAT accounts and presenting findings to financial controllers."
• Responsible for managing relationships with tax authorities and providing timely and accurate responses to inquiries, utilizing finance, accounting, and external service providers when appropriate."
• Monitors and understands country-specific tax law updates to ensure effective compliance and accurate VAT filings."
• collaborated closely with business unit controllers to obtain VAT return approvals and clear open items.
• Ensure any ad-hoc tasks assigned have been completed in a timely manner.
• Actively engaged in indirect tax training sessions and enhanced knowledge of tax laws and software applications.
• Collaborate on initiatives to improve processes, identifying opportunities for betterment and addressing VAT concerns."
• Responsible for the comprehensive closing of accounts, performing tasks such as configuring VAT settings, executing write-offs, processing adjustment journal entries, and managing VAT reclassification postings within SAP. This role also involves proactively resolving tax and accounting-related problems.
• Carried out the monthly GL clearing exercises before the period close.
• Participate and contribute to the success of the month-end close by executing tasks accurately and according to the MEC timetable.
• "Demonstrated strong teamwork by stepping in to support the team when resources were limited."
• "Mentored new team members, guiding them through the onboarding process, helping them understand our workflows, and connecting them with the right contacts for application access."
• Conduct data cleansing for MEC anomaly detection, followed by invoice, document currency, and non-deductible reviews to prepare VAT returns."

Experience in leading a team of more than 4 members with a broader scope,
and my responsibilities include:

a. conduct morning and evening stand-up meetings to get updates on
deliverables and identify any roadblocks the team may be facing.
b. Provide daily end-of-day status updates to clients regarding deliverables.
c. Evaluate team requirements and allocate tasks equitably, considering each
team member's bandwidth, and also building resilience in the team.
d. Facilitate quarterly one-on-one meetings with reportees to deliver
performance feedback through the designated tool.
e. Proactively understand and resolve any issues faced by team members,
including process-related problems."
f. Present a monthly overview to leadership, detailing VAT compliance,
reconciliation, and MEC status with accompanying metrics."
g. "Organize quarterly team collaboration and team-building activities to boost
morale and motivation."
h. "Recognize and reward top team performers with spot awards."

• Supported tax projects, and European BAU activities.
• Handled tax projects including "RYAN VAT Savings, Multiple Vendor Management, VAT Analytics Transformation, and MALT 2.0".
• Arranged PBS tax payments and assessed employee eligibility for benefits.
• Shared payment instructions with ABI through ticket creation for processing.
• Collated data and submitted payment requests to treasury for timely initiation.
• Maintained real-time tracker for all PBS tax payments, ensuring prompt execution.
• Updated reconciliation tracker weekly to monitor action item progress for tax team.

• Supported EMEA VAT compliance & reporting.
• Worked in a diverse & multicultural global team, I carried out VAT accounting & compliance exercises for several markets for the European region including but not limited to: Netherlands, Nordics countries which includes (Sweden, Denmark, Norway) & Switzerland entities.
• Responsible for the preparation & review of European VAT returns (Monthly, Quarterly & Annual VAT returns) Intrastat, EC Sales list & other VAT related reports prepared by the Junior associates for multinational clients established across the European union.
• Responsible for the submission of the returns to the appropriate authorities accurately on time without incurring penalties on behalf of the company.
• Responsible for arranging tax payments to tax authorities on time & also monitoring the tax payments via Tax adherence dashboard via BI tool.
• Responsible for preparation of CBCR (country-by country reporting) & Irrecoverable VAT for EU Markets on a quarterly basis.
• Reconciling VAT data to accounting records & assists in reviewing source documentation to ensure compliance with local VAT rules in European Jurisdictions.
• Performing the Monthly/ Quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for VAT control accounts & are prepared & reviewed on time of the junior associates in a Controls Assurance & Risk Management compliant way (CARM) & and following-up aged or unreconciled items identified during these reconciliations.
• Performing the Invoice Analysis for vendor (Input) & customer (Output) in a SQL based spot check tool on a monthly basis by checking & validating the invoice one by one & finding out the anomalies for the erroneous lines identified in the data such as incorrect postings, Incorrect VAT calculations, Incorrect Tax codes issue & so on….
• Working closely with IT, Finance, AP, AR, third party service providers to correct errors in the system, find the root cause, and ensure automatic transactions are complaint & also working on fixing incorrect data.
• Working with & coaching the AP & AR teams on Identifying, correcting & preventing errors.
• Monitor tax rates in system to prevent incorrect billing to customer & vendor.
• Working closely with P2P, OTC & 3rd party service providers for the long aged open items by doing active follow ups for the open item clearance within the agreed SLA & KPI.
• Raising PO requests for the European region by coordinating with the procurement team.
• Responsible for closing books of accounts by executing voucher posting, Query resolution, VAT Setting, write offs, Adjustment JE’s & VAT reclass postings in SAP & pro-actively resolve tax & accounting related problem.
• Wrote off disallowed taxes via journal entries posted in SAP and/or the internal enterprise software.
• Carried out the monthly GL clearing exercises before the period close.
• Participate & contribute to the success of month-end close by executing tasks accurately & according to the MEC timetable.
• Closely working with business unit controllers for VAT return approvals & open item clearance.
• Responsible for supporting Internal & external audits support including data analysis.
• Responsible for all compliant related queries from tax authorities & statutory audit.
• Manage relationships with tax authorities & respond timely & accurately to any queries, leveraging the wider finance, accounting together with third party service providers were appropriate.
• Trend analysis report preparation for VAT accounts & presenting to the financial controllers monthly.
• Meeting the submission deadlines accurately by updating the completion date of the task appropriately once it is completed in the Tax calendar & also monitor the tax calendar on a real time basis whether the task is completed on time or not as not to miss any filing deadlines for the control purposes.
• Saving the working files, Approval mails & submission proofs in the centralized share drive as per the CARM requirement & SOX controls.
• Ensure any ad-hoc tasks assigned have been completed in a timely manner.
• Ensure to stay updated on country specific tax laws updates & oversee its implication on the VAT filing & adhere to follow effectively.
• Participating in the Global Tax calls & completing the surveys on time.
• Responsible for participating in Indirect Tax trainings.
• Participated in internal training to maintain and enhance knowledge of tax laws and software applications.
• Updating the SOP as and when the changes are required & sharing the updated SOPs for the review & approval from the concerned person.
• Participating in Process improvement projects by identifying the areas of improvement & solutions for VAT issues.
• Attended the balance sheet review meetings and done the presentations for my markets as it is relating to VAT.
• Involvement in successful as a team player & pitched in whenever team needs my support in the time of lack of resource.
• Provided the KT to the teammates in understanding the entity specific changes as well as the process changes & their implementation to implement in their entities for the effective ways of working.
• Assigned as a buddy to the new joiner in our team and guided the onboarding procedure, understand the ways of working and guided the teammate & navigated to the right POC in getting the access to the applications for the day to day working.
• Performs other duties as and when assigned.

• Supported EMEA VAT compliance & reporting.
• Worked in a diverse & multicultural global team, I carried out VAT accounting & compliance exercises for several markets for the EMEA region, including but not limited to: EMEA entities – Nordics countries which includes (Sweden, Denmark, Norway) & Switzerland entities.
• Responsible for the preparation of Intrastat, EC Sales list & other VAT related reports for EMEA region for multinational clients & also responsible for the submission of the returns to the appropriate authorities accurately on time without incurring penalties on behalf of the company.
• Responsible for the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations for VAT Tax GL accounts and uploading it in BL reconciliation tool & performing the post year end transaction analysis related to the statutory taxes for EMEA region.
• Investigating the open items in the reconciliation & coordinating with the multiple teams to clear the open items Within the agreed SLA's & KPI’s.
• Responsible for the Month End activities which includes such as VAT payment reclass, VAT write offs, FX difference JE’s & other adjustment entries.
• Assisting with month-end reporting activities along with year-end compliance and financial audit (Both Internal & external).
• Preparation of ad-hoc Journals as requested by the client.
• Performing the ad-hoc requests as requested by client.
• Preparation of VAT Packs, Board packs & entity packs and sharing it to the auditors for the statutory filing.
• Participating in the Global Tax calls & completing the surveys on time.
• Responsible for updating the Tax SOPs with up-to-date info & taken the sign off with the reviewers & tax governance team.
• Preparation of P/L Packs and allocating to the correct cost Centre to the respective P/L cost Centre & presenting the P/L Pack to the client.
• Performing the variance analysis & financial reporting.

• Managed day-to-day accounting transactions efficiently.
• Troubleshot accounting, inventory, and taxation issues within Tally software.
• Resolved client queries regarding financial statements and payroll in Tally.
• Guided clients on maintaining accurate books of accounts, including general ledger.
• Addressed client inquiries on various taxation matters such as VAT and Income Tax.
• Conducted knowledge transfer sessions on Tally ERP 9 and GST updates.
• Prepared statutory reports and ensured timely E-filing for GCC VAT compliance.
• Filed GSTR 1, GSTR-2, and GSTR 3B accurately to avoid penalties.